Continuity mistake: In the lifeboat on the way to the mainland, Capt Phillips sometimes is clean-shaven and sometimes has stubble.
Captain Phillips (2013)
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Directed by: Paul Greengrass
Starring: Tom Hanks, Catherine Keener, Barkhad Abdi
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Captain Phillips: There's got to be something other than being a fisherman or kidnapping people.
Muse: Maybe in America, Irish, maybe in America.
Question: Is it really possible to shoot a door open like the pirates do in the movie when they reach the bridge?
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Answer: Probably not. The Mythbusters tested the myth of shooting open a locked door, and in most cases, it took immense and multiple fire power to blow open a lock.
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