Subj : Re: Hunt for Red October
To   : Atari8Guy
From : Avon
Date : Sun Jan 22 2023 10:46:07

On 20 Jan 2023 at 12:46a, Atari8Guy pondered and said...
 
 At> I don't know anything of why the switched to Harrison Ford, or if the
 At> part was even offered to Baldwin going forward.  But Hunt for Red October
 At> was soooooo good, with Connery and the rest of the ensemble cast the bar
 At> was probably set too high.  That movie is one of the very few I'd rate as
 At> better than the book - and the book was great.  I should maybe reread
 At> some of the Clancy novels, I was a teen/early 20 when I read most of
 At> them, I read every spy novel I could get my hands on.

I liked this film a lot too :)

"Just one ping only..."
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The guy who died was played by an actor (Sam Neil) who live in central Otago which is about 2 hours away from me.

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