Down Periscope

Name: Down Periscope
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1996-03-01
Duration: 1 h 32 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Kelsey Grammer, Lauren Holly, Rob Schneider, Harry Dean Stanton, Bruce Dern

A rusty sub. A rebel commander. A renegade crew. When destiny called, they should have hung up.

Down Periscope (1996)

Timing: 1:32 (92 min)

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Release date

1996-03-01

Country

United States

Production

20th Century Fox

Genre

Comedy

Budget

$31 000 000

Revenue

$37 553 752

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Director

David S. Ward

Actors

Kelsey Grammer, Lauren Holly, Rob Schneider, Harry Dean Stanton, Bruce Dern, William H. Macy, Rip Torn, Ken Hudson Campbell, Toby Huss, Duane Martin
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Scenario

Producer

Robert Lawrence, Jack Cummins

Operator

Victor Hammer

Composer

Randy Edelman

Artist

Charlie Daboub

Audition

Ferne Cassel

Editing

William M. Anderson, Armen Minasian, Marcy G. Kaplan
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Short description

Maverick Navy Lieutenant Commander Tom Dodge will never be a textbook officer, but he's a brilliant seaman who's always wanted to command a nuclear submarine — he's been given one last chance to clean up his record. Unfortunately, Admiral Graham, his nemesis, would rather sink the fleet than give Dodge his own boat. So, Graham stacks the deck against him and assigns Dodge to the Stingray, a diesel-powered WW2 submarine that can barely keep afloat. To make matters worse, Dodge's crew is a collection of maladjusted, mistake-prone misfits. Then, he's tagged the "enemy" in a crucial war game, and ordered to take on the U.S. Navy's best.

What's left behind the scenes

The "Stingray" in the film was actually filmed on the museum ship "Pampanito," a World War II-era Balao-class submarine.
The USS Orlando (registration SSN-852) is a fictional Los Angeles-class submarine. There is no submarine with that name or registration in the US Navy. All footage was shot on various submarines of this class.
In some countries, the film is titled "Pipe Dreams", in Hungary – "Fire Under Water", and in Latin America – "Crazys on Board".
The shot of the "Orlando" surfacing was taken from the film "The Hunt for Red October" (1990).
In some countries, the film is called “The Smoker's Visions” (Pipe Dreams), in Hungary – “Fire Under Water”, and in Latin America – “Crazys on Board”.
The shot of the “Orlando” rising was taken from the film “The Hunt for Red October” (1990).

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