This is quite a different meeting from the one widmark and poitier had in no way out, where widmark is a bigot who lashes out at poitier. The bedford incident kindle edition by rascovich, mark. Directed by 1 writing credits 2 cast 31 produced by 3 music by 1. The crew of the bedford is exhausted and near to cracking under the strain of keeping constant vigilance at their stations. Reporter ben munceford sidney poitier is aboard a u. Reporter ben munceford sidney poitier is allowed aboard a navy ship on patrol near the arctic circle, under the command of captain eric finlander. The bedford incident is a film directed by james b. The plot reflects several cold war incidents between the nato and soviet navies, including one in 1957 when uss gudgeon, a submarine, was caught in soviet waters and chased out to sea by soviet warships. The bedford incident the bed ford incident is an excellent contemporary sea drama based on a littleknown but daytoday reality of the cold war, the monitoring of.
The bedford incident was an attempt by columbia pictures which had previously made dr. Columbia pictures would seem to have had the patent on doomsday thrillers during the mid1960s, between dr. Youll have to complete your refund and exchange before the posted showtime indicated on your ticket. Sidney poitier is a reporter given permission to interview the captain during a routine patrol. During a routine patrol, a reporter is given permission to interview a a hardened coldwar warrior and captain of the american destroyer uss bedford. I had to buy the book it was based on to see the differences. If you view it as straight, unchallenged fiction and that is certainly the only way you should even think of viewing the bedford incident, which came to the. Navy ship sailing near the arctic circle, on assignment to write a profile of capt. Finlander may indeed recognize that the torpedoes will detonate too closely for the bedford to survive. It is pure intelligent drama with subplots that enhance and not detract from the film. The bedford incident is a 1965 britishamerican cold war film starring richard widmark and sidney poitier and coproduced by widmark. Richard widmark plays a hardened coldwarrior and captain of the american destroyer uss bedford.
Bedford incident is hands down the finest naval movie ever made unless you count the naval parts of captain phillips. Harris with richard widmark, sidney poitier, james macarthur, martin balsam, year. Harris optioned film rights to mark rasocovichs newest novel, the bedford incident. Based on mark rascovichs novel, it tells of a nuclear confrontation between an american naval. The photography is fuzzy, the characters are goldplated stereotypes, the plot is obvious and advances automatically. Its not an incident, its the works richard widmark plays a hardened coldwar warrior and captain of the american destroyer uss bedford. After giving a hard time to a pool hall owner for closing early, they briefly harass a passing couple, then mug an old man for his eight dollars and beat him into unconsciousness. An american destroyer captain is determined to confront a soviet submarine caught violating territorial waters. Naval vessel on a routinenato patrol that ends up in a freakish showdown with a russian submarine. The bedford incident is, alas, the most dry, humorless, and inaccessible of the three, which damages its attempt at creating suspense.
Poitier gets more than he bargained for when the bedford discovers a soviet sub in the. Nerveracking suspense surrounds the bedford incident, the tale of a u. This author is a great writer, and the movie script did him great honor by not changing much of his writing. Released november 25th, 1999, the bedford incident stars richard widmark, sidney poitier, martin balsam, james macarthur the movie has a runtime of about 1. Skipper of an american destroyer comes into direct contact with a foreign submarine in peacetime. The point of babel is that none need necessarily have met, that the odds against all of these events are high, but that they happened, and there you are. The beginning or the end 1947 a fictionalized docudrama about the manhattan project and the nuclear bombing of hiroshima. Read the full synopsis of the bedford incident, 1965, directed by james b. Poitier gets more than he bargained for when the bedford discovers a soviet sub in the depths and the captain begins. As the movie opens, the ship is the british destroyer hms wakeful hull number f159, but after the doctor and journalist are delivered, the vessel as a model becomes the us navys dlg1, a fictional vessel apparently intended to represent a farragutclass destroyer.
I saw that movie back when it first came out in the mid 60s. You may exchange or request a refund for your entire order, less the convenience fee, through fandango up until the posted showtime. Hells angels on wheels, for example wasnt much of a movie but the cinematography deserved an oscar nomination. The bedford incident 1999 reporter ben munceford sidney poitier is aboard a u. Download the bedford incident yts yify movies torrents download.
Plot on a late sunday evening in the bronx, punks joe ferrone and artie connors are looking for trouble. The bedford incident pictures and movie photo gallery check out just released the bedford incident pics, images, clips, trailers, production photos and more from rotten tomatoes movie. The reporter gets more than he bargained for when the bedford discovers a soviet sub and the captain begins a relentless pursuit, pushing his crew to breaking point. Harris and starring richard widmark, sidney poitier, james macarthur. The bedford incident is a sublime, intricate cold war thriller that doesnt have to rely on special effects theyre actually good for the day, but not the focus of the film or action in a military setting. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing the bedford incident near you. He meets the ships captain, eric finlander richard widmark and learns that the bedford is trailing a soviet submarine that has violated the territorial waters of greenland. As the united states and soviet union warily eye one another during the cold war, the destroyer uss bedford is on patrol in the north atlantic ocean. Richard widmark is a determined naval ship captain in the bedford incident, which also stars sidney poitier, eric portman, martin balsam, james macarthur, and wally cox.
Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, suspense and tense films with plots about danger, military, heroes, race against time, chases and races, cold war and catastrophe mostly in thriller, drama and action genres. The trailers demonstrate the value of a critical film like the bedford incident. The story of this captain and his crew offers us a cautionary tale. Tonights film picks include the bedford incident, date night, romancing the stone, americas sweethearts, the manchurian candidate and resurrected. Synopsis as the united states and soviet union warily eye one another during the cold war, the destroyer uss bedford is on patrol in the north atlantic ocean. Although none ended as catastrophically as the bedford incident, the story illustrated many of the fears of the time. Most similar movies to the bedford incident the list contains related movies ordered by similarity.
An american news writer assigned to interview the captain of the destroyer uss bedford bears witness to a stunning game of cat and mouse in the frigid waters of the northern atlantic. Look carefully and you will spot a young donald sutherland in an early role as a pharmacists mate. This movie relays the fictional account of a us warship, the uss bedford. A navy helicopter ferries two men out to the ship in midocean. Strangelove and released failsafe to tap the well of public anxiety surrounding nuclear weapons and the cold war one more time. What i took from his leaving the bridge was that he could not face the possibility that should they survive, the subs sinking could have triggered an international incident, even a war, given his hawkish record. There were a few complaints when the film was released that the japanese plot was hauled into the movie against its will. The plotline involves the stance taken by the commanding officer of the bedford against an incoming soviet submersible and his relation with his subordinate officers. Good model work but a typical cold war oops we started a nuclear war plot. Sidney poitier, richard widmark, martin balsam, eric portman.
Cold war film starring richard widmark, martin balsam, sidney poitier, donald sutherland, and wally cox. Well refund your credit card or we can credit your fandango account to use for another movie. The ruthless captain of a us destroyer develops an. Some of the dialog in the movie was taken word for word from the book, and the movie followed pretty closely until the end.
The bedford incident widescreen, subtitled on tcm shop. Top 10 submarine movies how many have you actually seen. The filmakers made a great decision to film in black and white, because that accentuates its bleak arctic stage, and permitted more. The bedford incident, dvd, widescreen, subtitled, action adventure, 043396008427. The bedford incident 1965 sidney poitier in the bedford incident 1965 sidney poitier and eric. Harris, with richard widmark, sidney poitier, james macarthur, at turner classic movies.