Intense Trailer for Nicolas Cage's WWII Film USS INDIANAPOLIS: MEN OF COURAGE
I've been fascinated with the WWII story of the USS Indianapolis ever since I first heard about it when Quint recalled the story in Steven Spielberg's Jaws. After that, I researched the hell out of it and hoped that one day it would get its very own movie. Well, that movie has been made. It's called USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage, and it stars Nicolas Cage as Capt. Charles Butler McVay.
McVay was sent on a top secret mission with his crew to deliver the parts of the first atomic bomb. It was on the way back from delivering those parts when they were attacked by Japanese submarines and the ship went down in the middle of the ocean.
Because the ship was without an escort, the Indianapolis was not reported missing until four days later. Of 1,196 crewmen aboard, approximately 300 went down with the ship, while the rest faced exposure, dehydration, saltwater poisoning and shark attacks as they waited for assistance. Only 317 sailors survived, and McVay was court-martialed, then exonerated more than half a century later.
The film was directed by Mario Van Peebles (Empire, Once Upon a Time), features Tom Sizemore, and co-stars Thomas Jane as the pilot Chuck Gwinn, who spotted the crew of the USS Indianapolis on the fifth day after it sunk.
There's no word on when the film will be released, but I'm looking forward to seeing how it turns out.
