I suspect that there may be more pirates in publications of the last hundred years than ever really flew the black flag or plundered the Spanish Main – and that’s not even mentioning these guys: ( Learn all about it here.) A quick search of our catalog alone yields hundreds of piratical titles from the grim and historical to the funny and fictional. Talk Like a Pirate Day, a celebration of pirate-inspired silliness observed annually since 2002, is coming up on September 19. If you don’t get that joke, I suspect you haven’t yet had the pleasure of sailing out upon Rafael Sabatini’s Captain Blood: His Odyssey (with or without its sequels here and here) – or its sparkling 1935 film adaptation.
The Pirates of Somalia tells the incredible true story of one reporter’s risk-taking adventure that ultimately brought the world an unprecedented first-person account of Somali Pirates the first close-up look into Somalia’s rich culture.Īlso starring Melanie Griffith, The Pirates of Somalia opens December 8th.Q: Why is Captain Blood like the Long Island Rail Road?
Hooking up with a local fixer (Barkhad Abdi), he attempts to embed himself with the local Somali pirates, only to find himself quickly in over his head. Here’s the synopsis: When rookie journalist Jay Bahadur (Evan Peters) has an inspiring chance encounter with his idol (Al Pacino), he uproots his life and moves to Somalia looking for the story of a lifetime. While the tone of this one is all over the place, it’s actually based on a true story chronicled in Jay Bahadur’s book, The Pirates of Somalia: Inside Their Hidden World. The film also features an appearance by Al Pacino, who looks to be dialing it in during his brief cameo, and co-stars Barkhad Abdi, who earned an Oscar nomination for Captain Phillips. Wait, I thought the whole “Somali pirates” phase was done? Hollywood is still making movies about them? A few years ago we hit a sudden wave of them with A Hijacking, Captain Phillips, and Fishing without Nets, but I guess when the story is as strange-looking as in The Pirates of Somalia, it’s okay to give them one more go.ĭirected by Bryan Buckley, who directed the critically-reviled gymnastics comedy The Bronze, (seems like an odd hire, right?) The Pirates of Somalia stars a fuzzy Quicksilver…er, Evan Peters, as a journalist who is inspired by his hero to drop everything and investigate Somali pirates.
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