After delivering parts of the first nuclear bomb to be used in combat, the USS Indianapolis, without escort, was torpedoed and sunk by an Imperial Japanese Navy submarine. Most of the deaths in this tragic event was not actually from the heavy cruiser going down, but from shark attacks. Of 1,195 crewmen aboard, about 300 went down with the ship. Thus the remainder , including the captain of the Indianapolis, Captain McVay (Nicolas Cage), would face exposure, almost no food or water, dehydration and shark attacks while floating in not enough lifeboats.
This makes for a very interesting and dramatic movie; factual as can be...probably not. Is this a waste of time, definitely not.!
Mario Van Peebles directs. The massive cast also features: Tom Sizemore, Thomas Jane, Adam Scott Miller, Matt Lanter, Brian Presley, Emily Tennant, Max Ryan, Cody Walker, Yutaka Takeuchi and Currie Graham.
This makes for a very interesting and dramatic movie; factual as can be...probably not. Is this a waste of time, definitely not.!
Mario Van Peebles directs. The massive cast also features: Tom Sizemore, Thomas Jane, Adam Scott Miller, Matt Lanter, Brian Presley, Emily Tennant, Max Ryan, Cody Walker, Yutaka Takeuchi and Currie Graham.