Keanu Reeves, Ben Kingsley |
Directed
by: Ridley Scott
Written by: William Monahan
Produced by: Mark Gordon, Branko Lustig, Terry Needham,
Ridley Scott |
US:
00/00/07
UK: 00/TBA/07 |
Based
on William Eaton, a renowned US army officer who is
celebrated for his exploits in the Tripolitan War. Captain
Eaton was sent to Tunis as consul in 1798. When he returned
to the United States in 1804, he had a scheme to win
the war against Tripoli by supporting the claimant to
the rule of Tripoli, Hamet Karamanli. Somewhat reluctantly,
Congress appointed him navy agent to the Barbary States
and allowed him to try his plan. In Egypt, Eaton persuaded
the claimant to undertake the venture and gathered a
mixed army of 400 men, including Greeks, Italians, Arabs,
and others. With this small band he set off on the long
march overland to take Tripoli from the rear, took the
seaport of Derna, and might have taken Tripoli if the
Tripolitan War had not ended with a truce (1805) before
he arrived. |
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The
Crowester switches ranks from English Navy Captain to
US Army Captain - and amazingly it's set in the same
year as Master & Commander! To the halls of Tripoli
marines. Semper Fei. Russel Crowe has been replaced by Keanu Reeves |
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"NO
FLICK PIC YET...
So here's sailor boy in Master & Commander"
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