U-571 is a 2000 French American war film directed by Jonathan Mostow and produced by Dino De Laurentiis and Martha De Laurentiis. The screenplay was written by Jonathan Mostow, Sam Montgomery and David Ayer.
Rated: PG-13 (movie contains war violence)
Run Time: 1h 56min
Release Date: April 21, 2000 (USA)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Director: Jonathan Mostow
Studio: Universal Pictures
U-571 stars Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton, Harvey Keitel, Jon Bon Jovi, David Keith, Thomas Kretschman, Jake Weber, Jack Noseworthy, Tom Guiry, Will Estes, Terrence ‘T.C.’ Carson, Erik Palladino, Dave Power, Rebecca Tilney, Carolyna De Laurentiis and Dina De Laurentiis.
U-571 is the story of a U.S. Navy submarine crew who is is ordered to pose as a German resupply ship in order to board a damaged German U-Boat to gain access to and capture an Enigma machine coding device and then sink the U-Boat so the Germans don’t discover the Enigma machine is missing.
Movie Quotes
“Relax gentlemen. She’s old… but she’ll hold.” – Lt. Commander Mike Dahlgren
“How deep does this thing go?” – Marine Major Coonan
“Oh, she’ll go all the way to the bottom if we don’t stop her” – Lt. Commander Mike Dalgren
“Don’t you dare say what you said to the boys back there again, ‘I don’t know.’ Those three words will kill a crew, dead as a depth charge. You’re the skipper now. And the skipper always knows what do do whether he does or not.” – Chief Henry Klough
“If you can’t take out that destroyer, the danger is not that some of us may die. It’s that some of us may live. These men have seen and heard things that must not be revealed to the enemy – our secrets, such as our radar capabilities, and our understanding of German encryption. If we fall into German hands alive, we will be tortured without mercy. Either you succeed in sinking that ship, or you see to it that none of us survive to be captured.”- Lt. Hirsch
“You see? you hesitate. But as a captain, you can’t. You have to act. If you don’t, you put the entire crew at risk. Now that’st the job. It’s not a science. You have to be able to make hard decisions based on imperfect information. Asking men to carry out orders that may result in their deaths. And if you’re wrong, you suffer the consequences. If you’re not prepared to make those decisions, without pause, without reflection, then you’ve got no business being a submarine captain.” – Lt. Commander Mike Dahlgren
Official Movie Trailer
Movie Stars
Matthew McConaughey as Lt. Andrew Tyler
Bill Paxton as Lt. Commander Mike Dahlgren
Harvey Keitel as CPO Henry Klough
Jon Bon Jovi as Lt. Pete Emmett
David Keith as Major Matthew Coonan
Thomas Kretschman as Capt. Lt. Gunther Wassner
Jake Weber as Lt. Hirsch
Jack Noseworthy as Seaman Bill Wentz
Tom Guiry as Seaman Ted ‘Trigger’ Fitzgerald
Will Estes as Seaman Ronald ‘Rabbit’ Parker
Terrence ‘T.C.’ Carson as Steward Eddie Carson
Erik Palladino as Seaman Anthony Mazzola
Dave Power as Seaman Charles ‘Tank’ Clemens
Rebecca Tilney as Mrs. Dahlgren
Carolyna De Laurentiis as Prudence Dahlgren
Dina De Laurentiis as Louise Dahlgren