Posted on 05/29/2009 7:21:44 PM PDT by Bratch
A US sea captain whose dramatic rescue from pirates made headlines across the globe earlier this year is to be the subject of a new Hollywood film.
Richard Phillips, a 53-year-old father of two who secured the safety of his cargo ship, the Maersk Alabama, by offering himself as a hostage to Somali pirates, has sold his story to Columbia Pictures.
Phillips was held for five days off the coast of Somalia last month before US navy snipers shot dead three of the four men who had imprisoned him on a lifeboat, an action authorised by president Obama. The fourth pirate surrendered and is in custody.
The film is being co-produced by Kevin Spacey, who would appear to be an obvious candidate to play Phillips, although no casting details have yet emerged. Columbia has optioned the film rights to the captain's forthcoming memoir.
(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...
Hmm.
Bueller.......Bueller......Buelller .......!!
And Co-Starring Barack Obama as The Hero.
All of his movies have sucked lately and by lately I mean like the last 8 years-ish.
top gun
that's about it.
Wouldn’t Spacey do a much better job playing Larry Sinclair in the upcoming biography of our dear leader, “Sex, lies, and limosines: the rise of Barry Soetoro and his staff”?
In the Hollywood version Spacey empathizes with the poverty of the pirates’ youth. Teary-eyed with his white guilt, he commits an act of rebellion by fellating his lusty pirate captors..!
What obvious?
The good Captain ain't gay, whereas Spacey...uh, well, you know.
Blackhawk Down
We Were Soldiers
Rescue Dawn
etc.
Wouldn’t Spacey do a much better job playing Larry Sinclair in the upcoming biography of our dear leader, “Sex, lies, and limosines: the rise of Barry Soetoro and his staff”?
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HA! Brilliant! You should be a casting director! ;-)
The worst Luthor in history.
Bryan Singer is openly gay, tried to hire a closet gay in Spacey which resulted in a metrosexual Superman movie.
Soundtrack for the film:
Yo ho, yo ho, a Somali pirate’s life for me
We hijack, we shoot, and hostages capture
Praise Allah, ye Muslims, yo ho!
We’ll take an oil tanker and make the hull rapture
Praise Allah, ye Muslims, yo ho!
Yo ho, yo ho, a Somali pirate’s life for me
We want a big ransom for Mogadishu
Praise Allah, ye Muslims, yo ho!
Even us pirates, we need bailouts too!
Praise Allah, ye Muslims, yo ho!
Yo ho, yo ho, a Somali pirate’s life for me
We’ve got rifles and knives and suicide vests
Praise Allah, ye Muslims, yo ho!
We’ll board one ship and explode all the rest
Praise Allah, ye Muslims, yo ho!
We spread havoc and panic and man-caused disasters
Praise Allah, ye Muslims, yo ho!
Our speedboats unrivaled, nothing is faster
Praise Allah, ye Muslims, yo ho!
Yo ho, yo ho, a Somali pirate’s life for me
We thought we were great, the kings of the sea
Praise Allah, ye Muslims, yo ho!
But that was before we met the US Navy!
Praise Allah, ye Muslims—OH CRAP!
“No fear of evil Infidels, says you? Properly warned ye be, says I.”
In this Hollywood production, they’ll be sure to conclude with the Captain trashing Rush.
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