Friendly Fire

USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage (2016)

What if you took Quint's two-minute monologue from Jaws, added Nicolas Cage, and then with the help of crib notes from a 1975 history class, made a war movie that involved sharks? You would get this MVP of a film. On today's episode Adam, Ben, and John lead a highly classified recording while watching this 2016 action buoy!This film is available on:<a href="https://amzn.to/2H4oIfU" target="_blank">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/movie/uss-indianapolis-men-of-courage/id1153930098?mt=6&amp;at=1000lPzL" target="_blank">Apple</a>, Google Play, Youtube, Fandango Now, Vudu, and your local library.<a href="http://maximumfun.org/donate" target="_blank">Support our show!</a>Next week: Memphis Belle (1990)Available on: <a href="https://amzn.to/2EVh9qk" target="_blank">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/movie/memphis-belle/id419295821?mt=6&amp;at=1000lPzL" target="_blank">Apple</a>, Google Play, Youtube, Vudu, and your local library.

A history podcast with a twist: Friendly Fire uses war movies as a point of entry on not only the history of war, but the history of how societies think about war. John Roderick, Adam Pranica and Benjamin Ahr Harrison dissect movies from throughout the history of cinema, talk about film production, pedantic quibbles with costumes and airplanes, and keep you laughing the entire time.