Down Periscope
Fox Home Entertainment

February 3rd, 2004

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Rating: 4.6 / 5.0 (245 votes)

Released: 2004-02-03
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Down Periscope by Fox Home Entertainment

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Director David S. Ward	Studio Fox Home Entertainme	Runtime 92	Rated PG-13 (Parental Guidance)	Binding DVD

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Kelsey Grammer sails from TV's “Frasier” to the big screen in this screwball comedy co-starring Lauren Holly and Rip Torn. Veteran skipper John Dodge (Grammer) will never be a textbook officer, but he's a brilliant seaman who's always wanted to command a nuclear submarine. Unfortunately, Admiral Graham (Bruce Dern) would rather sink the fleet than give Dodge his own boat. So Dodge is given the helm of a diesel-powered WW2 sub crewed by 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. Batten down the hatches for unstoppable hilarity that takes 200 years of naval tradition¿and throws it all overboard!

Actors

Kelsey Grammer
Lauren Holly
Rob Schneider
Harry Dean Stanton
Bruce Dern

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Editorial Review

Kelsey Grammer stars as the captain of a rust-bucket submarine who is fighting for his career by proving his skills in a contest against far more sophisticated ships. Rob Schneider provides comic support as an uptight ensign, and Lauren Holly plays an officer who has to fight her own will-they-accept-me-because-I'm-a-woman anxieties. The film didn't do well at the box office, but it is actually pretty funny, Grammer is enjoyable, and the above-the-water/below-the-water action sequences are as good as any in most submarine films. –Tom Keogh