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The Grandest Pirate Movie Ever MadePlot:
A pirate and a hot-tempered noblewoman join forces to protect Jamaica from a tyrant. | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
Sword Fight
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Pirate
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Jamaica
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A great, all-around FUN pirate movie for the entire family! moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Robert Shaw | ... | Ned Lynch |
 | James Earl Jones | ... | Nick Debrett |
 | Peter Boyle | ... | Lord Durant |
| Geneviève Bujold | ... | Jane Barnet |
 | Beau Bridges | ... | Major Folly |
| Geoffrey Holder | ... | Cudjo |
| Avery Schreiber | ... | Polonski |
| Tom Clancy | ... | Mr. Moonbeam |
 | Anjelica Huston | ... | Woman of Dark Visage |
| Bernard Behrens | ... | Sir James Barnet |
 | Dorothy Tristan | ... | Alice |
| Mark Baker | ... | Lute Player |
| Kip Niven | ... | Willard Culverwell |
| Tom Fitzsimmons | ... | Corporal |
| Louisa Horton | ... | Lady Barnet |
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101 minCountry:
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Canada:PG (Ontario) | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | USA:PG | West Germany:12 | Netherlands:12MOVIEmeter: 
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'Beau Bridges' spent months rehearsing a trick with a horse. After he perfected it, the filmmakers decided not to shoot it. Bridges did the rehearsal for nothing. moreQuotes:
Lynch: It's a lot easier to get off a ship with no clothes on than to get back onto a ship with no clothes on. moreFAQ
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First off, you've got to remember - This is NOT "The Life & Times Of Blackbeard"! It's a fun seventies romp - The Four Musketeers on the high seas! Now that you have that in mind, read on.
How can one NOT like this movie?! It's the ONLY example of a "pirate movie" in my entire DVD collection - but it's the only one anyone needs. Robert Shaw turns in a commanding and amused performance as Red Ned Lynch - the captain of a scurvy band of pirates including James Earl Jones as Nick and Geoffrey Holder (The UNcola guy... you remember!) as Nick's knife wielding friend, Cujo. Throw in Genevieve Bujold as the damsel in distress/female interest, add Peter Boyle as the classic slimy Governor who abuses his subjects and you've got a recipe for an entertaining hour and forty minutes! Pay attention to some of the supporting character actors and you'll see quite a few you recognize from movies and TV of the time period - Avery Schrieber, Alfie Wise and Sid Haig just to name a few. And of course, we can't forget Beau Bridges as a perfectly stiff soldier and Angelica Huston as she known only as "Woman Of Dark Visage".
Plotwise, this movie has it all - a British Governor who likes to spend his days in the bath playing with ships... a twisted little DeSade in training at his beck and call... the obligatory wronged member of the British aristocracy and his family-in-need... and of course, the moronic civil servant, Major Folly, who only wants to capture Red Ned Lynch and please The Governor.
Do yourself a favor and go rent this one for the weekend - or even better, pick up the DVD. It's relatively cheap as an older catalog title and definitely a keeper. Because EVERYbody needs a good pirate flick now and again.