Ed Harris and David Duchovny play excellent roles in the movie, and the closing scene is very moving. The movie tells the story of the Soviet submarine that was lost in the south pacific in the 1960's. For PEEL Entertainment: Associate Choreographer to Anton du Beke “Puttin on the Glitz” An American In Paris (Dominion Theatre) Resident Dance Supervisor. This movie is based on historical fact, although there has been quite a bit of 'poetic license' taken in the telling. As the voyage progresses he learns there is more to their mission, the KGB officers are rouge, and the fate of the world hangs in the balance. The haunted Captain of a Soviet submarine holds the fate of the world in his hands. After studying law, Butler turned to acting in the mid-1990s with small roles in productions such as Mrs Brown (1997), the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), and Tale of the Mummy (1998). With Ed Harris, David Duchovny, William Fichtner, Lance Henriksen. Theatre Credits Includes: Chicago (Phoenix theatre London) Hunyak 1st cov Roxie Hart. A Soviet nuclear submarine captain is ordered to take a small group of KGB officers on a voyage so they can perform a test of some new technology, highly classified. Gerard James Butler (born 13 November 1969) is a Scottish actor and film producer.