USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage (2016)

1196 men aboard, 5 days in water, 317 survived

The harrowing true story of the crew of the USS Indianapolis, who were stranded in the Philippine Sea for five days after delivering the atomic weapons that would eventually end WWII. As they awaited rescue, they endured extreme thirst, hunger, and relentless shark attacks.

Director

Mario Van Peebles

Writers

Richard Rionda Del Castro, Cam Cannon

Themes1940satomic bomb deliverybased on true storyhallucinationsmilitary tragedymoral burdennaval battlefieldnaval disasternaval warfareocean isolation