In any case, the pieces were visibly there but in the end the final product is a fallen soufflé. Perhaps being directed by her then husband Renny Harlin was too distracting for him. In a rare move we are treated to a female pirate captain played by mid 90’s box office draw, Geena Davis. The execution of this failed, mega-budget blockbuster certainly didn’t turn out as planned, but one must admire the heights to which it aspired. Cutthroat Island (1995) We can all thank Matthew Modine’s real-life fencing skills for at least part of the reason why he was cast as William Shaw in Cutthroat Island. Here are the 22+ best pirate movies ever created with ratings from PG to “Arrr”. As long as the media-savvy broadcast unauthorized and unsanctioned material into the airwaves or illegally record a movie from their theater seat, it lives on. As long as one person is willing to get on a vessel and take another’s belongings, it survives. It may not look the same today, but piracy isn’t dead. Robin Williams and Dustin Hoffman star in beloved ’90s Peter Pan sequel, Hook (1991).įilm has glorified many a buccaneer tale and focused primarily on its heyday which was just over a hundred years, ranging from the late 1500s to the early 1700s. This was the perfect call to action for adventure seekers and poor alike, looking to bolster their pockets with cargos of gold, sugar, spice, and anything they deemed nice. The bad guy was only that, if he didn’t share your flag. While many think of this as an illegal lifestyle, most of history’s famous pirates were sanctioned by their government as “privateers” to attack enemy ships. The pirate’s life was the ideal business venture for a man looking to build his fortune and any country looking to sabotage their enemies. High seas adventure, thundering cannons, plundered booty, buried treasure, curved swords, and missing limbs replaced with wooden nubs these are the classic images we envision when thoughts of piracy come to mind.
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