Rub-a-dub-dub, three men in a tub, or at least a rowboat. They are pursued by a thirty-foot engine boat, and make their way up to another, then up the lines. Maybe they didn't say "Permission to come aboard" or "Mother, may I?" and that's what makes them pirates.
For hundreds of years, of course, people would steal goods out of trading ships tied up at the dock. Did putting a ship in the equation make them pirates and thus common enemy of all mankind, thieves, or perhaps burglars? I'm afraid I don't know enough about admiralty law to offer an opinion. You'd have to ask the Supreme Court -- Federal, not New York State -- for a decision.
It's also a clunkily photographed movie, as the pursuing ship and rowboat slip over the edges of the frame. Now, that should be a crime.
For hundreds of years, of course, people would steal goods out of trading ships tied up at the dock. Did putting a ship in the equation make them pirates and thus common enemy of all mankind, thieves, or perhaps burglars? I'm afraid I don't know enough about admiralty law to offer an opinion. You'd have to ask the Supreme Court -- Federal, not New York State -- for a decision.
It's also a clunkily photographed movie, as the pursuing ship and rowboat slip over the edges of the frame. Now, that should be a crime.