Nicolas Cage Faces Sharks In USS Indianapolis Movie
For those of you (we assume it’s all of you) who have seen the iconic 1975 film Jaws, know that one of the more important scenes feature Brody (Roy Scheider), Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss) and Quint (Robert Shaw) having a drink in the boat’s galley and comparing scars. Quint has a scar where a tattoo once was. When Hooper asks him about it, Quint explains it was a tattoo from when he was stationed aboard the U.S.S. Indianapolis and Hooper falls back in seat in shock. Quint explains to Brody that “Eleven-hundred men went into the water. Three-hundred and sixteen men came out – sharks took the rest.” Quints tale was based on a true story. Soon we will be getting a film that reveals more of Quint’s back story. It follows the story of the U.S.S. Indianapolis and the men who both lived and died when the ship was hit and sank while on a secret mission in the Philippine
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