K-19: The Widowmaker
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K-19: The Widowmaker is a fact-based fictional movie starring Harrison Ford and Liam Neeson that was released on July 19, 2002, about the first of many disasters that befell the Soviet submarine of the same name. The film was directed by Kathryn Bigelow. The screenplay was adapted by Christopher Kyle, based on a story written by Louis Nowra.
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- Alexi: We will not fail.
- Mikhail: They might as well wear raincoats.
- Mikhail: Where are the radiation protective suits?
- Engineer: We don't have any. The warehouse was out, so they sent us chemical protective suits instead.
- Mikhail: They might as well wear raincoats.
- Mikhail: It's never difficult to do one's duty, Captain.
- Vadim: Hiroshima. 1.4 megatons.
- Mikhail: They'll send you to the Gulag, like your father.
- Alexi: Well, it's a family tradition. Isn't it?
- Alexi: How bad is it?
- Vadim: The leak is in the sealed area. There's no way to get to it. The temperature will keep rising 'til it reaches 1,000°, and...
- Alexi: And? And WHAT?
- Vadim: No one knows.
- Alexi: We deliver, or we drown.
- Alexi: How are the men?
- Dr. Savran: How would I know? I don't know the first thing about radiation sickness.
- Alexi: Please...
- Dr. Savran: I'm giving them asprin. And I'm trying to prevent those who are dying from irradiating those of us who still have some hope.
- Alexi: Pull yourself together. You're an officer in the Soviet Navy. Go back and tell them that they're improving. As you say, you know nothing about radiation sickness. Perhaps they are.
- Alexi: Under no circumstances will I abandon my boat or my crew to the enemy.
- Alexi: For their courage I nominated these men for the title of hero of the soviet union. But the committee ruled that because it was not wartime, and because it was merely an accident, they were not worthy of the title hero. What good are honors from such people? These men sacrificed, not for a medal. But because when the time came, it was their duty. Not to the navy, or to the state, but to us. Their comrades. And so, to comrades.
