- Phantom Below
Infobox Film
name = Phantom Below
director =Brian Trenchard-Smith
producer =Brian Trenchard-Smith
writer =Stephen P. Jarchow (story)Mark Sanderson (screenplay)
narrator =
starring =Adrian Paul Catherine Dent Mike Doyle Matt Battaglia Mark Deklin
music = David Reynolds
cinematography =Paul Atkins Mark Gerasimenko
editing =Stephen Mirrione
distributor =
released =April 1 ,2005
runtime = 95 min.
country =USA
language = English
budget =
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amg_id = 1:336818
imdb_id = 0430677"Phantom Below" (also known as "Tides of War" and "USS Poseidon: Phantom Below") is the first film released by
Hawaii -based studioPacific Films . Its worldpremiere was at theHawaii International Film Festival onMarch 31 ,2005 . The film is notable in that it has several different editions, one for general audiences, another with eight additional minutes for Japanese audiences and one withhomosexual themes for theLGBT -interesttelevision channel called here!.It was filmed entirely on the Hawaiian island of
Oahu and employed hundreds of local actors and crew members. It was produced and directed byBrian Trenchard-Smith and starsAdrian Paul as Commander Frank Habley and Mike Doyle as his lover, Lt. Commander Tom Palatonio.Plot summary
The film takes place primarily in the waters off the coast of
North Korea with some scenes set in Hawaii. As it opens, an Americansubmarine under the command of Commander Habley is attacked by an enemy submarine that has nosonar signature. Although it survives the fight, the American submarine is badly damaged and Tom, Habley'sExecutive Officer and lover, is killed.Upon return to base in
Pearl Harbor , Commander Habley is subjected to acourt martial . The Navy does not believe his story and it appears his career is over until he is recruited to command a covert mission to tap an underwater cable lying between North Korea and mainlandChina . This is a highly sensitive and dangerous task because tensions are rising between the United States and North Korea, and it appears the two nations are on the brink ofwar . Habley's mission is complicated by the presence of Lieutenant Claire Trifoli, Tom's sister, who blames him for her brother's death.External links
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Submarine film
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