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This wonderful film chronicles the inspirational, true-life exploits of Carl Brashear (Cuba Gooding Jr.), who becomes the Navy's first African-American Master Diver.

Brashear runs into formidable opposition in Billy Sunday (Robert De Niro), a rebellious senior officer and master diver who ultimately helps Brashear overcome a crippling injury, and fight racism and bureaucracy, to make military history.

Keywords:

Drama, Biographical, Biography, Movie, Film, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(2000) (USA) (3 Star)

Cast:

Robert de Niro	.... Master Chief/Senior Chief/Chief Leslie W. 'Billy' Sunday
Cuba Gooding Jr.	.... BM2/Chief/Senior Chief Carl Brashear
Charlize Theron	.... Gwen Sunday
Aunjanue Ellis	.... Jo
Hal Holbrook	.... Captain 'Mr. Pappy'
Michael Rapaport	.... GM1 Snowhill

Supporting Cast:

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

Directors:

George Tillman Jr.

Writers:

Scott Marshall Smith

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