Other Titles • Crimson Tide • Crimson Tide - In tiefster Gefahr (1995)
Quotes from Crimson Tide (1995)
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Capt. Ramsey: Mr. COB! Chief of the Boat: Yes, sir? Capt. Ramsey: You're aware of the name of this ship, aren't you Mr. COB? Chief of the Boat: Very aware, sir! Capt. Ramsey: It bears a proud name, doesn't it, Mr. COB? Chief of the Boat: Very proud, sir! Capt. Ramsey: It represents fine people. Chief of the Boat: Very fine people, sir! Capt. Ramsey: Who live in a fine, outstanding state. Chief of the Boat: Outstanding, sir! Capt. Ramsey: In the greatest country in the entire world. Chief of the Boat: In the entire world, sir! Capt. Ramsey: And what is that name, Mr. COB? Chief of the Boat: Alabama, sir! Capt. Ramsey: And what do we say? Capt. Ramsey, Chief of the Boat: Go Bama! All: Roll Tide!
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Capt. Ramsey: Short of the outbreak of World War Three, the ship sinking... being attacked by a giant octopus, I'd like to be undisturbed for the next thirty minutes. Hunter: I'll see to it sir.
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Capt. Ramsey: [to Hunter] You repeat this order, or I'll find somebody who will! Hunter: Oh no you won't, sir.
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Hunter: Captain Ramsey, under operating procedures governing the release of nuclear weapons we cannot launch our missiles unless both you, and I agree. Capt. Ramsey: [shouting over Hunter] COB, what're you waiting for? Hunter: This is not a formality sir, this is *expressly* why your command must be repeated. It requires my assent, I *do not* give it and further more, you continue upon this course, and insist upon this launch without confirming this message first... Capt. Ramsey: [shouting over Hunter] Son of a bitch. As commanding officer of the U.S.S Alabama I order you to place the Ex-O under arrest under charges of mutiny. Hunter: I will act, backed by the rules of precedence... Capt. Ramsey: [shouting at COB, over Hunter] I say again, as commanding officer of the U.S.S Alabama, I *order you*... Hunter: -authority in command, regulations number 815, to relieve, you, of, command, captain. Capt. Ramsey: -to place the Ex-O under arrest, under charges of mutiny! [Silence all round] Capt. Ramsey: COB! Chief of the Boat: Captain, please, the Ex-O is right. We can't launch unless he concurs. Capt. Ramsey: [Reads EAM] "To the U.S.S. Alabama: Rebel-controlled missiles being fuelled. Launch codes compromised, dissidents threaten to launch at continental United States, set defcon 2. Immediately launch ten Trident missile sorties." They're FUELLING THEIR MISSILES! We don't have time to fuck around! Hunter: Sir, I think you need time to think this over. Capt. Ramsey: *I* DON'T HAVE TO THINK THIS OVER! Hunter: [stares at Ramsey, nodding] Captain I relieve you of your command of this ship. COB, escort the Captain to his state room, I'm assuming command. Capt. Ramsey: You're not assuming anything! Hunter: CHIEF OF THE BOAT, Captain Ramsey is under arrest, *lock* him in his state room! Chief of the Boat: Captain, please... Hunter: NOW, COB!
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Hunter: Chief of the Boat. Chief of the Boat: Sir? Hunter: Thankyou, COB. Chief of the Boat: Thankyou? *Fuck* you! Get it straight Mr Hunter, I'm not on your side. Now you could be wrong! But wrong or right, the Captain can't just replace you at will. That was completely improper! And that's why I did what I did. By the book. Hunter: I thank you anyway.
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Capt. Ramsey: They're fueling their missiles, we don't have time to fuck around!
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Zimmer: You don't put on a condom unless you're gonna fuck!
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Capt. Ramsey: [smoking a cigar] I don't trust air I can't see.
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Capt. Ramsey: All I ask is that you keep up with me. If you can't, then that strange sensation you'll be feeling in the seat of your pants will be my boot in your ass!
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Hunter: In my humble opinion, in the nuclear world, the true enemy is war itself.
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Capt. Ramsey: We're here to preserve democracy, not practice it.
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Capt. Ramsey: God help you if you're wrong. Hunter: If I'm wrong, then we're at war; God help us all.
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Capt. Ramsey: We have orders in hand. Those orders are to make a pre-emptive launch. Every second that we lose increases the chances that by the time our missiles arrive, their silos could be empty because they've flown their birds and struck us first. Hunter: Yes sir. Capt. Ramsey: You know as well as I do that any launch order received without authentication, is no order at all. Hunter: Yes sir. Capt. Ramsey: That's our number one rule. Hunter: [Tries to get a word in] National mil... Capt. Ramsey: And that rule is the basis for the scenario we've trained on, time and time again. It's a rule we follow without exception. Hunter: Captain, National Military Command Center knows what sector we're in. They have satellites looking down on us to see if our birds are aloft and if they're *not*, then they give our orders to somebody else. That's why we maintain more than one sub, it's what they call 'redundancy'! Capt. Ramsey: I know about redundancy, Mr Hunter. Hunter: All I'm saying... [Ramsey walks off] Hunter: [Follows Ramsey, lowers his voice] All I'm saying Captain, is that we have backup. Now it's our duty, *not* to launch until we can confirm. Hunter: You're presuming we have other submarines out there, ready to launch. Well as Captain, I must assume our submarines could've been taken out by other Akulas. We can play these games all night Mr Hunter but uh, I don't have the luxury of your presumptions. Hunter: Sir... Capt. Ramsey: Mr Hunter, we have rules that are not open to interpretation, personal intuition, gut feelings, hairs on the back of your neck, little devils or angels sitting on your shoulder. We're all very well aware of what our orders are and what those orders mean. They come down from our Commander in Chief. They contain no ambiguity. Hunter: Captain... Capt. Ramsey: Mr Hunter. I've made a decision. I'm Captain of this boat. NOW SHUT THE FUCK UP!
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Hunter: [Asking about the radio repair] How long's it gonna take? Vossler: I don't know, sir. Hunter: You know what's going on here? Vossler: Yes sir. Hunter: No I don't think you do. Let me explain it to you. If we launch, and we're wrong, what's left of Russia is gonna launch at us. There will be a nuclear holocaust beyond imagination, now it's all about knowing, Mr... [Hunter looks at Vossler's name patch] Hunter: Vossler. We have to know whether our order to launch has been recalled or not. The only way we're gonna know, is if you fix that radio, you understand? Vossler: [Looks down] Hunter: You ever watch Star Trek? Vossler: St- yeah, Star... Hunter: Star Trek! The USS Enterprise? All right, now you remember when the Klingons were gonna blow up the Enterprise and Captain Kirk calls down to Scotty he says "Scotty, I gotta have more power-" Vossler: He needs more, more warp speed, yeah. Hunter: Warp speed, exactly. Now I'm Captain Kirk, you're Scotty, I need more power. I'm telling you if you do not get this radio up, a billion people are gonna die; now it's all up to you, I know it's a shitty deal but you got it, can you handle it? Vossler: [Silent] Hunter: Scotty? Vossler: Aye, Captain.
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Hunter: Look, it wasn't a mutiny, I did everything by the book. Chief of the Boat: It's not about the book. If the Russians are gonna launch and we sit here and do nothing... who's gonna stop 'em? Half of me's glad the Captain came back.
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Zimmer: This is a mutiny, Peter. There's only two sides to a mutiny.
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Hunter: Get the radio fixed Vossler. I could've built one by now.
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Capt. Ramsey: What'd you think, son? That I was just some crazy old coot, putting everyone in harm's way as I yelled "YEE-HA!"?
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Capt. Ramsey: You do qualify your remarks. If someone asked me if we should bomb Japan, a simple "Yes." By all means sir, drop that fucker, twice! I don't mean to suggest that you're indecisive, Mr Hunter. Just, uh... complicated. 'course, that's the way the Navy wants you. Me, they wanted simple. Hunter: Well, you certainly fooled them, sir. Capt. Ramsey: [Chuckles] Be careful there, Mr Hunter. It's all I've got to rely on, being a simple-minded son of a bitch. Rickover gave me my command, a checklist, a target and a button to push. All I gotta know is how to push it, they tell me when. They seem to want you to know why. Hunter: I would hope they'd want us all to know why, sir.
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Capt. Ramsey: If someone asks me, should we bomb Japan? A simple yes, by all means sir, drop that fucker. Twice.
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Hunter: What if Radchenko surrendered and it's over, huh? We launch. They see us, and they launch. Our birds pass each other in the air. Boom. What have you got? Chief of the Boat: Nuclear War. Hunter: Nuclear Holocaust.
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Peter "Weps" Ince: You're missin' your daughter's levitation.
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Peter "Weps" Ince: So what does that make us, since we're the only nation that's ever dropped a nuclear bomb on anybody?
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Capt. Ramsey: They gave me my command, a checklist, a target and a button to push. All I had to know was how to push it, and they'd tell me when. They seem to want you know why. Hunter: I would hope they'd want us all to know why, sir.
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Peter "Weps" Ince: [Hunter and Weps are watching the Russian conflict on TV] Maybe it's not as bad as it looks. Peter "Weps" Ince: [Hunter's phone rings; Weps' pager beeps] It is.
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