Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl

Production year: 2003

Fantasy/Adventure PG-13   Running time: 2:23 

IMDB rating:   8.0     Aspect: Wide;  Languages: English, French;  Subtitles: English;  Audio: DD 5.1

You won't need a bottle of rum to enjoy Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, especially if you've experienced the Disneyland theme-park ride that inspired it. There's a galleon's worth of fun in watching Johnny Depp's androgynous performance as Captain Jack Sparrow, a roguish pirate who could pass for the illegitimate spawn of rockers Keith Richards and Chrissie Hynde. Depp gets all the good lines and steals the show, recruiting Orlando Bloom (a blacksmith and expert swordsman) and Keira Knightley (a lovely governor's daughter) on an adventurous quest to recapture the notorious Black Pearl, a ghost ship commandeered by Jack's nemesis Capt. Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush), a mutineer desperate to reverse the curse that left him and his (literally) skeleton crew in a state of eternal, undead damnation. Director Gore Verbinski (The Ring) repeats the redundant mayhem that marred his debut film Mouse Hunt, but with the writers of Shrek he's made Pirates into a special-effects thrill-ride that plays like a Halloween party on the open seas. Aye, matey, we've come a long way since Jason and the Argonauts!

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Features

Audio commentary
Deleted/extended scenes
DVD-ROM content
Featurettes/Behind-The-Scenes/Documentaries
Gag Reel/Bloopers/Outtakes
Photo gallery

Special features

19 Deleted & Alternate Scenes
Blooper Reel
Multiple Audio Commentaries: Gore Verbinski and Johnny Depp; Jerry Bruckheimer; Keira Knightley and Jack Davenport; Writers Ted Elliot & Terry Rossio and Stuart Beattie and Jay Wolpert
"An Epic At Sea": The Making of Pirates
"Moonlight Serenade": Scene Progression
"Below Deck": An Interactive History of Pirates
"Fly on the Set": Featurette
"Diary of a Pirate"
"Diary of a Ship" Video Journal
Producer's Diary with Jerry Bruckheimer
Game: Scoundrels of the Sea
Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl