SCOTTEMBER concludes with Tony's brilliant naval submarine action thriller 'Crimson Tide' featuring near-best performances from two titanic actors: Gene Hackman & Denzel Washington. Film writer Zach Vasquez returns to discuss the real-world geopolitics that inform the film's ideology, the script's racial undertones (and how much we might have Tarantino to thank), and why this might be our favorite Tony of them all. Plus - we finally give our definitive Top 5 Tony's.

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Read Zach's Crooked Marquee pieces:

Crimson Tide at 25: A Muscular Action Masterpiece for Bleeding Hearts

I Hate Everybody: An Ode to the Racially-Charged Action Movie

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