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USS Dallas, movie star submarine, comes home for last time
By Jennifer McDermott Publication]http://www.theday.com/article/20131126/NWS09/311269926/1018[/url]
Ironically, the real USS Dallas never appears in the film. The USS Houston (SSN 713) stood in as the USS Dallas (SSN 700) in the transfer at sea scene. The interior scenes on Dallas and Red October were all filmed on sound stages. The interior of the Alfa V.K. Konovalov was actually shot in the torpedo room of the USS Blueback in San Diego. The submarine in the drydock scene was USS Permit (SSN 594). Exterior shots of the submarines "underwater" were filmed in a former fruit storage shed. The models were suspended from wires with five point articulated arms to control attitude of the model. The scenes were lit with blue lights and the water haze was "oil cracker" smoke. Sorry, no underwater R/C in that film!
By Jennifer McDermott Publication]http://www.theday.com/article/20131126/NWS09/311269926/1018[/url]
Ironically, the real USS Dallas never appears in the film. The USS Houston (SSN 713) stood in as the USS Dallas (SSN 700) in the transfer at sea scene. The interior scenes on Dallas and Red October were all filmed on sound stages. The interior of the Alfa V.K. Konovalov was actually shot in the torpedo room of the USS Blueback in San Diego. The submarine in the drydock scene was USS Permit (SSN 594). Exterior shots of the submarines "underwater" were filmed in a former fruit storage shed. The models were suspended from wires with five point articulated arms to control attitude of the model. The scenes were lit with blue lights and the water haze was "oil cracker" smoke. Sorry, no underwater R/C in that film!