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Release Date
• USA: Apr 21, 2000
• UK: 2 Jun 2000
DVD Release Date
• R1: Mar 11, 2003
• R2: 22 Jan 2001
Budget $62,000,000
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MPAA Rating
Rated PG-13 for war violence.
Running Time
1 hour, 56 minutes
Country USA, France
Studio Canal Plus, Universal
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• U-571
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Genre: Action, War, Drama, World War II, Suspense, Spy, Sea
Tagline: Heroes are ordinary men who do extraordinary things in extraordinary times.
Plot: Jonathan Mostow's (BREAKDOWN) World War II submarine thriller about a crew of inexperienced American mariners forced to pilot a disabled German U-boat through hostile waters delivers plenty of action while paying homage to such war genre greats as DAS BOOT and DESTINATION TOKYO. Matthew McConaughey (EDTV) leads the rag tag American crew as Lt. Andrew Tyler, a young officer determined to prove himself a capable leader after being denied command of his own ship. His fellow seamen include Jon Bon Jovi (MOONLIGHT AND VALENTINO), Bill Paxton (A SIMPLE PLAN) and a cross-section of American society, featuring a hot-headed Brooklyner, an earnest farm boy, a wise black cook, a pack of fresh-faced young sailors, and Harvey Keitel as a salty old sea dog. Working with a lean plot, Mostow employs Oliver Wood's (FACE/OFF) detailed, claustrophobic cinematography and an exceptional sound design to create a series of engaging and genuinely tense action sequences that take the rickety submarine to crushing depths in order to outrun German attacks. While his attention to hard historical facts may be a bit leaky, Mostow's ability to sustain suspense rewards viewers with a tight genre piece with no shortage of action or good old American patriotism.
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| Directed by |
Jonathan Mostow
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Breakdown, Flight of Black Angel |
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Richard Marvin
3 Ninjas, The Battle of Shaker Heights, The Lost Battalion |
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