Men of Honor
2000 film directed by George Tillman Jr.
Men of Honor (Men of Honour in the UK and Ireland) is a 2000 American drama movie. It was directed by George Tillman, Jr. and it was produced by Bill Badalato and Robert Teitel. The movie was inspired by the story of Master chief petty officer Carl Brashear, the first African American master diver in the United States Navy.
| Men of Honor | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | George Tillman, Jr. |
| Written by | Scott Marshall Smith |
| Produced by | Bill Badalato Robert Teitel |
| Starring | Robert De Niro Cuba Gooding Jr. Charlize Theron |
| Cinematography | Anthony B. Richmond |
| Edited by | John Carter Dirk Westervelt |
| Music by | Mark Isham |
Production companies | Fox 2000 Pictures State Street Pictures |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release date | November 10, 2000 |
Running time | 129 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $32 million[1] |
| Box office | $82,343,495[1] |
The movie got mixed reviews from critics. It has a 42% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[2] Movie critic Roger Ebert gave the movie 3 out of 4 stars and called it "an old-fashioned biopic". He, however, criticized Theron's appearance in the movie and called it "professional but unnecessary to the picture".[3]
Cast
change- Robert De Niro as Master Chief Leslie Sunday
- Cuba Gooding Jr. as Boatswain's Mate Second Class (later on Master Diver) Carl Brashear
- 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
- 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
- L. Luquette as Diving Expert
- Lonette McKee as Ella Brashear
- Glynn Turman as Chief Floyd
- Joshua Feinman as DuBoyce
- Richard Radecki as diving master chief
- Dennis Troutman as Boots
- Miguel Brickman as Editor-in-chief
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Men of Honor". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2015-08-07.
- ↑ "Men of Honor". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
- ↑ "Men of Honor". Roger Ebert. Retrieved 2015-08-07.
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