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Features: DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, Pan and Scan (TV Format), Dolby Digital (5.1), Dolby Surround Sound, English, Spanish Subtitled
Veteran skipper John Dodge (Kelsey Grammar, TV's "Frasier") will never be a textbook officer, but he's a brilliant seaman who's always wanted to command a nuclear submarine. Instead, he's given the helm of the Stingray, a diesel-powered World War II sub crewed by a collection of maladjusted, mistake-prone misfits (Lauren Holly, Rob Schneider, Harry Dean Stanton), then ordered to take on the U.S. Navy's best in a crucial war game. Batten down the hatches for unmistakeable hilarity that takes 200 years of naval tradition and throws it all overboard!
"...screwball comedy...funny stuff." Efilmcritic.com
"...Grammer exhibits a big screen presence." James Berardinelli's ReelViews
Editor's Note
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.
Plot Summary
Inept Navy Lieutenant Tom Dodge has been given one last chance to clean up his record. But thanks to his nemesis, Admiral Graham, he is assigned the leadership of The Stingray, a rusty, beat-up, creaky submarine, that will play the role of the enemy in a series of practice war games. Dodge's unenviable task is made worse when he meets his crew, an eccentric, incompetent bunch that includes a flatulent cook and an accident-prone electrician. Also, as an experiment in sexual integration, a woman has come onboard to join these misfits.| Dodge must find a way to shape up this motley crew, if he's ever going to prove his worth to Graham, the Navy -- and himself.
| Features | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound | | Scene Selection | | Interactive Menus | | Subtitles: English, Spanish |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Foxvideo |
| Release Date: 12/12/2006 |
| Running Time: 93 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1996 | | Catalog ID: 2220105 | | UPC: 00024543101055 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Widescreen 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew
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| | Professional Reviews | Sight and Sound
"...Easy to enjoy..." 08/01/1996 p.49-50Variety
"...Fun....It's good-natured, innocuous frivolity that should raise a few smiles..." 03/04/1996 Chicago Sun-Times
"...Grammar is laid back and likable..." 03/01/1996 p.33 San Francisco Chronicle 7 of 10
Down Periscope, now out on video, makes a surprisingly successful launch, with plenty of brisk one-liners and a promising set-up. But after that auspicious opening, it sinks. - Edward Guthmann
Movie Eye 6 of 10
A directionless and doomed diversion. Grammer's naval military mishap is a sinking ship both literally and figuratively. - Frank Ochieng
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| Customer Reviews | ![]() | | Cinematography |  5 | | Plot | 5 | | Acting | 5 | | Overall Satisfaction | 5 |
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5 of 5 VERY funny flick Monday, June 02, 2008
A Viewer from Ankeny, Iowa
I bought this as a gift for my Bro In Law as we watched my copy and he thought it was one of the funniest movies he had seen in a long time. Great ensemble cast of comedians and even a Survivor player is in the cast (can you find him?) Crude humor at times, but isn't that also the best kind? Fun for the whole family! Was this review helpful?  
5 of 5 "Welcome Aboard!" Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Bires from Las Vegas, NV
This movie is very very funny and safe enough to be family film. The cast is perfect and their characters are all well done. Was this review helpful?
5 of 5 Humor for All Monday, May 19, 2008
CM from KCMO
This is one of the funniest movies I have ever seen. The relationships between characters ring true most of the time although you will see some corny and trite scenes. Well worth your time - and enjoy the scene when the entire crew gets to know the cook better!! Stooge fans will love it. For those with more cerebral interests, the "whale" scene is great. Was this review helpful?
1 of 1 customers found this review helpful.
5 of 5 Highly recomended, very funny movie!! Tuesday, July 11, 2006
kimk4509 from Berwyn,IL
I don't even know how many times i've watched this movie but it has been one of my favorites since i first saw it. For some reason i just never get tired of it! If you're looking for a good laugh and not have to figure some boring, complicated plot then take the time to watch Down Periscope, you won't be sorry.
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