Men of Honor

Men of Honor is a 2000 drama film, directed by George Tillman Jr. and starring Robert De Niro and Cuba Gooding Jr.. It is based on a true story, though De Niro's character is entirely fictional.

Plot summary

Carl Brashear (Gooding Jr.) joins the navy, and while working on a ship where he is assigned to the kitchen, he is inspired by the bravery of one of the divers, Master Chief Billy Sunday (De Niro). He is determined to overcome racism and become the first ever African American navy diver. Once he's at the training camp in Bayonne, New Jersey however, he finds that Sunday is the camp commander, who is determined to see that Brashear fails.

Tagline: History is made by those who break the rules.

Cast

• Robert De Niro — Leslie W. 'Billy' Sunday
• Cuba Gooding Jr. — Carl Brashear
• Charlize Theron — Gwen Sunday
• Aunjanue Ellis — Jo
• Hal Holbrook — Captain 'Mr. Pappy'
• Michael Rapaport — GM1 Snowhill
• Powers Boothe — Captain Pullman
• David Keith — Captain Hartigan
• Holt McCallany — MM1 Dylan Rourke
• Joshua Leonard — PO2 Timothy Douglas Isert
• Dennis Troutman — Boots
• Joshua Feinman — DuBoyce
• Theo Nicholas Pagones — FC Mellegrano
• Ryan Honey — Surveyor 2nd Yarmouth
• David Conrad — Lt./Cmdr./Capt. Hanks

See also

• 2000 in film

External links

• Men of Honor at the Internet Movie Database