Mar 30th
K-19: The Widowmaker* US/GB/Ger/Canada 2002. Paramount/Intermedia/National Geographic/Palomar/First Light/IMF. 138m. Panavision

In 1961 the pride of the Soviet submarine fleet suffers nuclear reactor meltdown, and the crew have a battle to prevent World War III at the cost of their own lives.
A moving true story about survival and self-sacrifice underwater is turned into an irritating Cold War submarine thriller at first, with added plot elements of The Caine Mutiny and The Hunt for Red October thrown in, but what follows in the latter half is often thoughtful and powerful, in spite of the relentless music soundtrack and central miscasting. Commercially it nobly sank without trace.

Written by: Christopher Kyle, Louis Nowra.
Producers: Kathryn Bigelow, Joni Sighvatsson, Christine Whitaker, Edward S. Feldman.
Director: Kathryn Bigelow.
Starring: Harrison Ford, Liam Neeson, Peter Sarsgaard, Tim Woodward, Steve Nicolson, Ravil Isyanov, Christian Camargo, Joss Ackland, John Shrapnel, Donald Sumpter, Natalia Vintilova.
Photography: Jeff Cronenweth.
Music: Klaus Badelt.
Production Design: Karl Juliusson, Michael Novotny.
Editing: Walter Murch.