Carrier (documentary)

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Carrier
Genre Documentary
Created by Maro Chermayeff
Michell Block
Directed by Maro Chermayeff
Country of origin Flag of the United States United States
Language(s) English
No. of episodes 10
Production
Executive
producer(s)		 Mel Gibson
Bruce Davey
Nancy Cotton
Mitchell Block
Maro Chermayeff
Producer(s) Deborah Dickson
Jeff Dupre
Associate
producer(s)		 Matthew Akers
Michelle Smawley
Pamela Yates
Camera setup Multi-camera
Broadcast
Original channel PBS
Original run April 27, 2008 – May 1, 2008
External links
Official website
IMDb profile

Carrier is a 10-hour documentary film about a six-month deployment of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier in the summer of 2005 from the United States to the Middle East and back.[1]

The miniseries in ten parts is directed by Maro Chermayeff, and produced by Chermayeff, Pamela Yates, Matthew Akers, Josh Bennett, Deborah Dickson, and Jeff Dupre. The executive producers were Chermayeff, Mel Gibson, Bruce Davey and Nancy Cotton, for Icon Productions and Carrier Project Production. The film first aired two hours each night from April 27 through May 1, 2008, on the television network PBS.[2] Seventeen filmmakers shot 1,600 hours of film for the series.[3]

It follows the deployment, from May 7, 2005 to November 8, 2005 of the supercarrier USS Nimitz, along with Carrier Air Wing Eleven, from her home port at North Island, in Coronado, California to the Persian Gulf during Operation Iraqi Freedom, and includes extensive footage shot aboard, as well as interviews with many of the crew about their various experiences, as well as their own personal concerns and fears.[1][4] Along the way to the Persian Gulf and back she makes stops in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Hong Kong, Guam, Kuala Lumpur, Bahrain, and Perth, Australia.[2][5]

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[edit] Robert Macrum

While in the Persian Gulf on the night of September 12, 2005, or early morning of September 13th, during the filming of the documentary, Seaman Apprentice Robert D. Macrum, 22, of Sugar Land, Texas, fell overboard from an escorting ship the cruiser USS Princeton (CG-59).[6][7] Despite a search lasting over five days, and covering a 360-square-mile (930 km²) area, Seaman Macrum was not found.[8]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "The Journey" - Carrier - at PBS
  2. ^ a b "About the Film: Episode Descriptions" - Carrier - at PBS
  3. ^ "About the Film: Making of Carrier - Carrier - at PBS
  4. ^ "Nimitz Highlighted in PBS TV Series and Premiere" - U.S. Navy - (c/o Navy.mil) - 4/23/2008
  5. ^ Havrilesky, Heather. "City of lost children". - Salon.com. - April 24, 2008
  6. ^ "Search and Rescue Operations Underway in Persian Gulf for Missing Princeton Sailor" - U.S. Navy - (c/o Navy.mil) - 9/14/2005
  7. ^ "DoD Identifies Sailor Lost at Sea" - U.S. Navy - (c/o Navy.mil) - 9/29/2005
  8. ^ "SAR Ops Conclude in Search for USS Princeton Sailor" - U.S. Navy - (c/o Navy.mil) - 9/19/2005

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