Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

All awards are from 2004, unless otherwise noted.. The issue was then dropped and never brought up again. Pirates of the Caribbean 3. Zemeckis contacted Steven Spielberg for help, who wrote Sheinberg a letter. Spielberg's letter thanked Sheinberg for the joke and said that they all really had a good laugh about it, knowing that Sheinberg would be too proud to admit that he was serious. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. Universal Studios executive Sid Sheinberg nearly retitled the film Space Man from Pluto, because he didn't think that anyone would care to see a movie about time travel. It can be found in Ta' Xbiex, Malta. Shooting was completed on April 20, 1985.

The Black Pearl exists and is a real ship, one of the last surviving wooden schooners. By that time, Fox's schedule allowed him to sign on. There is also supposedly a Pirates of the Caribbean 'world' in the upcoming game. It is believed that they had, at that point, recorded about one third of the completed movie. Depp is also a cameo character in Kingdom Hearts 2 as Jack Sparrow. After filming began, the filmmakers realized that Stoltz was not right for the part. 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. Production of the film began on November 26, 1984 with actor Eric Stoltz portraying "Marty McFly", because Fox's schedule with Family Ties initially prevented Fox from accepting the role.

The plot bears similarities to that of the computer game series Monkey Island, also based on the Disney ride. The hip, upbeat soundtrack to the movie by Huey Lewis and the News contributed to its popularity, and the movie's theme song topped the charts for several weeks in 1985. The script is available here (http://www.hostultra.com/~vampfiles/piratesscript2.html) (popup warning). The series was very popular in the 1980s, even making fans out of celebrities like ZZ Top (who appeared in the third film) and President Ronald Reagan, who used the movie's title as a catch phrase in his speeches and considered accepting a role in the third film as the 1885 mayor of Hill Valley. The wordplay was well suited to both Geoffrey Rush's and especially Johnny Depp's unusual style and worked well throughout the film. See also:. Two examples:. Plutonium in 1955, Marty soon finds out, is "a little hard to come by." Consequently, Marty has to find Doc Brown's 1955 counterpart, find some way to fuel the time machine which needs 1.21 gigawatts of electric power, and get his parents to fall in love in order to repair the damage his presence has done to the events of the past.

Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio (Shrek, The Mask of Zorro) and others created a script noted for its witty lines and challenge-response jokes. Marty finds himself stranded, not having brought any additional plutonium back with him. 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. It is here that Marty accidentally interferes with the first meeting of his parents George McFly and Lorraine Baines, an act with seismic cosmic significance, as it threatens to jeopardise Marty's own existence. 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. Marty flees the Libyans in the De Lorean and inadvertently travels back to the year 1955. 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. The Libyans murder Doc Brown, unloading a barrage of bullets into his chest.

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. During the test, a group of Libyan terrorists (from whom Doc has stolen the plutonium necessary to fuel the time machine), come looking for revenge. Once realizing they're no longer cursed, Barbossa's crew surrenders. Marty McFly, a high school student, is invited by his friend Doc Brown, a local scientist, to witness a demonstration of Doc's latest invention, his life's ambition; a time-machine, which has been made from a modified De Lorean sports car. 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. The box sets did very well when released, despite certain framing issues. 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. On December 17, 2002 Universal Home Video released Back to the Future: The Complete Trilogy on DVD and VHS.

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. After the success of the film, its two sequels were filmed together, Back to the Future Part II and Back to the Future Part III, forming a trilogy. Back to the Future grossed USD$210 million dollars at the US box office, making it the highest grossing film of 1985. 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. The movie opened on July 3, 1985 with artist Drew Struzan creating the film series' distinctive artwork used on movie posters and in other marketing. 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. Fox. 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. Back to the Future is a 1985 film by Robert Zemeckis, written by Robert Zemeckis and Robert Gale, and starring Michael J.

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. The nuclear reactor which powers the time machine bears at least passing resemblence to the 1958 Ford Nucleon concept car. Jack and William confront Barbosa and his crew at the same time they learn Elizabeth is not the child of Bootstrap Bill. A series of tie-in computer games was released for the Amiga computer, to no great acclaim. 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. In the Stargate Atlantis episode, Before I Sleep, Major John Sheppard briefly mentions the movie when Dr. Rodney McKay doesn't want to hear about it. 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). Huey Lewis as the High-School Band Audition Judge.

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. Casey Siemaszko as 3-D. 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. J J Cohen as Skinhead. Shortly afterwards, Barbosa and the crew mutinied against Jack and stranded him on a deserted island. Billy Zane as Match. 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. Claudia Wells as Jennifer Parker.

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. James Tolkan as Mr. Strickland. 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. Wilson as Biff Tannen. 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. Thomas F. 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. Crispin Glover as George McFly.

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. Lea Thompson as Lorraine Baines McFly. 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. Brown (aka Doc Brown). Tagline: Prepare to be blown out of the water. Emmett L. On the other hand, it is still believed that the makers have put intentional references from the games as a tribute. Christopher Lloyd as Dr.

Most hold that this is coincidental, since both are inspired from the theme ride. Fox as Marty McFly. It was believed that the movie was partially inspired from Monkey Island, and similarities have been drawn between Barbossa and LeChuck. Michael J. 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. Back to the Future trilogy. The film also received several Academy Award nominations, including a Best Actor nomination for Johnny Depp. Back to the Future timeline.

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. The genre of pirate themed movies had also seen a string of high budget flops with Cutthroat Island and Treasure Planet, among others. The concept of Disney basing a movie upon one of its own theme park rides seemed to many a crass marketing ploy. 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 ...

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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 ...