USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage |
| Original title | USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2016 |
| length | 135 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Mario van Peebles |
| script |
Cam Cannon , Richard Rionda Del Castro |
| production |
Michael Mendelsohn , Richard Rionda Del Castro |
| music | Laurent Eyquem |
| camera | Andrzej Sekuła |
| cut | Robert A. Ferretti |
| occupation | |
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USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage is an American war and disaster film directed by Mario van Peebles from 2016. Nicolas Cage plays the leading role .
action
The American heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis of the Portland class under the command of Captain Charles McVay delivers components of atomic bombs in order to bomb the Japanese Empire with them. On the ship, two childhood friends, Indianapolis diver Bama Smithwick and crew member Mike D'Antonio, fall in love with the same woman without the other knowing. D'Antonio buys an engagement ring before traveling to Tinian . During a brawl with two crew members, D'Antonio loses the ring and one of the crew members, Alvin, steals it.
During a patrol in the Philippine Sea , the unaccompanied ship was attacked on July 30, 1945 by the Japanese submarine I-58 and sunk. 300 crew members go down with the ship, while the rest of them are stranded at sea for five days - without food, water and in shark-contaminated waters.
Over the next few days, most of the remaining crew members were eaten by sharks, drowned, or died of saltwater poisoning from drinking seawater. Smithwick and D'Antonio spend their time with the rest of the crew, where D'Antonio succumbs to massive leg injuries in a shark attack and Smithwick receives the engagement ring from Alvin.
On the 5th day, the surviving crew is rescued. In search of a scapegoat for their own gross negligence, a court martial convicts Captain McVay of endangering his crew. McVay committed a few years later suicide after he was charged with phone calls and mail messages from angry and grieving relatives of the deceased crew members and the media.
In 2000, McVoxy was posthumously pardoned by US President Bill Clinton .
synchronization
The German synchronization was commissioned by DMT - Digital Media Technology in Hamburg , after a dialogue book and the dialogue director of Oliver Hooper .
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Captain Charles B. McVay III | Nicolas Cage | Martin Keßler |
| Lt. Adrian Marks | Thomas Jane | Thomas Nero Wolff |
| Lt. Standish | Callard Harris | Martin Sabel |
| Clara | Emily Tennant | Leonie Landa |
| Quinn | Shamar Sanders | Timo Kinzel |
| Lt. Wilbur "Chuck" Gwinn | Max Ryan | Markus Hanse |
reception
The film received mostly negative reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes , the film has a rating of 17 percent based on 12 reviews, with an average rating of 3.4 / 10. On Metacritic , the film has a score of 30 out of 100, based on 8 critics.
The film service criticized the bad special effects of the film, but "the struggle for survival in the water is staged gripping". The film is also convincing in terms of its performance.
Web links
- USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF; test number: 169697 / V).
- ^ A b USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on May 13, 2020 .
- ↑ USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage , In: Rotten Tomatoes , accessed May 13, 2020
- ^ Criticism on filmdienst.de