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      • Ocean of Fear: Worst Shark Attack Ever is a 2007 made-for-television documentary film that launched the 20th anniversary of the Discovery Channel's Shark Week of 2007. It recounts the sinking of the USS Indianapolis. The show initially aired on July 29, 2007, on the eve of the anniversary of the ship’s sinking in 1945.
      The show investigated the shark attacks that occurred when the USS Indianapolis sank. Hundreds of crew that survived were stranded in the water for four days before rescue. In that time many of the survivors endured constant shark attacks. The Discovery Channel hired George H. Burgess, a renowned investigator in shark attacks, to determine, "why the sharks attacked the way they did," and to "investigate the survival strategies of the men in the water, including those who fought the sharks."


      Cast and crew


      The cast and crew of Ocean of Fear included these people:

      Richard Bedser, Director
      Peter Miller, Editor
      Malcolm Mclean, Director of Photography
      Charlotte Wheaton, Line Producer
      Richard Dreyfuss, Narrator. Dreyfuss starred in the film Jaws as Matt Hooper.
      Antony Edridge, Captain Charles Butler McVay III
      Simon Lee Phillips, Marine Giles McCoy
      Ryan McCluskey, Ensign Harlan Twible
      Philip Rosch, Dr Lewis Haynes
      Chris Mack, Cozell Smith
      Greg Wohead, Joseph Dronet
      Tim Beckmann, Woody James
      Philip Bulcock, Jim Newhall
      Robert Gill, Father Conway
      Ian Colquhoun, A Scottish actor who played the part of a wounded sailor.
      David Smallbone, Harry
      John Warman, Interviewer / Investigator


      Historical basis


      Ocean of Fear is centered on the sinking of the USS Indianapolis, which had been torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-58 on July 30, 1945 in the Philippine Sea. Of the estimated 900 men who survived the attack, only 317 were rescued after four days in shark infested waters. The Discovery Channel describes the event as "the worst shark attack in history." Surviving members of the crew attended a special screening in New York City on 18 July 2007. According to the accounts of the surviving crew, most of the men died of either exhaustion, exposure to the elements, or drinking the ocean water, not from shark attacks. However, this incident is still one of the worst cases of sharks feeding on humans.


      See also


      Shark Week
      Blood in the Water
      Megalodon: The Monster Shark Lives
      Capsized: Blood in the Water


      References




      External links


      USS Indianapolis Survivors Organization
      Ocean of Fear at IMDb

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