Theatrical release: November 10, 2000.

MEN OF HONOR was shot in Washington and Oregon. A naval base set was built from scratch on the Oregon side of the Columbia River.

Estimated budget: $32 million.

Cuba Gooding Jr., producer Robert Teitel, director George Tillman Jr., and the actors playing the diving trainees all dove once at a navy facility so that they could get a real sense of the task's danger and difficulty.

The MEN OF HONOR script was sent to the U.S. Department of Defense in the preproduction stage in order to ensure the navy's cooperation.

Though the script was based on Carl Brashear's true story, the character played by Robert De Niro--Billy Sunday--was invented by the screenwriter.

Carl Brashear advised the special effects crew throughout filming.

MEN OF HONOR was originally titled NAVY DIVER but was changed in July 2000.

Robert De Niro: Oscar Winning Actor/Director/Producer
Cuba Gooding: Oscar-winning American Actor, JERRY MAGUIRE
Charlize Theron: American actress, MONSTER
Hal Holbrook: American actor, MARK TWAIN TONIGHT/ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN
David Keith: American Actor
Michael Rapaport: Actor
Powers Boothe: American Actor

George Tillman: 

Robert Teitel: Producer
Bill Badalato: 

Scott Marshall Smith: screenwriter, MEN OF HONOR

Mark Isham: Composer, WATERWORLD (1995)

John Carter: Editor, MEN OF HONOR (2000)

"...Gooding conveys fierce dignity and simmering power..."
"...Gooding's solid performance is one of the most powerful aspects of MEN OF HONOR....[He] creates a credible depiction of Brashear's phenomenal strength of character..."
"...Gooding Jr. is effortlessly appealing as Brashear and you'll root for him to succeed....Very noble..."
"...Gooding and De Niro have the talent to pull it off, and the film emerges as a dynamic entertainment with the punch of an especially spectacular sports event..."
"...Cuba Gooding Jr. [gets to] flex both physical and acting muscles for once....De Niro cagily crafts Sunday, a composite character, into a memorable and complex creation..."
"...[Cuba Gooding Jr.] delivers a strong, convincing performance....The movie sells itself..."