Pirates' movies

[Grey Roger]

Time to revive an old thread in order to mention an old TV series. The Buccaneers. As a digital TV channel here which specialises in old films and series has been showing the series for a while, I've recorded some episodes and started watching them.

Not to be confused with any films about a single buccaneer, this 1956 series stars a rather young Robert Shaw as Captain Dan Tempest. It shares producers, directors and authors with several other series of the time, such as "The Adventures of Robin Hood" and "William Tell", and they weren't all that historically accurate either. Still, it looks amusing enough.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

Time to revive an old thread in order to mention an old TV series. The Buccaneers. As a digital TV channel here which specialises in old films and series has been showing the series for a while, I've recorded some episodes and started watching them.

Lucky you!
I wouldn't mind seeing that!

Not to be confused with any films about a single buccaneer, this 1956 series stars a rather young Robert Shaw as Captain Dan Tempest. It shares producers, directors and authors with several other series of the time, such as "The Adventures of Robin Hood" and "William Tell", and they weren't all that historically accurate either. Still, it looks amusing enough.

That sounds really fun, actually.
Those other series you mention too!

 

[Pieter Boelen]

Good discussion on pirate movies here too:

Pirates of the seas | Besides the pirates of the caribbean movies.... | Facebook

Besides the pirates of the caribbean movies..... Do any of you guys know about some pirate movies ? ??

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I hadn't yet heard of:

The King's Pirate
Double Crossbones
The Pirate (Gene Kelly & Judy Garland)
Kidnapped
Pirates of Penzance (Kevin Kline)

Even @modernknight1 himself pitches in for this Facebook discussion!

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[Grey Roger]

The King's Pirate
Double Crossbones
The Pirate (Gene Kelly & Judy Garland)
Kidnapped
Pirates of Penzance (Kevin Kline)

"Kidnapped" is presumably based on the book by Robert Louis Stevenson. There might be some action on sailing ships but calling it a pirate movie is stretching the definition quite a bit! In any case, IMDB shows several films titled "Kidnapped" and only a couple of them are based on the book; the others are more modern and have nothing to do with piracy.

IMDB shows two versions of "The Pirates of Penzance" with Kevin Kline:

The Pirates of Penzance (TV Movie 1980) ⭐ 7.9 | Comedy, Musical

2h 2m | Not Rated

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The Pirates of Penzance (1983) ⭐ 7.1 | Comedy, Musical, Romance

1h 52m | G

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Some, but not all, of the cast from the 1980 version are also in the 1983 version, including Kevin Kline. The original is the Gilbert & Sullivan opera.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

"Kidnapped" is presumably based on the book by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Yes indeed.

There might be some action on sailing ships but calling it a pirate movie is stretching the definition quite a bit!

Somehow I expected as much...

IMDB shows two versions of "The Pirates of Penzance" with Kevin Kline:

Huh, I did NOT expect that!! That's pretty weird.

 

[Grey Roger]

Looking back through this thread, the 1983 one has already been mentioned:
Pirates' movies

"The King's Pirate" is apparently a remake of the older Errol Flynn film "Against All Flags". And that, in turn, reminds me of "Under Ten Flags", which admittedly was set in WW2, but then so is "Down Periscope", which was mentioned earlier in the thread and added to the list. "Under Ten Flags" is based loosely on the activities of a commerce raider - named Atlantis.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

Looking back through this thread, the 1983 one has already been mentioned:
Pirates' movies

I don't remember everything..

set in WW2, but then so is "Down Periscope"

Down Periscope does feature a WWII sub, but isn't set in that period. It was set in present day 1990's.
The US Navy already has their fleet of nuclear submarines.
At some point our hero ship hoists a pirate flag though and the communications officer remains in pirate outfit for the entire rest of the movie after.

"Under Ten Flags" is based loosely on the activities of a commerce raider - named Atlantis.

Oooh?!!

 

[Grey Roger]

I don't remember everything..

Neither do I. Having been attracted to this thread by recent activity, I then went to the beginning to look at the whole lot.

Down Periscope does feature a WWII sub, but isn't set in that period. It was set in present day 1990's.

The US Navy already has their fleet of nuclear submarines.
At some point our hero ship hoists a pirate flag though and the communications officer remains in pirate outfit for the entire rest of the movie after.

Doh! Should have looked it up - I simply guessed that it was related to "Up Periscope", which was WW2. But that just puts it even further away from the usual time period of pirate films.

As for "Under Ten Flags":
Under Ten Flags (1960) 6.5 | Drama, War
There's a nice use of the "Master of Disguise" perk early in the film.

 

[Pieter Boelen]

Neither do I. Having been attracted to this thread by recent activity, I then went to the beginning to look at the whole lot.

Like the hero you are!

Doh! Should have looked it up - I simply guessed that it was related to "Up Periscope", which was WW2. But that just puts it even further away from the usual time period of pirate films.

Technically true.
But it's a fun film, so that's okay with me.

As for "Under Ten Flags":
Under Ten Flags (1960) 6.5 | Drama, War
There's a nice use of the "Master of Disguise" perk early in the film.

PotC perks in films?
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