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Overview
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Release Date:
9 heinäkuu 2003 (USA)
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Tagline:
Prepare to be blown out of the water. more
Plot:
Blacksmith Will Turner teams up with eccentric pirate "Captain" Jack Sparrow to save his love, the governor's daughter, from Jack's former pirate allies, who are now undead. full summary | add synopsis
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Pirate
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Blacksmith
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Caribbean
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Love
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Jack Sparrow
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Awards:
Nominated for 5 Oscars.
Another 26 wins
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68 nominations
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User Comments:
A Pirate For Our Times
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Johnny Depp | ... | Jack Sparrow | |
| Geoffrey Rush | ... | Barbossa | |
| Orlando Bloom | ... | Will Turner | |
| Keira Knightley | ... | Elizabeth Swann | |
| Jack Davenport | ... | Norrington | |
| Jonathan Pryce | ... | Governor Weatherby Swann | |
| Lee Arenberg | ... | Pintel | |
| Mackenzie Crook | ... | Ragetti | |
| Damian O'Hare | ... | Lt. Gillette | |
| Giles New | ... | Murtogg | |
| Angus Barnett | ... | Mullroy | |
| David Bailie | ... | Cotton | |
| Michael Berry Jr. | ... | Twigg | |
| Isaac C. Singleton Jr. | ... | Bo'sun | |
| Kevin McNally | ... | Joshamee Gibbs (as Kevin R. McNally) |
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Rated PG-13 for action/adventure violence.
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Runtime:
143 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Italy:T |
Iceland:10 |
UK:12 (video rating) |
UK:12A (original rating) |
Malaysia:U |
France:U |
Brazil:14 |
Argentina:Atp |
Australia:M |
Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) (original rating) |
Canada:G (Quebec) |
Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) |
Canada:PG (Nova Scotia) (re-rating after appeal) |
Chile:TE |
Denmark:11 |
Finland:K-11 |
Germany:12 |
Hong Kong:IIA |
Hungary:14 |
Ireland:12 |
Netherlands:12 |
New Zealand:M |
Norway:11 |
Peru:PT |
Philippines:PG-13 |
Portugal:M/12 |
Singapore:PG |
South Korea:12 |
Spain:7 |
Sweden:11 |
Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) |
Switzerland:12 (canton of the Grisons) |
USA:PG-13 |
Greece:K-13
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The movie is inspired by, and takes its theme from, the popular Walt Disney theme park ride of the same name.
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Factual errors: When this movie takes place, Nassau Port was known as New Providence. Its name was changed later on.
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[first lines]
Young Elizabeth: [singing] Yo, ho, yo, ho/ a pirate's life for me/ Yo, ho, yo, ho/ it's a pirate's life for me/drink up me hearties, yo, ho...
Mr. Gibbs: [surprises her by coming up from behind her] Quiet, missy! Cursed pirates sail these waters. You want to call them down on us?
Norrington: [sharply] Mr. Gibbs, that will do!
Mr. Gibbs: She was singing about pirates. Bad luck to sing about pirates, with us mired in this unnatural fog... mark my words!
Norrington: Consider them marked.
Mr. Gibbs: 'Aye, Lieutenant.
[as he moves off]
Mr. Gibbs: Bad luck to have a woman on board, too. Even a miniature one.
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Young Elizabeth: [singing] Yo, ho, yo, ho/ a pirate's life for me/ Yo, ho, yo, ho/ it's a pirate's life for me/drink up me hearties, yo, ho...
Mr. Gibbs: [surprises her by coming up from behind her] Quiet, missy! Cursed pirates sail these waters. You want to call them down on us?
Norrington: [sharply] Mr. Gibbs, that will do!
Mr. Gibbs: She was singing about pirates. Bad luck to sing about pirates, with us mired in this unnatural fog... mark my words!
Norrington: Consider them marked.
Mr. Gibbs: 'Aye, Lieutenant.
[as he moves off]
Mr. Gibbs: Bad luck to have a woman on board, too. Even a miniature one.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Magical Time Traveling Thugtastic Jug (2004)
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Soundtrack:
Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me)
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What lifts this film above typical Disney fluff is Johnny Depp's humorous performance as pirate Jack Sparrow, the eccentric, individualistic anti-hero, who confronts other pirates, and outwits a humorless, incompetent bureaucratic establishment. Sparrow looks more like Cher than Johnny Depp, and talks more like William F. Buckley than a pirate. Geoffrey Rush is a worthy foil as the main rival pirate, Barbossa, a character who vaguely resembles Margaret Hamilton in "The Wizard Of Oz".
Most of the plot is silly. There's lots of fighting, shouting, and general mayhem, all accompanied by a frantic score. It's a cinematic slight of hand that conveys an illusion of substance. Or to say it a little differently, this is your typical popcorn flick aimed at the eyes and ears, but not the brain.
Still, I'm glad I watched it. Depp's deft performance gives us a memorable character, one that is perhaps unique in cinema history.