A German submarine is boarded by disguised American submariners trying to capture their Enigma cipher machine.A German submarine is boarded by disguised American submariners trying to capture their Enigma cipher machine.A German submarine is boarded by disguised American submariners trying to capture their Enigma cipher machine.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 4 wins & 10 nominations total
Terrence 'T.C.' Carson
- Eddie
- (as T.C. Carson)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe caption before the end credits, detailing the fact that the Royal Navy captured the first Enigma machine, was only added after an outcry in Britain, where it was believed that Hollywood was trying to claim the credit for the Americans (whose forces captured no German Naval Enigma material until 1944).
- GoofsIn the engagement with the other U-Boat, U-571 fires four torpedoes in quick succession without taking on trim water, yet the U-Boat does not change depth or trim. Each torpedo weighted from 1.5 to 2 tons. The sudden removal of that weight would cause a submarine's bow to move upwards if not countered. This is one reason why normal practice was to space the firing of torpedoes by 8 to 10 seconds, which allowed the submarine to take on water to compensate for the lost weight.
- Quotes
Chief Klough: You're the skipper now. And the skipper always knows what to do whether he does or not.
- Alternate versionsAt least one version of the theatrical release contained no subtitles for the opening scene aboard the German submarine. This was possibly to increase dramatic effect, placing emphasis on the acting and visuals rather than the dialogue.
- ConnectionsEdited into In Enemy Hands (2004)
- SoundtracksLover, Come Back to Me
Written by Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II
(performed at the wedding reception while Dahlgreen is talking to Tyler)
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It was an action movie, not a historic recount so for what it was I enjoyed it.
A lot of movies use historical events such as wars or tragedies as backdrops for their movies. "Titanic" for instance was completely untrue for the most part. This movie for some reason had lots of people complaining about how Americans were not the first to find the decoder depicted in the film. So what? Really, some people are just so anal. If England wishes for the true story to be told make a documentary on the subject with their money. This is an action movie made with American dollars, this is not to be confused with fact, seriously did you look up the Titanic's manifest and see if that poor Jack or his love Rose was on it. The decoder was just a way to get some guys on a German U-boat so we could have a pretty good action movie. It was nothing to ponder or for historians to dissect, I mean did we believe that Forrest Gump was real too and that he was a very important person in American History too or what? The main problem I had with this one is that Matthew McConaughey is the lead in this one. I think someone else would have been better, though he was not to bad in this one. Just when I see him I usually think chick flick, though I did like him in "Sahara" too. So a nice action movie, with some good submarine battles, I preferred "The Hunt Red October" and I have heard the German film "Das Boot" is the superior submarine film of all of them, but have never seen that one. Would like to though, until then though I enjoyed this one and I realize the English were the first to find said decoder.
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- Aaron1375
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- Also known as
- Tàu Ngầm U-571
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Box office
- Budget
- $62,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $77,122,415
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $19,553,310
- Apr 23, 2000
- Gross worldwide
- $127,666,415
- Runtime1 hour 56 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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