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Max Pirkis appears in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, the film adaptation of the book by Patrick O'Brian Master and Commander, first published in 1970.
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Master and Commander
Patrick O'Brian, 1970
movie vs book
Peter Weir, 2003
During the Napoleonic Wars, Captain Jack Aubrey of HMS Surprise is ordered to fight the French privateer Acheron. Following the privateer south, Surprise rounds Cape Horn and heads to the Galapagos Islands, where Aubrey is convinced that Acheron will prey on Britain’s whaling fleet.