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Excellent Story of the Indianapolis
This movie is a very good adaptation of the events surrounding the sinking of the USS Indianapolis. I was impressed with the attention to detail that the producers paid in the movie. For example, it is known that the ship's doctor burned his hands to the point of uselessness while trying to open a door, and sure enough, this scene was excellently covered in the movie. Stacy Keach stars as Captain Charles McVay, and he does an excellent job throughout the film. Richard Thomas portrays the ship's doctor. The scenes of the sinking and the subsequent struggle to survive on the sea is vividly portrayed. I was also impressed with the attention payed to the rescue and Captain McVay's court martial. In fact, this movie does a better job of covering the court martial phase than many of the books I've read on this subject. I would highly recommend this film to anyone who knows or has read about the story of the USS Indianapolis.

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Mission of the VCR
I was interested in the Indianapolis disaster after seeing the movie Jaws, where it is discussed. I was hoping this VHS film would give me some more information, and it might have, if the tape had been of sufficient quality to actually watch.

Unfortunately, the company that copied the tape for distribution, which must have been "Bubba's Backstreet Tape Copiers and Stormdoor Company," apparently used one of the first VCRs ever made to do their copying. The tape is recorded on Super Long Play, and I don't care how good your automatic or manual tracking is, your VCR can't keep up with the grainy, flipping images of this tape. The thing is unwatchable. You can just hit yourself in the head with a hammer a couple of times and get the same headache. Save your money.

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Like JAWS, only real, and worse
This film is quite upsetting, perhaps because the real event on which it is based was probably worse. It is not as if the makers didn't do their best to tell this true horror story. I believe they did, or if the didn't, I don't wish to see a more upsetting version. Don't expect to sleep well after you see this.