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Men of Honor (released in the UK and Ireland as Men of Honour) is a 2000 American drama film directed by George Tillman Jr. and starring Robert De Niro and Cuba Gooding Jr. The film is inspired by the true story of Master Chief Petty Officer Carl Brashear, the first African American master diver in the United States Navy.
Plot
Carl Brashear leaves his native Kentucky and the life of a sharecropper in 1948 by joining the United States Navy. As a crew member of the salvage ship USS Hoist, where he is assigned to the galley, he is inspired by the bravery of one of the divers, Master Chief Petty Officer Leslie William Billy Sunday. He is determined to overcome racism and become the first black American Navy diver, even proclaiming that he will become a master diver. He eventually is selected to attend Diving and Salvage School in Bayonne, New Jersey, where he arrives as a boatswain s mate second class. He finds that Master Chief Sunday is the leading chief petty officer and head instructor, who is under orders from the school s eccentric, bigoted commanding officer to ensure that Brashear fails.
Brashear struggles to overcome his educational shortcomings, a result of his leaving school in the seventh grade, in order to work on his family s failing farm. He receives educational assistance from his future wife, a medical student who works part-time in the New York Public Library in Harlem. Brashear proves himself as a diver by rescuing a fellow student whose dive buddy abandons him during a salvage evaluation. Unfortunately, due to the racism of the commanding officer, the student who fled in the face of danger is awarded a medal for Brashear s heroic actions. Likewise, during an underwater assembling task where each student has to assemble a flange underwater using a bag of tools, Brashear s bag is cut open on purpose. Brashear nevertheless finishes the assembly and graduates from diving school, earning the quiet and suppressed admiration of Sunday and his fellow divers. Sunday is later demoted to senior chief by the commanding officer for standing up for Brashear and allowing him to pass.
The paths and careers of Brashear and Sunday diverge. Brashear rises quickly through the ranks, even becoming a national hero in the 1966 Palomares incident for recovering a missing hydrogen bomb and for saving the lives of Navy crewmen. Sunday continually loses his composure around officers who disrespect his accomplishments, until he is finally demoted to chief petty officer and relegated to menial duties. He becomes a brooding alcoholic displeased with his lowered rank.
The two eventually meet again after Brashear s left leg was so mangled in the Palomares incident that he feels that his only chance to return to active duty and a relatively normal life is for the leg to be amputated and replaced with a prosthesis. Until this time, no Navy man had ever returned to full active duty with a prosthetic limb. Sunday again trains Brashear and aids him in his fight against the Navy s bureaucracy and an antagonistic Navy captain (Brashear s and Sunday s former Hoist executive officer) in order to return to full active duty and fulfill his dream of becoming a master diver. They succeed in getting Brashear reinstated.
In the epilogue, it is noted that two years later Brashear becomes a master diver. It is added that he does not retire from the Navy for another nine years.
Cast
- Robert De Niro as Master Chief Leslie Billy Sunday (based on Boatswain s Mate First Class Harry M. Rutherford)
- Cuba Gooding Jr. as Boatswain s Mate Second Class (later Master Diver) Carl Brashear Chris Warren Jr. as Young Carl
- Chris Warren Jr. as Young Carl
- Charlize Theron as Gwen Sunday
- Aunjanue Ellis as Jo Brashear
- Hal Holbrook as Camp Commanding Officer Mr. Pappy Captain USN.
- Michael Rapaport as Gunners Mate Snowhill, Brashear s barracks mate and a stutterer.
- Powers Boothe as Captain Pullman
- David Keith as Captain Hartigan
- Holt McCallany as Machinist s Mate First Class Dylan Rourke
- David Conrad as Captain Hanks
- Joshua Leonard as Petty Officer Second Class Timothy Douglas Isert
- Carl Lumbly as Mac Brashear, Carl s Father
- Lonette McKee as Ella Brashear, Carl s mother
- Glynn Turman as Chief Floyd
- Joshua Feinman as DuBoyce
Production
The film features the classic US Navy Mark V diving equipment used by the Navy from 1915 until 1985. The equipment was custom made by DESCO, who manufactured the gear for the Navy along with three other makers. The helmets used were actually commercial helmets (which have larger glass windows or lights ) on Navy breast plates, allowing greater visibility of the actors. The divers wore equipment weighing about 200 pounds (91 kg).
Reception
The film opened at the third position at the North American box office behind Little Nicky and Charlie s Angels, which was on its second week at the top spot.
Men of Honor was met with mixed reviews. It currently has a 42% rating at Rotten Tomatoes with the consensus stating: De Niro and Gooding Jr. manage to turn in performances that make this by-the-numbers inspirational movie watchable. Roger Ebert gave the film three stars out of four, calling it an old-fashioned biopic but criticized Theron s appearance in the film, calling it professional but unnecessary to the picture .
Historical accuracy
While the film portrays a Wisconsin recruit as the only white recruit to remain in Carl Brashear s bunk, the actual individual was a Brazilian diver named Alberto José do Nascimento, who was also dark skinned. Alberto also helped Brashear save a fellow recruit who was trapped underwater during a training exercise.
Soundtrack
Mark Isham s soundtrack was released as an album in 2000.
Condition | New |
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Publisher | 20Th Century Fox |
Rating MPA | R |
Recording Length | 128 Minutes |
Recording Studio | 20Th Century Fox |
Format | DVD |
Age Group | Adult |
Amazon ASIN | B00UGPQJHM |
UPC / EAN | 024543037774 |
Year | 2000 |
ReleaseDate | 2000-11-10 |
RuntimeMins | 129 |
RuntimeStr | 2h 9min |
Awards | Awards, 11 nominations |
Directors | George Tillman Jr. |
Writers | Scott Marshall Smith |
Stars | Cuba Gooding Jr., Robert De Niro, Charlize Theron |
Produced by | Bill Badalato, Bill Cosby, Stan Robertson, Robert Teitel |
Music by | Mark Isham |
Cinematography by | Anthony B. Richmond |
Film Editing by | John Carter, Dirk Westervelt |
Casting By | Anne McCarthy, Mary Vernieu |
Production Design by | Leslie Dilley |
Art Direction by | Lawrence A. Hubbs |
Set Decoration by | Kate Sullivan |
Costume Design by | Salvador Pérez Jr. |
Makeup Department | Stacye P. Branche, Thomas R. Burman, Keith Christiansen, Bari Dreiband-Burman, Denise Fischer, RaMona Fleetwood, Ilona Herman, Deborah K. Larsen, Violet Ortiz, B. David Pratt, K.G. Ramsey, Susan Sittko Schaefer |
Production Management | Bill Badalato, Billy Badalato, Thomas A. Imperato, Aaron Downing |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | Rocco Marra, Ernie F. Orsatti, Douglas A. Raine, Barry K. Thomas |
Art Department | Lisa Alkofer, Will Blount, Mike Carrillo, Dirk Clark, Christopher Daniel Coleman, Mick Cukurs, Darrin Denlinger, Ken Erck, Sean Fong, Matthew Gilbert, Scott Herbertson, Sean Kennedy, Daniel Maltese, Monica Rose Maynard, Chris McFadden, Douglas McKay, Laura M. O Brien, Drew Pinniger, Dean G. Roberts, Bruce G. Smith, Debi Shirk Tagliaferro, Pat Tagliaferro, Jana Treadwell, Brad Turner, Patricia Walker, Jim Wallis, Helen Wilson, Ben Woolverton, Nancy Yeo, Taylor Yingling, Christopher Daniel Coleman, Jack Cornelius, Benjamin Hayden, Joshua Hunt, Lars C. Larsen |
Sound Department | Anna Behlmer, David Burk, Ted Caplan, Derek Casari, Blake R. Cornett, Thomas Giordano, Craig Heath, Skip Longfellow, Larry Mann, Andy Nelson, David Obermeyer, Rodger Pardee, Rob Perkins, Rudy Pi, Robert Renga, Donald Sylvester, Jay Wilkinson, Corey Woods, Gary Wright, Ronald L. Wright, John Soukup |
Special Effects by | Mark Blatchley, Chris Jones, Boyd Lacosse, Ron Rosegard, Kai Shelton, Keith Urban, Bruno Van Zeebroeck, Gary Zink |
Visual Effects by | Cosmas Paul Bolger Jr., Daniel Chuba, C. Marie Davis, Babette Dickerson, Daniel Mellitz, Alexandra Menapace, Peter W. Moyer, Marco S. Paolini, Theresa Ellis Rygiel, Mark Sawicki, Andrew Shuford, Craig Shumard, Mark G. Soper, David Stump, Rich Thorne, Amy Tompkins, Gene Warren III, Gene Warren Jr., Christopher Warren, Susan Zwerman |
Stunts | Jeff Bramstedt, David Fittanto, Michael Fittanto, Art Hickman, David Hugghins, Kris A. Jeffrey, Adam S. Katz, Bret Kiene, David Leitch, Lyle Luquette, Kent W. Luttrell, Stephen R. Molison, Ernie F. Orsatti, Ron Otis, Justin Sundquist, Dain Turner, Tierre Turner, Jim Pearson, J. Robert Saettele, Nancy Young |
Camera and Electrical Department | Michael Baird, John Banholzer, Tyger Belton, Taylor Carter, Phillip V. Caruso, Pam Connor, Chris Cuevas, Darrin DeLoach, Matthew Devitt, Russell Engels, Brian Fleskes, Bruce Sarge Fleskes, Gary Fredrickson, Michael Goldman, Jim Grce, Daniel R. Haizlip, Elizabeth Hedges, W.C. Chunky Huse, Rory Robert Knepp, David R. Kohn, Brian C. Lawson, Bruce Lawson, Scott W. Leftridge, Michael Maloney, Patrick Murray, Scot A. Nederman-Paul, Dino Parks, Cynthia Pusheck, George Richmond, Jonathan Chunky Richmond, Pete Romano, Leonard Romie, Scott Ronnow, R. Michael Stringer, Albert Tablanza, Keith Talley, Carl A. Vidnic, Andy Waldron, John Warner, Steven J. Winslow, Patrick Campbell, Greg Schmitt |
Casting Department | Emily Dunlap, Angela Fee, Christopher Gray, Barbara Harris, Alex Newman, Megann Ratzow, Rachael Erwin, Susan Funk, Amy Maxwell, Christopher Lee Parson |
Costume and Wardrobe Department | Marsha Bozeman, Artemio Carpio, Harold Crawford, Leslie Gilbertson, Jalene Murphy, Marcie Olivi, Christi Work |
Editorial Department | Gary Burritt, Fred Chandler, Blake Maniquis, Dennis McNeill, DeNon Porter, Kathy Thomson, Kurt Leitner |
Location Management | Iris Cole-Hayworth, Todd Kreuter, Michael Parks, Kirk Steppe |
Music Department | Tom Boyd, Thomas A. Carlson, Sandy DeCrescent, Mike Knobloch, Robert Kraft, Stephen Krause, Ken Kugler, Frank Macchia, Cindy O Connor, Caryn Rasmussen, Chris Ridenhour, John Rodd, Dennis Sager, Paul Stewart, James Thatcher, Thomas Cavanaugh, Danielle Diego, Peter Erskine, Ellen Ginsburg, Rebecca Morellato, Byron Motley |
Script and Continuity Department | Dawn Gilliam |
Transportation Department | Chet Badalato, Steve Brill, Philip Krysl, John Suttles, Rick Wiley |
Additional Crew | Robert Allen, Katie Baron, Greg Biggerstaff, Crista Birgy, Carl Brashear, Matt Clements, Gina Cooper, Kevin Cooper, Eileen M. Dennis, Kathy Edwards, Amalia Ferreiro, Michael Fine, Susan Funk, Jamala Gaither, Allen Gerbino, Monica Goldstein, Peter Graf, Joe Hartwick Jr., Kathy McDonald Jones, Adam Leichtman, Brian Maynard, Amy McCain, Linda McGinnis, Christopher Mead, Tim Monich, Matthew H. O Connor, Eileen Peterson, Jason Poteet, Shaun Roberts, Geno Romo, Todd Jameson Saettele, Howard Samuelsohn, Taylor Saxon, Daisy Schwartz, Suzy Strawn Scott, Julieann Snow, Todd Spears, Dan Talbott, George L. Tarrant Jr., Gerald A. Vitatoe Jr., Troy Waters, Will White, Naomi Yospe, Susan Funk, Allen Gerbino, Frederick Johntz, Eric Kreis, Jim Lipman, Mark Schaefer |
Thanks | Philip M. Strub |
Genres | Biography, Drama |
Companies | Fox 2000 Pictures, State Street Pictures |
Countries | USA |
Languages | English |
ContentRating | R |
ImDbRating | 7.2 |
ImDb Rating Votes | 117140 |
Metacritic Rating | 56 |
Short Description |
Men of Honor (released in the UK and Ireland as Men of Honour) is a 2000 American drama film directed by George Tillman Jr. and starring Robert De Niro and Cuba Gooding Jr. The film is inspired by the true story of Master Chief Petty Officer Carl Brashear, the first African American master diver in the United States Navy. |
Box Office Budget | $32,000,000 (estimated) |
Box Office Opening Weekend USA | $13,339,465 |
Box Office Gross USA | $48,818,921 |
Box Office Cumulative Worldwide Gross | $82,343,495 |
Keywords | African american,determination,racial discrimination,1960s,hatred |
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