R v Dudley and Stephens of them subsequently being cannibalised by their fellow seamen. Edgar Allan Poe's only novel, "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket", published in 1838, features a character named Richard Parker, who, after a shipwreck, becomes a victim of cannibalism by the ship's remaining survivors. Writer Yann Martel in his 2001 novel "Life of Pi" picked up on these occurrences, and named the book's shipwrecked Bengal tiger Richard Parker. The case was also the basis for a famous Monty Python sketch, titled "Lifeboat (Cannibalism)/Still no Sign of Land". In that sketch, five sailors are on a lifeboat after a shipwreck,
Yann Samuell Yann Samuell Yann Samuell (born 7 June 1965) is a French film director and screenwriter. Samuell went to film school and was a storyboard artist before becoming a director. He had his directing debut in 2003 with "Love Me If You Dare." His second film was the romantic comedy "My Sassy Girl" (2008). Additional works include "L'âge de raison" (2010). Samuell was screenwriter and director of a 2011 adaptation of Louis Pergaud's popular novel, "La guerre des boutons." This adaptation is set in the 1960s, with the Algerian War as a backdrop. It is produced by Marc du Pontavice. An