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Down Periscope

Name: Down Periscope
Director: David S. Ward
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1996
Rating: 6.4
Cast: Kelsey Grammer, Lauren Holly, Rob Schneider, Harry Dean Stanton, Bruce Dern

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.

1996 · Directed by David S. Ward · 92 min · Comedy · 9 frames

Tagline

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

Crew

Screenplay: Hugh Wilson, Andrew Kurtzman, Eliot Wald
Cinematography: Victor Hammer
Edited by: William M. Anderson, Armen Minasian
Music: Randy Edelman
Production design: Michael Corenblith
Produced by: Robert Lawrence

Cast

Kelsey Grammer as Lt. Commander Tom Dodge
Lauren Holly as Lt. Emily Lake
Rob Schneider as Lt. Marty Pascal
Harry Dean Stanton as Lt. Howard
Bruce Dern as Rear Admiral Yancy Graham
William H. Macy as Captain Knox
Rip Torn as Admiral Winslow
Ken Hudson Campbell as Seaman Buckman
Toby Huss as Seaman Nitro
Duane Martin as Planesman 1st Class Jefferson 'R.J.' Jackson

Production

Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studios: 20th Century Fox
Box office: $37,553,585
Themes: mutiny, submarine, u.s. navy, misfit, maverick, hijinks, nemesis, navy lieutenant, comradeship, nuclear submarine

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