Directed by: Kenneth Branagh
Starring: Kevin Costner, Kenneth Branagh, Keira Knightley, Chris Pine
Viktor Cherevin: You Americans like to think of yourselves as direct. Perhaps you are just rude.
Jack Ryan: You Russians like to think you're poets, but perhaps you're just touchy.
President: What's your name, son?
Jack Ryan: Ryan, Mr. President, Jack Ryan.
Jack Ryan: You didn't pick this life, I did.
Cathy Muller: But I chose you.
Factual error: In the Dearborn, Michigan car chase scene, a car is shown with a Michigan front license plate. MI is one of 13 states that does not have front license places.
Question: When Costner meets Jack Ryan for the first time he calls him John P. Ryan twice instead of Jack. Nowhere else in the movie did I here him referred to as John. Am I missing something? (00:08:15)
Answer: In all the original movies he was Jack his sons name was John so I thought he was the son of Jack.
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Answer: This is true of all versions of the character - his name's officially John Patrick Ryan, but he always goes by Jack.