Men of Honor (2000)


Men of Honor
Release Date14 September 2000
Budget$32,000,000
US Box Office$49,000,000
TaglineHistory is made by those who break the rules.
GenreBiography, Drama
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsCathlamet, Washington, USA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixDolby Digital, SDDS, DTS
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassBiopic [feature], Message Movie
MoodTriumph of the Spirit
ThemesMilitary Life, Race Relations, Social Injustice
TonesForceful, Rousing, Gritty, Earnest, Confrontational, Poignant, Intimate
TagsAfrican American, Barracks, Bureaucrat, Injury, Military, Navy, Prejudice, Racist

Men of Honor (released in the UK and Canada as Men of Honour) is a 2000 drama film, starring Robert De Niro and Cuba Gooding, Jr. The film was directed by George Tillman, Jr. It is inspired by the true story of Master Chief Petty Officer Carl Brashear, the first African-American Master Diver in the United States Navy.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Chief 'Billy' Sunday

Chief Carl Brashear

Gwen Sunday

'Mr. Pappy'

GM1 Snowhill

Captain Pullman

Captain Hartigan

MM1 Dylan Rourke

Cmdr., Lt., Capt. Hanks

PO2 Timothy Douglas Isert

Mac Brashear

Ella Brashear

Chief Floyd

Dennis Troutman
Boots

Joshua Feinman
DuBoyce

Theo Nicholas Pagones
FC Mellegrano

Ryan Honey
Surveyor 2nd Yarmouth

Young Carl Brashear

Lester B. Hanson
Admiral Yon

Jack Frazier
Rear Admiral French

David Richard Heath
Medical Officer

Demene E. Hall
Mrs. Biddle

Shawn Michael Howard
Junie

Troy Lund
Blonde Gate SP

Henry Harris
Rescued Pilot

Matt Dotson
Marine Guard at Hearing

David Meyers
Dr. Cudahy

Richard Perry Turner
Dr. Dinkins

George 'Chick' Rankins
Cab Driver

Donny Moor Bartender

Nasir Najieb
Black Inductee

Dennis Bateman
Navy Instructor

Naked Grunt

Steven Clark Pachosa
Navy Recruiter, Chief Petty Officer

Marilyn Faith Hickey
Pinch-Faced Woman at Detox Center

Bruce Burkhartsmeier
Presiding Officer

Michael Tyrone Williamson
Waiter

Michelle Guthrie
Therapist

Michael Patrick Egan
Sailor

Scott Kraft
Ropeleski

Tim Monsion
News Reporter

Red Tail

Timothy McCuen Piggee
School Master

John Polce
Hospital Security

The Count
Band Leader

Allen Gerbino
Pilot #1, Aerial Coordinator

Art Gotisar
Pilot #2

Shore Patrolman

Ivory Dilley
Frantic Girl

Chad W. Smathers
Drowning Boy

Wayne Morse
Navy Orderly

Rachel Jahn
Candy Striper

Jon Du Clos
Sunday's Assistant

Leon Russom
Decker

Richard Radecki
Fan Tail Chief

Randy Flagler
Bomb Chief

Jeremy Taylor
Deckhand

Jason Bailey
Sonar Man

Ayanna Berkshire
Jazz Club Dancer

Carl Brashear
Nightclub Patron

Heath Centazzo
Navy Deck Hand

Russ Cootey
Officer with Champagne

Ethan Hoyt
Naval Officer

Chris Krueger
Deep Sea Diver

Jonah Loeb
Navy Soldier

Diver

Laurie Slater
Ballroom Dancer

Brad Everett Young
Shocked Navy Diver

Director

Writer

Scott Marshall Smith

Producer

Bill Badalato
producer

executive producer

Stan Robertson
executive producer

Robert Teitel
producer

Original Music

Cinematographer

Anthony B. Richmond
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Editor

John Carter
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Dirk Westervelt
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Casting Director

Anne McCarthy
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Mary Vernieu
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Production Designer

Leslie Dilley
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Art Director

Lawrence A. Hubbs
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Set Decorator

Kate J. Sullivan
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Costume Designer

Salvador Pérez Jr.

Makeup Department

Stacye P. Branche
makeup department head

Thomas R. Burman
special makeup effects artist

Keith Christiansen
special makeup effects artist

Bari Dreiband-Burman
special makeup effects artist

Denise Fischer
additional makeup artist

RaMona Fleetwood
makeup artist

Ilona Herman
makeup artist: Mr. De Niro, hair stylist: Mr. De Niro

Deborah K. Larsen
makeup artist: Ms. Theron

Violet Ortiz
additional hair stylist

B. David Pratt
additional hair stylist

K.G. Ramsey
hair department head

Susan Sittko Schaefer
hair stylist

Production Manager

Bill Badalato
unit production manager

Billy Badalato
production supervisor

Aaron Downing
post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Rocco Marra
second assistant director

Ernie F. Orsatti
second unit director

Douglas A. Raine
second assistant director

Barry K. Thomas
first assistant director

Art Department

Will Blount
property master

Mike Carrillo
assistant property master

Mick Cukurs
set designer

Darrin Denlinger
storyboard artist

Ken Erck
signwriter

Sean Fong
set dresser

Matthew Gilbert
first assistant prop master

Scott Herbertson
set designer

Sean Kennedy
buyer

Daniel Maltese
set designer

Monica Rose Maynard
art department coordinator

Laura M. O'Brien
art department coordinator

Drew Pinniger
set dresser

Dean G. Roberts
carpenter

Debi Shirk Tagliaferro
art department coordinator

Pat Tagliaferro
construction coordinator

Jana Treadwell
labour gang boss

Brad Turner
set dresser

Patricia Walker
charge scenic

Jim Wallis
set designer

Helen Wilson
sewer

Nancy Yeo
stand-by painter

Benjamin Hayden
set dresser

Joshua Hunt
set dresser

Sound Department

Anna Behlmer
sound re-recording mixer

David Burk
assistant sound editor

Ted Caplan
sound effects editor

Derek Casari
foley engineer, adr engineer

Blake R. Cornett
assistant sound editor

Thomas Giordano
sound mixer: underwater unit

Craig Heath
adr recordist

Skip Longfellow
first assistant sound editor

Larry Mann
supervising sound editor

Andy Nelson
sound re-recording mixer

David Obermeyer
sound mixer

Rodger Pardee
sound effects recordist

Rob Perkins
additional adr recordist

Rudy Pi
additional sound re-recording mixer

Robert Renga
sound recordist

Donald Sylvester
adr supervisor

Jay Wilkinson
sound effects editor

Corey Woods
sound utility

Ronald L. Wright
boom operator

Special Effects

Mark Blatchley
special effects technician

Chris Jones
special effects technician

Boyd Lacosse
pyro coordinator

Ron Rosegard
special effects

Kai Shelton
special effects tech

Keith Urban
special effects foreman

Bruno Van Zeebroeck
special effects coordinator

Visual Effects

Cosmas Paul Bolger Jr.
visual effects supervisor

Daniel Chuba
visual effects: Hammerhead Productions

C. Marie Davis
visual effects executive producer

Babette Dickerson
visual effects editor

Theresa Ellis
digital compositor

Daniel Mellitz
video assist operator: visual effects, re-shoot

Rob Menapace
motion control operator

Peter W. Moyer
visual effects supervisor: Digital Filmworks

Marco S. Paolini
digital compositor

Mark Sawicki
optical camera

Andrew Shuford
modelshop visual effects production assistant

Mark G. Soper
visual effects coordinator

David Stump
effects director of photography

Rich Thorne
visual effects supervisor

Amy Tompkins
visual effects editor: CIS

Christopher Warren
director of miniature photography

Gene Warren III
visual effects production supervisor

Gene Warren Jr.
visual effects consultant

Susan Zwerman
visual effects producer

Stunts

Jeff Bramstedt
stunts

David Fittanto
stunts

Michael Fittanto
stunts

Art Hickman
stunts

David Hugghins
stunts

Kris A. Jeffrey
marine captain & water safety

Bret Kiene
stunts, stunt double: Robert De Niro

David Leitch
stunts

Kent W. Luttrell
stunt rigger

Stephen R. Molison
stunts

Ernie F. Orsatti
stunt coordinator

Ron Otis
stunts

Justin Sundquist
stunts

Dain Turner
stunts

Tierre Turner
stunts

Jim Pearson
stunt marine

Nancy Young
stunt double: Charlize Theron

Camera and Electrical Department

Michael Baird
video assistant

John Banholzer
grip

Tyger Belton
second assistant camera: "a" camera

Taylor Carter
camera assistant trainee

Phillip V. Caruso
still photographer

Chris Cuevas
second assistant camera: additional camera

Darrin DeLoach
assistant camera: additional photography

Matthew Devitt
underwater best boy grip: miniature unit

Russell Engels
gaffer

Brian Fleskes
grip

Bruce 'Sarge' Fleskes
best boy electric

Mike Goldman
grip

Jim Grce
gaffer: Los Angeles

Daniel R. Haizlip
best boy grip

W.C. 'Chunky' Huse
key grip

Rory Robert Knepp
additional camera operator, Steadicam operator

David R. Kohn
set lighting technician

Brian C. Lawson
rigging grip

Bruce Lawson
rigging key grip

Patrick Murray
gaffer: underwater unit

Dino Parks
gaffer: second unit

Cynthia Pusheck
underwater camera operator

George Richmond
camera operator

Jonathan 'Chunky' Richmond
first assistant camera: "a" camera

Pete Romano
underwater director of photography

Scott Ronnow
second assistant camera

R. Michael Stringer
dolly grip: additional photography

Carl A. Vidnic
underwater electrician: underwater unit

John 'JW' Warner
underwater grip: miniature unit

Steven J. Winslow
assistant camera: Wescam camera, camera technician

Greg Schmitt
rigging electrician

Casting Department

Emily Dunlap
extras casting

Angela Fee
extras casting assistant

extras casting

Barbara Harris
voice casting

Alex Newman
casting associate

Megann Ratzow
casting: Portland

Rachael Erwin
casting assistant

Susan Funk
extras casting assistant

Amy Maxwell
extras casting assistant

Chris Parson
casting intern

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Marsha Bozeman
key costumer: women

Artemio Carpio
costumer

Harold Crawford
key costumer: men

Jalene Murphy
set costumer

Marcie Olivi
costumer: Mr. DeNiro

Christi Work
costume supervisor

Editorial Department

Gary Burritt
negative cutter

Blake Maniquis
first assistant editor

Dennis McNeill
color timer

DeNon Porter
first assistant editor

Kathy Thomson
digital color corrector

Kurt Leitner
post-production coordinator

Music Department

Thomas A. Carlson
music editor

Sandy DeCrescent
orchestra contractor

Stephen Krause
scoring mixer

Ken Kugler
orchestrator

Frank Macchia
orchestrator

Cindy O'Connor
music assistant

Caryn Rasmussen
music copyist

John Rodd
orchestral scoring recordist

Paul Stewart
music supervisor

Peter Erskine
musician

Transportation Department

Chet Badalato
transportation coordinator

Steve Brill
transportation captain

John Suttles
production driver

Rick Wiley
driver: camera car

Other Crew

set medic

Katie Baron
production assistant

Greg Biggerstaff
production assistant

Crista Birgy
first assistant accountant

Carl Brashear
key military consultant

Matt Clements
diving coordinator

Iris Cole-Hayworth
location scout

Gina Cooper
assistant coordinator

Kathy Edwards
post-production accountant

Amalia Ferreiro
production secretary

Michael Fine
construction medic

Susan Funk
extras wrangler, photo double: Charlize Theron

Jamala Gaither
set production assistant

Allen Gerbino
aerial coordinator

Dawn Gilliam
script supervisor

Monica Goldstein
assistant: producer: Bill Badalato

Peter Graf
Stab-C technician

Joe Hartwick Jr.
production accountant

Todd Jameson
assistant dive coordinator

Kathy McDonald Jones
production coordinator

Todd Kreuter
location assistant

Adam Leichtman
assistant: Robert DeNiro

Brian Maynard
medical coordinator

Amy McCain
production secretary

Tim Monich
dialect coach

Matthew H. O'Connor
marine coordinator

Michael Parks
location manager

Eileen Peterson
unit publicist

Shaun Roberts
staff set production assistant

stand-in

Howard Samuelsohn
dialect coach

Taylor Saxon
set medic

Daisy Schwartz
assistant: Mr. De Niro

Julie Ann Snow
first assistant accountant

Todd Spears
assistant accountant

Kirk Steppe
location supervisor

Suzy Strawn
studio teacher

Dan Talbott
production assistant

George L. Tarrant Jr.
assistant to director

Gerald A. Vitatoe Jr.
production assistant

Troy Waters
assistant marine coordinator

J. Wilfrid White
marine crew

Naomi Yospe
assistant production coordinator

Jim Lipman
boat captain

Linda McGinnis
medic

Thanks

Philip M. Strub
special thanks

Production Company

Fox 2000 Pictures
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State Street Pictures
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Distributor

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Fox Network

20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

20th Century Fox de Argentina

Fox Film

Fox-Warner

Gativideo

Hispano Foxfilms S.A.E.

Netherlands Fox Film Corporation

RTL Entertainment

Svensk Filmindustri (SF)
,

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

UGC-Fox Distribution (UFD)

Special Effects

CIS Hollywood

Digital Filmworks

Fantasy II Film Effects

Hammerhead Productions

Motion Picture Aviation Services Inc.

Sessums Engineering

Miscellaneous

20th Century Fox Studios
post-production sound facilities

Background Action
extras casting

ChapmanLeonard Studio Equipment
cranes and dollies

Custom Film Effects
main and end titles

EFilm
laser film recording

Gypsy Grips Inc.
key grip

Joe Dunton & Company
camera equipment provided by

McKnight Entertainment
soundtrack published by

Motown Records
soundtrack published by

Movie Movers
star trailers

Newman Scoring Stage, Twentieth Century Fox Studios, The
score recording

Pacific Title
opticals

Rex Post
additional adr recorded at

Scarlet Letters
main and end titles

TM Equipment Rentals
lighting equipment

Transportation Resources
transportation equipment

Wet Dog Studios
score mixed at






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Men of Honor
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