Most-quoted character in The Hunt for Red October (1990): in 20 of its 59 quotes
Most scenes with: Jack Ryan (6), Capt. Bart Mancuso (2)
...the only sound they will hear is our laughter, while we sail to Havana, where the sun is warm, and so is the...comradeship.
Capt. Marko Ramius Once more, we play our dangerous game, a game of chess against our old adversary - The American Navy. For forty years, your fathers before you and your older brothers played this game and played it well. But today the game is different. We have the advantage.
Capt. Marko Ramius We will pass through the American patrols, past their sonar nets, and lay off their largest city, and listen to their rock and roll... while we conduct missile drills.
Capt. Marko Ramius It reminds me of the heady days of Sputnik and Yuri Gagarin when the world trembled at the sound of our rockets. Now they will tremble again - at the sound of our silence. The order is: engage the silent drive.
Capt. Marko Ramius a great day, comrades! We sail into history!
Capt. Marko Ramius When he reached the New World, Cortez burned his ships. As a result, his men were well motivated.
Capt. Marko Ramius I miss the peace of fishing like when I was a boy. Forty years I've been at sea. A war at sea. A war with no battles, no monuments... only casualties. I widowed her the day I married her. My wife died while I was at sea, you know.
Capt. Marko Ramius Give me a ping, Vasily. One ping only, please.
Capt. Marko Ramius Anatoli, you're afraid of our fleet. Well, you should be. Personally, I'd give us one chance in three. More tea anyone?
I will live in Montana. And I will marry a round American woman and raise rabbits, and she will cook them for me. And I will have a pickup truck... maybe even a "recreational vehicle." And drive from state to state. Do they let you do that?
I suppose.
No papers?
No papers, state to state.
Well then, in winter I will live in... Arizona. Actually, I think I will need two wives.
Oh, at least.
What's so funny?
Ah, the Captain seems to think you're some kind of... cowboy.
You speak Russian.
It is.
Torpedo impact, 20 seconds.
What books?
Pardon me?
What books did you write?
I wrote a biography of, of Admiral Halsey, called "The Fighting Sailor", about, uh, naval combat tactics...
I know this book!
Torpedo impact...
Your conclusions were all wrong, Ryan...
...10 seconds.
...Halsey acted stupidly.
Hey, Ryan, be careful what you shoot at. Most things in here don't react too well to bullets.
Right.
I have to be careful what I shoot at?
There's one thing you haven't yet asked me: why?
Well, I thought you would tell me when you felt ready.
Well, there are those who believe that we should attack the United States first. Settle everything in one moment. Red October was built for that purpose.
"... and the sea will grant each man new hope, as sleep brings dreams of home." Christopher Columbus.
Welcome to the New World, Captain.
"Behold, I am coming as a thief... and he gathered them all together in a place called Armageddon... [English] and the Seventh Angel poured forth his bowl into the air, and a voice cried out from Heaven, saying, "It is done!" A man of your responsibilities reading about the end of the world? And what's this? "I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."
Ramius It is an ancient Hindu text, quoted by an American.
Putin An American?
Ramius Mmm. He invented the atomic bomb. He was later accused of being a communist.
I want you and the doctor to witness this. I'm removing the political officer's missile key, and I'm keeping it myself.
Dr. Petrov Captain, I think we should report this to Red Fleet Command.
Ramius I'm afraid that's impossible, doctor. Our orders are for strict radio silence.
Petrov This is most unnerving, captain. The reason for having two missile keys is so that no one man may...
Ramius May what?
Petrov ...may arm the missiles.
Ramius Thank you. That will be all, doctor.
Marko Ramius There will be no going back. [as he eats] Before we sailed, I dispatched a letter to Admiral Padorin, in which I announced our intention... to defect.
Lt Viktor Slavin In the name of God, why?
Ramius When he reached the New World, Cortés burned his ships. As a result, his men were well-motivated.
Officer No 1 You have signed our death warrants.
Padorin will send the entire fleet.
Jesus, they'll find us. They'll find us and -
No one's going to find us. That's enough, Yuri!
You had to do it, huh? You couldn't just turn the submarine over to the Americans. You had to make a political statement. Or was it something deeper, Captain... something that made you unable to slip away? Was it ego, Captain?
Ramius We each have our reasons, Viktor. My own began the day I was handed the blueprints for this ship... a ship which had but one use. And as for the rest, well, those are things that I alone must carry the burden for. Anatoli, you're afraid of our fleet. Well, you should be. Personally, I give us one chance in three. [offers tea pot] More tea, anyone? No? Then you may report back to your posts.
Borodin You heard the Captain. Dismissed.
Captain... [the other officers leave and Borodin closes the door]
Borodin Captain, I would never disagree with you in front of the men, you know that. But in this case, Viktor is right. It would've been better if you had not informed Moscow.
Ramius Oh, Vasily. Moscow is not the worry, nor the whole Soviet Navy. I know their tactics. I have the advantage. No. The worry is the Americans. If we meet the right sort, this will work. We get some... buckaroo?
I found out what happened to the caterpillar drive. The buffer circuit has been torn out. It was only a matter of time before an overload shut down the whole caterpillar.
What are you saying?
Melekhin Whoever did this knew how to cripple the caterpillar in a way not easy to find.
Captain, we have a saboteur onboard.
Ramius It can't be any of the officers. They had all the time in the world before we put to sea. Must be a member of the crew. [turns to Vasily] Go below, to Putin's cabin. Check his files for information on the crew. We may have to put them off before we planned.
Torpedo impact, 7, 6, 5 seconds, 4, 3, 2, torpedo impact... now.
I'll be damned!
What happened?
Combat tactics, Mr. Ryan. By turning into the path of the torpedo, the Captain closed the distance before it could arm itself.
So that's it?
Not quite. Right now Tupolev is removing the safety features on all his weapons. He won't make the same mistake twice.
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