The film industry, based in Los Angeles, began to develop at the beginning of the 20th century. America fell in love with this new phenomenon that took audiences to other worlds, for just a few cents. These new worlds encompassed an array of many exotic dreams and locations. Interestingly, a popular plot even in those early years, that of piracy, filled any script and any theater. This fascination with pirate life never left Hollywood evident in Disney's latest film Pirates of the Caribbean: Stranger Tide released in 2011. However, as with any outward depiction of an alien world, Hollywood often tells a story different from that of reality. A clear example of this is Hollywood's use of hacker crews. Looking at the classics Captain Blood (1935), Nate and Hayes (1983) and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), Hollywood's depiction of crews turns out to reflect only the character of the hero or villain, whereas 'in all reality TV crews were their own dominant and powerful force on the high seas. In every strong plot, there is a hero; someone to fall in love with, root for, or identify with. Tinseltown has always understood and followed this rule, as evidenced by its many blockbusters. In 1935, the release of Captain Blood brought such a character to the stage. The famous Errol Flynn played the role of Captain Blood, his first portrayal of a pirate hero. The plot of this first film revolves around Blood, a doctor wrongly accused and sent to America as a slave. It is here that he meets his team, former revolutionaries, on the wrong side of the law. Together, they become the best pirate crew on the high seas. When their story comes to an end, all is saved and the captain... middle of paper... is silenced once and for all. As seen above, the crews reflect the character of the captain who moves the plot forward. However, in the story this is not the case. The multiple existing studies on the lives of pirates, concerning their motivations, their lifestyles and their true desires, prove that the crews are able to stand on their own in terms of power, ability and strength, even without a valiant main character . Perhaps through these realizations the true life of the pirate can be discovered and understood. Hollywood will only continue to create compelling stories that attract thousands of minds eager to escape to another world where the only limit in sight is the horizon.BibliographyExquemelin, Alexander O. The Buccaneers of America. Translated by Alexis Brown. Mineola, New York: Dover Publications, INC., 1969. Rediker, Marcus. Villains of All Nations: The Pirates of the Atlantic in the Golden Age. Boston: Beacon Press, 2004.