CARRIER

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• Release Year: 2008
• Genre: Documentary
• Plot: In the middle of the ocean, a thousand miles from nowhere, a floating city rises above the sea. Twenty-four stories high, three football fields long, carrying 5,000 sailors and marines and 85 military aircraft--this is the USS Nimitz.; ; From May to November 2005, a team of documentary filmmakers embedded aboard the USS Nimitz as it deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Given unprecedented access, the filmmakers captured over 1,600 hours of high definition footage. The result is a raw and honest look at the United States Navy and its role at a critical turning point in this controversial war. As Captain Ted Branch says, 'This is a fine ship. A great one. But the heart and soul of a ship is not steel--it's the crew.' With startling intimacy, CARRIER follows a core group of subjects from the Admiral of the strike group to the elite fighter pilots to the junior enlisted as they navigate personal conflicts around their jobs, family, faith, patriotism, and the rites of passage--all against the extrordinary backdrop of the war in Iraq.
• Cast: Chris Altice, Doug Booher, Ted Branch, Randy Brock, Susan Clapp, Laurie Coffey, Cindi Costa, Peter H. Daly, Alex Dietrich, Lonnie Fields, Brian Foster, David Fravor, Christian Garzone, Willie Johnson, Justin Knox, Kevin McLaughlin, Shaneka McReed, Christopher L. Penton, Maro Chermayeff
• Director: Maro Chermayeff
• Runtime: 10:00
• Company: PBS Home Video
• Media Format: Series