“Conn, sonar! Crazy Ivan!” – Seaman Jones, The Hunt for Red October ... Movie Quotes Database

Seaman Jones

Conn, sonar! Crazy Ivan!

Capt. Bart Mancuso

All stop! Quick quiet!

Beaumont

[the ships engines are shut down completely]

What's goin' on?

Seaman Jones

Russian captains sometime turn suddenly to see if anyone's behind them. We call it "Crazy Ivan." The only thing you can do is go dead. Shut everything down and make like a hole in the water.

Beaumont

So what's the catch?

Seaman Jones

The catch is, a boat this big doesn't exactly stop on a dime... and if we're too close, we'll drift right into the back of him.

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Beaumont Ned Vaughn

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