Carrier | 
| Director: Maro Chermayeff
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Studio: PBS (DIRECT)
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Rating:  54 reviews
Sales Rank: 3334
Format: Color, Dvd-video, Surround Sound, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Number Of Items: 3
Running Time: 600 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 600
UPC: 841887009461
EAN: 0841887009461
ASIN: B00169E5JQ
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Release Date: May 6, 2008
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Product Description
CARRIER is a character driven, edge-of-your-seat, nonfiction drama as well as a total immersion in the high stakes world of a nuclear aircraft carrier. CARRIER follows a core group of film participants aboard the USS Nimitz, from the admiral of the strike group to the fighter pilots to the youngest sailors, as they navigate personal conflicts around their jobs, families, faith, patriotism, love, the rites of passage and the war on terror.
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 The best documentary series on modern US Carriers April 28, 2008
J. Marsano (Urban Gristle Mill)
57 out of 59 found this review helpful
Owing to a childhood fascination, I've watched pretty much every documentary on carriers produced in the last ten years. A few of them have been Nat Geo productions, and the latest rounds play all the time on the Discovery Channel and the Military Channel. This series beats them all, hands down.
The problem with most documentaries on this subject--or virtually any 'mainstream' docu on military topics, is that the filmmakers get distracted by the whistles, bells, and blinking lights of all the technology. As a result, the documentary lens becomes clouded by all the 'gee-whiz' of the technology and machines. Granted, this sort of perspective has its place. What gets lost, or uncovered, however, is something far more compelling, and that's the human element. A carrier is, as the old saying goes, a city at sea, and it's the lives of the crew that make for real storytelling, not more of the same file footage of missile launches or facts about the latest blocks of the CIWS and the takeoff thrust of an F/A-18 at full military power.
This series focuses on the stories of the crew, and many of them are quite moving. It's hard not to get a lump in the throat when watching how hard these (predominantly) 18- and 19- year olds have to work in order to send aircraft over the bow, or how they're trying to meet the demands of family life from thousands of miles away at sea. Their personal struggles and hopes are the meat of this series.
Production values on this series are quite high. I met the producers at a sneak preview and found that they had shot over 3,000 hours of HD video over the course of a six-month deployment. Working over that time, and with a 17-member production and shooting team, they found the real stories in the nooks and crannies of the ship. The editing, which was done by a team, is also quite good, as is the music design. The net result is a series that has the look and feel of a modern reality series, without any of the sensationalism. In short, it's filmmaking by adults. The assistance of the Navy was also nothing short of remarkable--here on the series some of the characters speak openly about how hard their jobs are, or how they work with gay crewmembers, or how they don't understand the war they're supporting. This internal confliction and confusion, from the words of servicemen and women, makes for real storytelling and makes this series worth recommending above any other on the same topic.
 Loved the show! May 1, 2008
Christian C. Garzone (New York)
30 out of 37 found this review helpful
I had alot of fun being in the show; It's been nearly three years now, so glad this has seen the light of day. Maro Chermayeff, Jeff Dupre, Matthew Akers are great!! -
-Christian Garzone
Deserves an Emmy May 2, 2008
Erin Campbell (Minneapolis, MN)
29 out of 30 found this review helpful
I just finished watching "Carrier" on PBS and was extremely impressed by the honest, warts-and-all portrayal of life aboard a carrier. The producers did an outstanding job providing compelling human-interest storylines and showing the diversity of attitudes among the sailors, airmen, and Marines regarding their military service. The show captures the real ambivalence some have regarding our strategy on "the war on terror" and yet how they continue to serve professionally in fulfilling their duties. What I most took away from the series was the exceptional sacrifices these military members make by serving long (monotonous) tours away from their families and from the remedial comforts of home that most of us take for granted. "Carrier" puts a human face to the Navy and its personnel whose service is often performed out of sight of the American public. Kudos to PBS for airing this; to the show's producers for their painstaking work in piecing these individuals' stories together in such an informative and engaging manner; and mostly to the service members and their families who made this series possible.
Brings back the memories April 29, 2008
Jim Welsh (Tigard, Oregon United States)
17 out of 22 found this review helpful
Wow. I have to say that the first 3 episodes really brought back the memories. My first ship I was stationed on fresh out of boot was the USS America (CV66). It was in dry dock in Norfolk. It had just come back from a Westpac to Vietnam. In thirty plus years, nothing has changed, with exception of women on board warships now days. At sea, it was a 24/7 operation. On a Med cruise, once the carrier left the pier in Norfolk, you never tied up at a pier again until you returned to the states. Always anchored out, and the always enjoyable boat ride to the dock. The constant cleaning, the enjoyable 3 months spent `mess cooking', and like they pointed out in the show, the ship was like a huge high school. You had it all, from the jocks to the geeks and everything in between. My personal favorite was the every three day refueling/resupply evolutions. Just like clockwork, and for some strange reason, we did it around midnight every time. Top Gun was Hollywood, this is the real deal.
Feeling those sea legs coming back. April 28, 2008
K. Hun (Alexandria, VA)
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
The first two hours have already proved to be pretty close to how real life is on a ship. If anyone knows someone in the Navy and doesn't know what that someone does, I think this series will answer many untold stories. It will reveal how event/uneventful life at sea away from family for 6 months really can be.
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