[chris37]

Reminds me of one of the best movies I have ever seen in my entire life...

Capt. Ramsey: Speaking of horses did you ever see those Lipizzaner stallions.

Hunter: What?

Capt. Ramsey: From Portugal. The Lipizzaner stallions. The most highly trained horses in the world. They’re all white?

Hunter: Yes, sir.

Capt. Ramsey: “Yes, sir” you’re aware they’re all white or “Yes, sir” you’ve seen them?

Hunter: Yes, sir I’ve seen them. Yes, sir I was aware that they’re are all white. They are not from Portugal; they’re from Spain and at birth, they’re not white; they’re black. Sir.

[proust]

underrated film. Great actors, great building tension.

[AngelesCrestHighway]

Excellent movie!

[Carriage Hill]

‘Crimson Tide’. 1995.
Never saw or heard of it.
Thanks for the h/t.
Watching it now on...
http://123movies.cz/film/crimson-tide-8317/watching.html

[gnickgnack2]

GREAT movie!!!! One of the few I’ve purposely watched again...at least twice.

[submarinerswife]

LOL My Husband HATES that movie. From the dog being on the sub to the line “turn the damn key” to the process of emergency action messages (EAM), of use of launch keys, steel gratings in the missile compartment.......

But watching submarines in movies or TV is tough because they get it so terribly wrong .. He was a submariner for 27 years.

He says that the Hunt for Red October and U 571are the most accurate movies for their time period..

[trisham]

Color

Aside from the rare solid-colored horse (usually bay or black), most Lipizzans are gray. Like all gray horses, they have black skin, dark eyes, and as adult horses, a white hair coat. Gray horses, including Lipizzans, are born dark—usually bay or black—and become lighter each year as the graying process takes place, with the process being complete at between 6 and 10 years of age. Lipizzans are not actually true white horses, but this is a common misconception.[2] A white horse is born white and has unpigmented skin.[5]

Until the 18th century, Lipizzans had other coat colors, including dun, bay, chestnut, black, piebald and skewbald.[2] However, gray is a dominant gene.[5] Gray was the color preferred by the royal family, and so the color was emphasized in breeding practices. Thus, in a small breed population when the color was deliberately selected as a desirable feature, it came to be the color of the overwhelming majority of Lipizzan horses.[6] However, it is a long-standing tradition for the Spanish Riding School to have at least one bay Lipizzan stallion in residence, and this tradition is continued through the present day.[7]

Source: Wikipedia