Tag: The Hunt for Red October
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The Only Actor to Play Jack Ryan Twice Is Also the Genre’s Most Defining
Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan is one of the most beloved fictional characters to emerge in the past several decades. Generations of readers have poured over the adventures of the whip-smart CIA analyst who often finds himself in the middle of fieldwork, and Clancy’s stories have inspired several different projects in the years since his original…
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This Jack Ryan Adaptation Gave Us a Very Different Ben Affleck
The Jack Ryan franchise had big shoes to fill after Alec Baldwin and Harrison Ford successfully portrayed Tom Clancy’s fictional CIA analyst in The Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games, and Clear and Present Danger respectively. But in 2002, Ben Affleck gave it a go with the reboot The Sum of All Fears, focusing on…
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Why Chris Pine’s Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit Is Worth Another Look
Jack Ryan is a strange film franchise. Four actors have occupied the role since Alec Baldwin debuted the character in 1989’s The Hunt For Red October, each bringing a different energy to the idealistic CIA analyst caught in over his head. Tom Clancy’s novels are essential dad-core action/espionage romps that continue to be bestsellers, and…
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Neuchatel Celebrates ‘Pope of Action Cinema’ John McTiernan
Director of “Die Hard,” “Predator” and “The Hunt for Red October,” John McTiernan will step into the limelight at this year’s Neuchatel Intl. Fantastic Film Festival (Nifff), presenting three of his films as guest of honor while serving on the festival jury.If anything, the choice of honoree was obvious for Nifff artistic director Pierre-Yves Walder,…
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Is ‘Jack Ryan’ Based on Any of the Tom Clancy Novels?
In the late ’80s and into the ’90s, people around the world were addicted to Tom Clancy’s character Jack Ryan, an American version of Ian Fleming’s spy extraordinaire James Bond. The prolific author’s novels follow the adventures of the brilliant economics professor-turned-CIA analyst and black ops field agent lurking in the shadows while trying to…
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Movies Based on Tom Clancy Books, Ranked
At the height of his cultural popularity, Tom Clancy was a name synonymous with both the box office and The New York Times Best Seller list. Beginning with the 1984 novel The Hunt for Red October and up until his death in 2013 (with subsequent novels approved by his estate), Clancy’s penchant for military accuracy…
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Jack Ryan Portrayals, Ranked
Tom Clancy’s ex-marine turned CIA analyst and field agent, Dr. Jack Ryan made his first appearance in the author’s 1984 book, The Hunt for Red October. For almost 40 years and through five iterations, Clancy’s globetrotting special operations savant has been playing clandestine games and lurking in the shadowy corners of geopolitical intelligence and espionage…
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Stellan Skarsgård Laments The Decline Of The Mid-Budget Movie
Golden Globe-winning Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgård has a career spanning nearly five decades, most well known for his performances as Captain Viktor Tupolev in “The Hunt for Red October,” Jan Nyman in “Breaking the Waves,” Bootstrap Bill Turner in “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest,” Bill Anderson in “Mamma Mia!,” Martin Vanger in “The…
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Best Tom Clancy Novels Made Into Films That You Can Stream, Buy on Blu-Ray
All products and services featured by IndieWire are independently selected by IndieWire editors. However, IndieWire may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes.Tom Clancy’s best-selling novels have been adapted into a blockbuster film franchise, and there’s a new installment coming soon.…
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Frank Serafine, ‘Star Trek’ and ‘Tron’ Sound Editor/Designer, Dies at 65
Hollywood sound engineer Frank Serafine died on Wednesday in Palmdale, Calif., according to the Los Angeles County Coroner. He was 65.According to the a report by the Antelope Valley Times, he was fatally struck by a motorist travelling west on Palmdale Boulevard, and Serafine died at the scene of major head and body trauma.Serafine was…