Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

Directed by

Gore Verbinski

Written by

Terry Rossio, Ted Elliott

Cast

Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Zoe Saldaña, Treva Etienne, Martin Klebba, Lee Arenberg, Mackenzie Crook

Genre

comedy film, action film, swashbuckler film, adventure film, fantasy film, pirate film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 17m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

7.8 of 10 from 22,437 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A pirate named Jack Sparrow teams up with a blacksmith named Will Turner to rescue a kidnapped woman named Elizabeth Swann. Her captor is the cursed Captain Barbossa and his crew of the Black Pearl.

swashbucklingadventurousplayfulthrillingsupernaturalfast-pacedcomedicbuoyant

What happens

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl is a 2003 American fantasy swashbuckler film directed by Gore Verbinski. Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and distributed by Buena Vista Pictures via the Walt Disney Pictures label, the film is based on the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction at Disney theme parks and is the first film in the Pirates of the Caribbean series. Starring Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, and Keira Knightley, it follows pirate Jack Sparrow (Depp) and blacksmith Will Turner (Bloom), as they attempt to rescue the kidnapped Elizabeth Swann (Knightley). The trio encounters Captain Hector Barbossa (Rush) and the Black Pearl crew who are afflicted by a supernatural curse. Executives at Walt Disney Studios drafted a rough treatment for the film in 2000. A script was developed by Jay Wolpert in 2001, and was rewritten by Stuart Beattie in early 2002. Around that time, the producer Jerry Bruckheimer became involved in the project. He brought in screenwriters Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio, who had drafted a premise for the film in the 1990s. Elliott and Rossio added the curse to the script to align the film's story with the theme park ride. Verbinski eventually signed on as the director. Filming took place from October 2002 to March 2003 in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and on sets in Los Angeles, California. Pirates of the Caribbean had its world premiere at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, on June 28, 2003. It was theatrically released in the United States on July 9. Despite low expectations, the film was a massive box-office success: it grossed $654.3 million worldwide, making it the fourth-highest-grossing film of 2003. It received generally positive reviews from critics, and Depp won a Screen Actors Guild Award. He was also nominated for his performance at the Academy Awards, BAFTAs, and Golden Globes. Pirates of the Caribbean was also nominated for additional Academy Awards and BAFTAs. The film was followed by four sequels: Dead Man's Chest (2006), At World's End (2007), On Stranger Tides (2011), and Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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