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Down Periscope
1996 · Film · 92 min
Directed by David S. Ward
Maverick Navy Lieutenant Commander Tom Dodge will never be a textbook officer, but he's a brilliant seaman who's always wanted to command a nuclear submarine — he's been given one last chance to clean up his record. Unfortunately, Admiral Graham, his nemesis, would rather sink the fleet than give Dodge his own boat. So, Graham stacks the deck against him and assigns Dodge to the Stingray, a diesel-powered WW2 submarine that can barely keep afloat. To make matters worse, Dodge's crew is a collection of maladjusted, mistake-prone misfits. Then, he's tagged the "enemy" in a crucial war game, and ordered to take on the U.S. Navy's best.
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One movie that was not even mentioned: The Fifth Missile (1986).
Aboard a nuclear-armed submarine, crew members gradually begin to descend into madness. The cause: chronic inhalation of toxic paint fumes from freshly coated interior surfaces. The resulting disorientation leads them to mistake a routine drill for the outbreak of a real nuclear war.
If Down Periscope gets a honourable mention, The Fifth Missile should, too.
Or military personnel, who don't even see actors wearing uniforms and giving salutes properly.
A funny thing; one movie I've seen called out on different occasions by naval veterans as actually getting a lot right, particularly in how people interact in the service, was the comedy Down Periscope.
Air Force silo jockies, tho I do suppose the nomenclature is more commonly used to refer to submariners. All i know about submariners is that the movie Down Periscope is more accurate than satiracle.
This reminded me of the film Down Periscope.