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Down Periscope (VHS, 1996) 
Down Periscope (VHS, 1996)

 
Down Periscope (VHS, 1996)

Leading Role: Kelsey Grammer
Director: David S. Ward
Rating: Rated PG-13
Release Date: Aug 1996
Format: VHS
UPC: 086162897931
Product ID: EPID3272686
Description: Kelsey Grammar plays a wayward Navy officer, Tom Dodge, who is notorious throughout the Navy for having responded to a close call involving a Russian submarine by getting drunk and tattooing "welcome aboard" on an unmentionable appendage...
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Movie Description
Kelsey Grammar plays a wayward Navy officer, Tom Dodge, who is notorious throughout the Navy for having responded to a close call involving a Russian submarine by getting drunk and tattooing "welcome aboard" on an unmentionable appendage. He gets assigned by Admiral Winslow (Rip Torn) to command his own submarine; unfortunately, this sub is a rusting 1958 diesel model that the Navy wants to engage in war games to find out if it could inflict any damage. The assumption is, this sub is comparable to those the Russians are selling to renegade Iraqi and Libyan commanders, who might use them on suicide missions against the US.


Once on board, we meet the cast of quirky characters who will man this clunker, including a hyper, mutinous Rob Schneider as second in command, Harland Williams as the copulating whale-impersonating radar operater Sonar, and Lauren Holly as the token female officer. The slapstick ensues as this group of underdogs attempt to pull off the impossible, the completion of which will determine Dodge's future career.

Credits
Cast:Bruce Dern, Harry Dean Stanton, Kelsey Grammer, Rip Torn

Details
Sound:HiFi Sound, Stereo Sound

Notes
Released theatrically in the USA March 1, 1996. The film grossed $25 million domestically.

Color by Deluxe.

Additional cast: Ken Hudson Campbell (Buckman); Toby Huss (Nitro); and Harland Williams ("Sonar" Lovacelli).

Capt. John K. Nunneley was the film's technical adviser.

The first starring role in a major Hollywood release for Kelsey Grammer of TV's "Cheers" and "Frasier."

Rated BBFC PG by the British Board of Film Classification.

Copyright 1996 Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.

Editorial Reviews
"...Fun....It's good-natured, innocuous frivolity that should raise a few smiles..."
Variety - Leonard Klady (03/04/1996)

"...Grammar is laid back and likable..."
Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert (03/01/1996)

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      Down Periscope - Funniest Movie I've Ever Seen
    Review created: 12/19/05(updated 01/27/06)
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    10 of 18 people found this review helpful.

    This one just doesn't get old, it's the movie I pull out when I need a few laughs. Kelsey Grammer stars as Lt. Cmdr. Thomas Dodge who has been passed up yet again for command of his own submarine due to his unorthodox behavior. He gets one last chance at command from Vice Admiral Dean Winslow (Rip Torn). His last chance? Commanding a WWII era wreck of a diesel submarine, the USS Stingray (USS Pampanito), in a series of war games against the atomic powered USS Orlando. Admiral Winslow's advice? "Think like a pirate. I want a man with a tattoo on his (censored). Have I got the right man?" Standing in his way is Rear Admiral Yancy Graham (Bruce Dern) who is making it his personal mission to insure that Lt. Cmdr. Dodge fails by any means possible including by handpicking a misfit crew for the USS Stingray. Lt. Cmdr. Dodge's comments as he is reviewing the troops when they show up to board the boat: "Nice pants. Lose the cigar. Oh, you better burn that shirt, sailor... it's the crew from hell."


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