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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. <br> <br> 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 wil...
Key Information
Genre: Comedies
Directors: David S. Ward
Actors: Bruce Dern · Harry Dean Stanton · Lauren Holly · Rip Torn · Rob Schneider
Stars: Kelsey Grammer
UPC: 024543101055, 086162897931
Running Time: 1hr 33min
Available Formats: DVD, DVD: Full Frame/Widescreen; Checkpoint, DVD: Full Frame/Widescreen; Sensormatic, VHS
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (MPAA)
Subgenre: Undersea
Release Date: 1996
Languages
Original Language: English
VHS Editions
: VHS20th Century Fox Home EntertainmentAugust 06, 1996PG-13 (MPAA)086162897931Sound Features: HiFi, Stereo
Professional Reviews
: (03/01/1996, p.33, Roger Ebert): "...Grammar is laid back and likable...", (03/04/1996, Leonard Klady): "...Fun....It's good-natured, innocuous frivolity that should raise a few smiles...", (08/01/1996, p.49-50, Liese Spencer): "...Easy to enjoy..."