Picnic

Perhaps the most famous depiction of a picnic is Le déjeuner sur l'herbe, painted by Edouard Manet in 1862. All awards are from 2004, unless otherwise noted.. In the United States, likewise, the 4th of July celebration of American independence is a popular day for a picnic. Pirates of the Caribbean 3. In the year 2000, a 600-mile-long picnic took place from coast to coast in France to celebrate the first Bastille Day of the new Millennium. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. A famous example of this is the Paneuropean Picnic held on both sides of the Hungarian / Austrian border on the August 19, 1989 as part of the struggle towards German reunification. It can be found in Ta' Xbiex, Malta.

In this context, a picnic functions as a temporary occupation of significant public territory. The Black Pearl exists and is a real ship, one of the last surviving wooden schooners. The image of picnics as a peaceful social activity can be utilised for political protest too. There is also supposedly a Pirates of the Caribbean 'world' in the upcoming game. Each member was expected to provide a share of the entertainment and of the refreshments with no one particular host. Interest in the society waned in the 1850s as the founders died. Depp is also a cameo character in Kingdom Hearts 2 as Jack Sparrow. Members met in the Pantheon on Oxford Street. In interviews, Johnny Depp stated that he had based his persona for Captain Jack Sparrow upon legendary guitarist Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones, with some influence from cartoon character Pepe Le Pew.

Early in the 19th century, a fashionable group of Londoners formed the 'Picnic Society'. The plot bears similarities to that of the computer game series Monkey Island, also based on the Disney ride. Picnicking in the parks became a popular activity amongst the newly enfranchised citizens. The script is available here (http://www.hostultra.com/~vampfiles/piratesscript2.html) (popup warning). After the French Revolution in 1789, royal parks became open to the public for the first time. The wordplay was well suited to both Geoffrey Rush's and especially Johnny Depp's unusual style and worked well throughout the film. The word picnic first appeared in English texts in the mid-1700s, and may have entered the English language from this French word or from the German Picknick. Two examples:.

The 1692 edition of Origines de la Langue Françoise de Ménage, which mentions 'piquenique' as being of recent origin, marks the first appearance of the word in print. Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio (Shrek, The Mask of Zorro) and others created a script noted for its witty lines and challenge-response jokes. A theory has it that the word picnic is based on the verb piquer which means 'pick' or 'peck' with the rhyming nique perhaps meaning trifle. As the movie ends, Norrington watches on as Jack sets sail for unknown adventure, impressed by the pirate enough to allow him a one day's head start before pursuing him yet again. The first usage of the word was traced to a 16th century French text, describing a group of people dining in a restaurant who brought their own wine. Will is pardoned for his criminal act while Jack escapes into the ocean, rescued by the crew he assembled to help him and Will earlier in the movie, who now man the disenchanted Black Pearl. Formerly, picnic meant a potluck, an entertainment at which each person contributed some dish to a common table for all to share. This sudden defiance by Will, as well as his confession of love towards her, inspires Elizabeth to break up with Norrington and hook up with Will instead.

In contemporary usage, picnic can be defined simply as a pleasure excursion at which a meal is eaten outdoors, ideally, taking place in a beautiful landscape. Back at Port Royal, Norrington is forced to hang Jack as per law, but Will, who believes him decent enough a person to not deserve death, rescues Jack. "Stone Soul Picnic", by Laura Nyro (released in 1968) It was a major hit for the group Fifth Dimension. cover version by Swing Out Sister (http://www.swingoutsister.com/albums/lyrics/shapes_and_patterns_lyrics.html). Once realizing they're no longer cursed, Barbossa's crew surrenders. lyrics and audio from the BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/tweenies/songtime/songs/t/teddybearspicnic.shtml). Just in time, he distracts Barbossa long enough for both he and Will to complete the requirements of ending the curse, thereby reverting the Black Pearl crew mortal once again and preventing Barbossa from surviving Jack's pistol shot to his chest. This perennial favorite has appeared on many children's recordings ever since. This proves to all be part of Jack's plan, however, as soon after the rest of the Black Pearl crew engages the navy, he steals one of the cursed coins and engages in his own battle with his former first mate.

Teddy Bear Picnic resurfaced again in the late 1940s and early 1950s when it was used as the theme song for the Big John and Sparky radio program, a children's show presented on Saturday mornings. He is successful, but convinces Barbossa to hold off on spilling Will's blood and breaking the curse until after they succeeded in destroying the British fleet waiting for them. The song regained prominence in 1932 when the Irish lyricist Jimmy Kennedy added words and it was recorded by the then popular Henry Hall (and his BBC Dance Orchestra) featuring Val Rosing (Gilbert Russell) as lead vocalist, which went on to sell a million copies. Once arriving at the cursed island, Jack convinces Norrington's forces to lay in ambush for Barbossa's crew while he goes in and convinces them to come out. It became popular in an 1908 instrumental version renamed "Teddy Bears Picnic", performed by the Arthur Pryor Band. Elizabeth and Jack are eventually rescued by Norrington, but is unable to convince him to go back and rescue William until Elizabeth promises to marry him. Bratton wrote a musical piece originally titled "The Teddy Bear Two Step". Elizabeth and Jack are stranded on the same island Jack was stranded on ten years ago, while Will is taken back to complete the requirements to end the curse.

K. Will, however - learning of Jack's intentions to trade him for repossession of the Black Pearl - knocks Jack out and gets them both captured in a failed attempt to rescue Elizabeth. In 1906 the American composer J. Jack and William confront Barbosa and his crew at the same time they learn Elizabeth is not the child of Bootstrap Bill. A rather unharmonious journey because conflicts between generations raise emotions to a fever pitch. After ten years, they have succeeded in fulfilling the requirements to end the curse except for the blood of Bootstrap Bill and the gold piece he stole, and with the medallion (in reality the last piece of the treasure) and Elizabeth in their custody, Barbossa believes he finally has what he needs to lift the curse. Nine Indian women of various ages flee away from their everyday life into a joint excursion to the English resort town of Blackpool. As such, the crew's gluttony, greed, and lust for worldly possessions corrupts them to the point that they become undead, forced to never die or rest in their covetousness (moonlight reveals this fact, showing the pirates in its glare to be living rotting skeletons).

The German version of the film is titled Picknick on the Beach. In retaliation, Barbossa orders Bootstrap to be thrown overboard, only to realize too late that the curse was indeed real and in order to break it they were required to return all the pieces of the treasure to its chest and give a blood sacrifice from everyone who removed them. Baji on the Beach, Gurinder Chada (1993). Shocked by this action, Will's father, "Bootstrap" Bill Turner, sends one of the cursed gold pieces away to his son in order to ensure a fitting punishment for the crew's betrayal. The only one that is later found remembers almost nothing. Shortly afterwards, Barbosa and the crew mutinied against Jack and stranded him on a deserted island. Three girls and one of their teachers on a school outing mysteriously disappear. It is here where we learn the true intentions of Barbosa and his crew: the island contains a cursed Aztec treasure that the crew of the Black Pearl - under Jack at the time - discovered.

With Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975), Peter Weir constructs a film of haunting mystery. After absconding with one of the royal navy's ships and assembling a crew to man it, Jack and Will set off to find Barbosa and the Black Pearl, who themselves are heading towards Isla de Muerta, a mysterious island that's supposedly undiscoverable save for those who already know where it is. The film Picnic was a multiple Oscar winner from 1955. The next day, Will discovers Elizabeth's disappearance and, thwarted in his efforts to convince the royal navy into pursuing the culprits by lead officer Commodore James Norrington (despite the captain's own feelings towards Elizabeth), takes up an offer by Jack to rescue Elizabeth in exchange for breaking him out. The novel is about a mysterious "zone" filled with strange and often deadly extraterrestrial artifacts, which are theorized by some scientists to be the refuse from an alien "picnic" on Earth. The crew, once under the orders of Jack Sparrow himself until they mutinied ten years ago, kidnaps Elizabeth, whose claim that her last name was Turner and possession of a golden medallion emblemized with a skull and crossbones satisfies the captain of the Black Pearl (and former first mate of Jack), Barbossa, enough to cease his attack on Port Royal in exchange for both the trinket and her. The utopian novel Roadside Picnic by Boris and Arkady Strugatsky, which was written in 1972, was the source for the film Stalker (1979) by Andrei Tarkovsky. That night, Port Royal is besieged by the infamous ghost ship the Black Pearl, a pure black vessel crewed by a vicious, bloodthirsty crew, and captained by a man claimed to be so evil, Hell itself spat him back out.

Despite the war setting they have a cheerful picnic together. It is during these actions that Jack meets Will Turner, the local blacksmith's apprentice who is infatuated with Elizabeth but is too afraid to admit his feelings to her. In Fernando Arrabal's Picnic in the Field the young and inexperienced soldier Zepo is visited unexpectedly by his devoted parents. Shortly after his arrival at Port Royal, Jamaica, destitute pirate Captain Jack Sparrow rescues the governor?s daughter, Elizabeth Swann, from drowning and is subsequently jailed for his lifestyle. What shall we do to rouse them? Any nonsense will serve..." (Project Gutenberg Entry: [2] (http://gutenberg.net/etext/158)). Tagline: Prepare to be blown out of the water. In Jane Austen's novel Emma at the Box Hill picnic which turned out to be a sore disappointment, Frank Churchill said to Emma: "Our companions are excessively stupid. On the other hand, it is still believed that the makers have put intentional references from the games as a tribute.

From Charles Dickens' The Mystery of Edwin Drood: "...Miss Twinkleton (in her amateur state of existence) has contributed herself and a veal pie to a picnic." (Project Gutenberg Entry: [1] (http://gutenberg.net/etext/564)). Most hold that this is coincidental, since both are inspired from the theme ride. "Picnicking" in the wider sense of eating brought-along food, may or may not be allowed in public transport. It was believed that the movie was partially inspired from Monkey Island, and similarities have been drawn between Barbossa and LeChuck. Picnicking is sometimes not allowed in amusement parks, etc, because it could damage the turnover of restaurants, cafeterias and food kiosks in the park. However, the poor reception received by other Disney films based upon its theme park attractions (The Country Bears, The Haunted Mansion) suggested that the success of Pirates of the Caribbean was an exception and not the rule. In established parks, a picnic area generally includes picnic tables and possibly other items related to eating outdoors, such as built-in barbecue grills, water faucets, garbage containers, and restrooms. The film also received several Academy Award nominations, including a Best Actor nomination for Johnny Depp.

See: Snopes.com urban legends reference page (http://www.snopes.com/language/offense/picnic.htm). Critics were pleasantly surprised to find the film an enjoyable swashbuckler, and the movie became a huge box office success, grossing over $300 million in North America alone. This claim had no basis in fact. The genre of pirate themed movies had also seen a string of high budget flops with Cutthroat Island and Treasure Planet, among others. In the late 1990s an e-mail hoax spread around the internet claiming that the word "picnic" was actually derived from racist term for a lynching. The concept of Disney basing a movie upon one of its own theme park rides seemed to many a crass marketing ploy. While in British and American English one would say "driving in rush hour traffic is no picnic", an Australian or New Zealander would say "driving in rush hour traffic is a real picnic"; these reversed idioms both suggesting a difficult task. When production for the film was first announced in early 2002, movie fans and critics were skeptical of its chances of being a success.

It proved to be a success for Walt Disney Pictures and within weeks of release they announced a sequel was in development, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, slated for release in 2005/2006. As of March 16, 2004, it had grossed at the box office more than $653 million worldwide; the 21st highest grossing movie ever. It was released on July 9, 2003. It is directed by Gore Verbinski and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer.

This movie stars Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Geoffrey Rush, and Jack Davenport. It is based on the Pirates of the Caribbean attractions at Disneyland and Walt Disney World. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl is a movie of adventure and romance set in the Caribbean during the seventeenth century. Winner, Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role, Johnny Depp.

Nominee, Best Supporting Actress, Keira Knightley. Nominee, Best Supporting Actor, Geoffrey Rush. Frazee, Charles Gibson. Hickel, Terry D.

Nominee, Best Special Effects, John Knoll, Hal T. Nominee, Best Music, Klaus Badelt. Nominee, Best Make Up, Ve Neill, Martin Samuel. Nominee, Best Fantasy Film.

Nominee, Best Director, Gore Verbinski. Nominee, Best DVD Special Edition Release. Nominee, Best Costume, Penny Rose. Nominee, Best Actor, Johnny Depp.

Winner, Cinescape Genre Face of the Future Award, Female, Keira Knightley. Rivkin, Arthur Schmidt. Winner, Best Edited Feature Film - Comedy or Musical, Craig Wood, Stephen E. Nominee, Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy, Johnny Depp.

Campbell. Nominee, Best Sound, Christopher Boyes, George Watters II, Lee Orloff, David Parker, David E. Nominee, Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role, Johnny Depp. Nominee, Best Costume Design, Penny Rose.

Frazee, Charles Gibson. Hickel, Terry D. Nominee, Best Achievement in Special Visual Effects, John Knoll, Hal T. Winner, Best Make Up/Hair, Ve Neill, Martin Samuel.

Winner, Top Box Office Films, Klaus Badelt. Nominee, Excellence in Production Design Award, Feature Film - Period or Fantasy Film, Brian Morris. Frazee. Hickel, Charles Gibson, Terry D.

Nominee, Best Visual Effects, John Knoll, Hal T. Nominee, Best Sound Editing, Christopher Boyes, George Watters II. Campbell, Lee Orloff. Nominee, Best Sound, Christopher Boyes, David Parker, David E.

Nominee, Best Makeup, Ve Neill, Martin Samuel. Nominee, Best Actor in a Leading Role, Johnny Depp. Anamaria. Zoe Saldana ...

Treva Etienne .... Koehler. McNally .... Joshamee Gibbs. Kevin R. Bo'sun.

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Cotton. David Bailie ... Angus Barnett .... Mullroy. Murtogg.

Giles New ... Lt. Gillette. Damian O'Hare ... Ragetti.

Mackenzie Crook ... Pintel. Lee Arenberg ... Governor Weatherby Swann.

Jonathan Pryce ... Commodore James Norrington. Jack Davenport ... Elizabeth Swann.

Keira Knightley ... Will Turner. Orlando Bloom ... Captain Barbossa.

Geoffrey Rush ... Captain Jack Sparrow. Johnny Depp ...