Directed by Mario Van Peebles, USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage (2016) stars Nicolas Cage, Tom Sizemore and Thomas Jane. Based on true events, the film tells the story of the crew of the USS Indianapolis, which was sunk by a Japanese submarine after delivering components for the atomic bomb. Stranded in shark-infested waters for days, the survivors faced dehydration, exhaustion and relentless shark attacks in one of the deadliest naval disasters in American history. Från IMDB: During World War II, an American navy ship is sunk by a Japanese submarine leaving 890 crewmen stranded in shark infested waters.