The Hunt for Red October (1990)

Larry Ferguson: Chief of the Boat

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• [telling young Sonarman Beaumont about Jones's most embarrassing moment] 

  Watson : Seaman Jones here is into music in a big way, and he views this whole boat as his own personal, private stereo set. Well, one day he's got this piece of Pavarotti...

  Seaman Jones : It was Paganini.

  Watson : Whatever.

  Seaman Jones : It was Paganini.

  Watson : Look, this is my story, okay?

  Seaman Jones : Then tell it right, COB. Pavarotti is a tenor, Paganini was a composer.

  Watson : So anyway, he's got this music out in the water, and he's listening to it on his headsets, and he's just happy as a clam. And then all hell breaks loose. See, there's this whole slew of boats out in the water...

  Seaman Jones : Including one WAY out at Pearl!

  Watson : Including one way the hell out at Pearl. All of a sudden, they start hearing, Pavarotti...

  Beaumont : Pavarotti!

  Watson : Coming up their asses!

• Watson : Y'know, I seen me a mermaid once. I even seen me a shark eat an octopus. But I ain't never seen no phantom Russian submarine.

• Seaman Jones : COB, we don't have time for sea stories. I was just teaching Seaman Beaumont, here, the intracacies of modern sonar, now...

  Watson : [chuckling]  Yea, and I ain't Chief Of the Boat, I'm actually Sheena, queen of the jungle!

• Jack Ryan : The sub we're after is called the Red October. She's under the command of a man named Ramius. Now, there's the possibility that he and a good portion of his crew are attempting to defect.

  Capt. Bart Mancuso : Defect? Excuse me.

  [going to speak privately with COB, then returning] 

  Capt. Bart Mancuso : You say the boat's called the Red October?

  Jack Ryan : That's right.

  Capt. Bart Mancuso : Skipper's Ramius.

  Jack Ryan : Right.

  Capt. Bart Mancuso : It seems the circumstances have changed somewhat, Mr. Ryan.

  [giving him a communique, Jack does a double-take upon reading it] 

  Capt. Bart Mancuso : Get this man some dry clothes. I'll be in the conn.

  Watson : Aye, aye, sir.

  Jack Ryan : [re-reading the message]  "National Command Authority: Informed Soviet Typhoon-class submarine Red October under command of Marko Ramius is potential renegade and threatens independent missile launch. You are authorized to use any necessary force to prevent said submarine from approaching the coast of the United States."