Men of Honor (released in the UK and Ireland as Men of Honour) is a 2000 American drama film directed by George Tillman Jr. and starring Robert De Niro and Cuba Gooding Jr. The film is inspired by the true story of Master Chief Petty Officer Carl Brashear, the first African American master diver in the United States Navy.
Men of Honor was released by 20th Century Fox on November 10, 2000. The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $82.3 million against a $32 million budget.
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Carl Brashear leaves his native Kentucky and the life of a sharecropper in 1949 by joining the United States Navy. Carl promised his father that he would never quit and would fight for what he wants. As a crew member of the salvage ship USS Hoist, where he is assigned to the galley, he is inspired by the bravery of Master Chief Petty Officer Leslie William "Billy" Sunday, who free-dives to rescue a diver knocked overboard without an air line.
