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K-19: The Widowmaker

film by Bigelow [2002]

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In Kathryn Bigelow
…of Water (2000), Bigelow helmed K-19: The Widowmaker (2002). Based on a true event, it focuses on a Soviet nuclear submarine that suffers a radiation leak. The action film, which starred Harrison Ford and Liam Neeson, received mixed reviews and failed to find an audience.
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