Gray Lady Down

1978
PG
1h 51m

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6.2/10

3.7K

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A Navy Captain uses his experimental Snark to reach a nuclear submarine stuck on an ocean ledge.

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A Navy Captain uses his experimental Snark to reach a nuclear submarine stuck on an ocean ledge.A Navy Captain uses his experimental Snark to reach a nuclear submarine stuck on an ocean ledge.A Navy Captain uses his experimental Snark to reach a nuclear submarine stuck on an ocean ledge.

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Trivia
Debut theatrical feature film of Christopher Reeve who portrayed Phillips.

Goofs
The concept of using a shaped charge underwater is somewhat of a fallacy. In normal circumstances the nature of the surrounding air would allow for a great deal of compression which allows the charge to work. Even so, the explosion still has some degree of impact in all directions. Water, however, does not compress, which greatly reduces the directionality. The impact would still be enough to rupture the hull.

Quotes
Capt. Paul Blanchard: Fourteen hundred and fifty feet! They really built this baby!
Murphy: Thank God!
Capt. Paul Blanchard: God and General Dynamics!

Connections
Edited from Ice Station Zebra (1968)

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Featured review

7/10

Don't listen to anti-military wannabe Gene Siskels

This is a great movie for military enthusiasts and disaster buffs both. If you're looking for that, this is a classic.

Don't pay attention to reviews about military-based films by anyone who derides the movie as a "waterlogged Naval documentary," which contains two errors in one statement. First, there is no need to capitalize "naval," and second, what kind of snobby theater twit attacks a movie for being too "Naval" when the subject is about...a U.S. NAVY SUBMARINE? Next he'll attack Ghostbusters for being a shill for paranormal investigators.

Stupid reviewers aside, this is a good movie.