Submersion

In Episode XXXVII the crew dives deeper into the 1958 submarine movie Torpedo Run, it’s week 3 of WW2 month gang. You know the drill, Ernest Borgnine electrifies the screen as a cinema deity usually does, Glenn Ford trying to keep pace and a whole lot of sub action, and what’s that? Oh yes…torpedoes! Get ready for movie trivia, the Phantom Zone where Jamie connects submarine movies back to Ed Harr...

In Episode XXXVI the crew dives deeper into the 1943 submarine movie The Silver Fleet as we tackle our second movie of WW2 month. This classic was directed by Vernon Sewell & Gordon Wellesley and stars: Ralph Richardson, Esmond Knight, and Googie Withers. A Dutchman is put at odds with his countrymen when Nazi’s take over his shipyard and he begins making submarines for them. Things are not going...

In Episode XXXV the crew dives deeper into the 1959 submarine movie Up Periscope as we begin WW2 month. US forces must infiltrate a Japanese broadcast station and steal special codes used by the Japanese Navy. It won’t be an easy mission, as the sub nears Japanese waters frequent encounters with the enemy slow progress. Get ready for movie trivia, the Phantom Zone where Jamie connects submarine mo...

In Episode XXXIV the crew dives deeper into the 1998 submarine anime Blue Submarine No. 6 as Japanese movie month comes to a close. The majority of the human population has been devastated by rising sea levels and packs of vicious monsters created by an evil genius Dr. Zorndyke rule the ocean. It’s up to the crew aboard Blue Submarine No. 6 to stop mankind’s complete destruction. Get ready for mov...

In Episode XXXIII the crew dives deeper into the 2012 submarine television show starring Andre Braugher, Scott Speedman, Autumn Reeser, Daisy Betts, and Robert Patrick. A US nuclear submarine receives orders to launch a nuclear missile at Pakistan, however, it doesn’t come through the proper channel. When the captain refuses to launch the nuclear missile the US Navy tries to sink the submarine. Ge...

In Episode XXXII the crew dives deeper into the 1995 Japanese submarine anime Super Atragon directed by Kazuyoshi Katayama, with voiceover work from Aaron Krohn, Amanda Winn Lee, and Tiffany Grant. A giant column appears at the South Pole and begins emitting microwave radiation and is quickly melting Antarctica’s ice. A crew from Japan is sent to investigate the situation, things quickly spiral ou...

In Episode XXXI the crew dives deeper into the 1980 Japanese submarine film Virus directed by Kinji Fukasaku, starring Masao Kusakari, George Kennedy, Bo Svenson, Robert Vaughn, Glenn Ford, Olivia Hussey, and Edward James Olmos. A manmade virus completely devastates Earth’s population. The only survivors are people living on a submarine and a group of scientists living in Antarctica, where cold te...

In Episode XXX the crew dives deeper into the 2005 Japanese submarine film Lorelei: the Witch of the Pacific Ocean directed by Shinji Higuchi & Cellin Gluck, starring Kôji Yakusho, Stoshi Tsumabuki, Toshirô Yanagiba, Yû Kashii, and Shin'ichi Tsutsumi. To alter the course of WW2 a Japanese submarine captain is put onboard the I-507, an experimental Nazi submarine with a secret weapon. With news of...

In Episode XXIX, the first film of Japanese sub movie month, the crew dives deeper into the 1969 Japanese submarine film Latitude Zero directed by Ishiro Honda, starring Joseph Cotton, Cesar Romero, Akira Takarada, Masumi Okada, Richard Jaeckel, Patricia Medina, and Linda Haynes. What started as a safe scientific trip quickly takes a turn into something much greater as an oceanographer, a reporter...

In Episode XXVIII the crew dives deeper into the 2002 submersible film Dark Descent directed by Daniel Knauf, starring Dean Cain, Scott Wiper, Biliana Petrinska, and Maxim Genchev. Will Murdock (Dean Cain) is a US Marshal on an underwater mining base in the Marianas Trench and lays down the law when Vlad and his friends are harassing women. After Murdock shoots Vlad’s brother, Vlad vows to return...

In Episode XXVII a crack team of experts dive deep into the 2003 NCIS submarine-centric episode Sub Rosa in our first ever Submersible Pod. After a submariner turns up dead on a naval base, Agents Gibbs and Todd must board a submarine in the middle of a war game in order to find the murderer. Will they take down the imposter before it's too late? Board the submersible with us and find out. Get exc...

In Episode XXVI the crew dives deeper into the Steven Spielberg produced 1987 submarine film Innerspace directed by Joe Dante, starring Dennis Quaid, Martin Short, and Meg Ryan. Tuck Pendleton (Dennis Quaid) is a hotshot pilot on a secret mission and is shrunken down to microscopic size to be injected into a rabbit for an experiment. Everything goes awry when criminals break into the lab during th...

In Episode XXV the crew dives deeper into the 1966 submarine film Fantastic Voyage directed by Richard Fleischer starring Stephen Boyd, Raquel Welch, Edmond O’Brien, Donald Pleasence, William Redfield, and Arthur Kennedy. A scientist with a secret is nearly assassinated by the Soviets before he’s able to give information to the Americans. During the attempt on his life, he falls into a coma and fo...

In Episode XXIV the crew dives deeper into the 2004 Wes Anderson submarine film The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou starring Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Cate Blanchett, Anjelica Huston, Willem Dafoe, and Jeff Goldblum. After Steve Zissou’s best friend is killed by a jaguar shark, Zissou vows to kill it. The famed documentarian sets out with his film crew, a reporter, and his son to hunt the beast. Ge...

In Episode XXIII the crew dives deeper into the 1973 submarine film The Neptune Factor starring Ben Gazzara, Ernest Borgnine, Yvette Mimieux, and Walter Pidgeon. An earthquake sends a sea lab tumbling down an underwater cliff and it’s a race against time to find the survivors trapped inside. Massive underwater creatures and plants make the mission even harder than it already is. Get excited for mo...

In Episode XXII the crew dives deeper into the 2004 submarine film In Enemy Hands starring William H. Macy, Til Schweiger, Thomas Kretschmann, and Hawaii 5-0 superstar Scott Caan. A boat under Caan’s command is damaged by an enemy U-Boat and the American’s are taken prisoner on the sub. When an outbreak of meningitis threatens the lives of everyone onboard friends become enemies and enemies become...

In Episode XXI the crew dives deeper into the 1964 submarine film The Incredible Mr. Limpet starring the one and only Don Knotts, Carole Cook, and Jack Weston. In this submarine movie, Henry Limpet wants to serve the US Navy in WWII but can’t due to failing multiple physicals. He then wishes that he could become a fish, and he does! He meets new underwater friends and gets his opportunity to help...

In Episode XX the crew dives deeper into the 1997 submarine film Steel Sharks starring Gary Busey, Billy Dee Williams, and Billy Warlock. In this submarine movie, a chemical weapons expert falls into the hands of Iran and a US SEAL team must rescue him. When the SEAL team becomes overwhelmed by a swarm of Iranian soldiers they are held captive on an Iranian submarine and must escape. Get excited a...

In Episode XIX the crew dives deeper into the 1959 submarine film Operation Petticoat starring Cary Grant, Tony Curtis, Joan O’Brien, and Dina Merrill. In this WWII submarine comedy things get a little out of hand when the USS Sea Tiger must seek supplies on a nearby island for repairs. Captain Sherman (Cary Grant) sends Lt. Holden (Tony Curtis) ashore and he brings back a bunch of women. Get exci...

In Episode XVIII the crew dives deeper into the 2002 submarine film Below written by Darren Aronofsky and starring: Matthew Davis, Bruce Greenwood, Holt McCallany, Olivia Williams, and Zach Galifianakis. In this WWII ghost thriller, strange things start happening on a submarine after a group of survivors from a British medical ship are rescued. Get excited for movie trivia, the Phantom Zone, Subs...

In Episode XVII the crew dives deeper into the 1971 submarine film Murphy’s War starring, Peter O’Toole, Siân Phillips, and Philippe Noiret. In this WWII revenge film, Murphy’s ship is attacked by a German U-Boat in a river in Venezuela, as the sole survivor he does everything he can to avenge his fellow sailors. Everyone is back on board and we have movie trivia, the Phantom Zone, Subs Worldwide,...

The crew dives deeper into the 1943 submarine film Destination Tokyo starring Cary Grant, John Garfield, and Alan Hale.

The crew dives deeper into the 2000 submarine film U-571 starring, Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton, Harvey Keitel, and none other than Jon Bon Jovi. The film is a WWII suspenseful action movie with the Americans attempting to capture a Nazi Enigma Machine. This episode includes an interview with a real submariner, movie trivia, the phantom zone, subs worldwide with the German type VII, submarine...

The crew dives deeper into the 1969 submarine film Submarine X-1 starring James Caan.

The crew dives deeper into the 2005 submarine film Stinger, starring no one that anyone really knows.