- So, he gets this piece of Pavarotti...
- It was Paganini.
- Whatever.
- It was Paganini.
- Look, this is my story, okay?
- Then tell it right, Cob. Pavarotti is a tenor. Paganini was a composer.

— Jonesy (Courtney B. Vance)

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11 seconds sound clip from the The Hunt for Red October movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:12:00.372 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- I was in the middle of teaching Seaman Beaumont here the intricacies of modern sonar.

- Yeah, and I ain't chief of the boat. I'm actually Sheena, Queen of the Jungle.

- COB, please.

- Come on, COB. Tell me.

- Okay. Fine. Go ahead.

- Seaman Jones here, he's into music in a big way. He figures this whole boat is basically just his own personal, private stereo set.

- So, he gets this piece of Pavarotti...

- It was Paganini.

- Whatever.

- It was Paganini.

- Look, this is my story, okay?

- Then tell it right, Cob. Pavarotti is a tenor. Paganini was a composer.

- Okay. So he's got this music, and he's got it out in the water and he's... he's listening to it on his headsets, and he's just happy as a clam, and then all hell breaks loose.

- There was a whole slew of boats out of San Diego...

- Including one way out at Pearl.

- Including one way the hell out at Pearl.

- All of a sudden, they start hearing... Pavarotti... coming out their asses.

- What do I do?

- I got it.

[...]

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