The story of New Yorker Louis Zamperini, who died in July aged 97, is studded with facts that few fiction writers could smuggle through with credibility. The altar boy who stole and lied, who could run so fast he represented his country at the Munich Olympics, served in the US Air Force, was shot down over the Pacific, survived heat, thirst, starvation and sharks to face torture in a Japanese prison camp – it’s little surprise that Laura Hillenbrand’s biography became a best-seller.Now the starry actress and international peace activist Angelina Jolie has taken this narrative for her first major feature as director.  She has enlisted expert support: the screenplay credits indicate two prestigious writers with a final reworking by the Coen Brothers whose regular cine