Pirates (1986)

Pop Culture Phenomenon Films: 80’s (1473 movies items)

" The film, featured a earlier performance by Charlotte Lewis, and a cameo by Ian Dury. Currently, Pirates isn’t available on DVD and or Blu Ray, in North America. It and Cutthroat Island’s dismal box office performances scared studio off of making pirate movies. That is until, a certain Johnny Depp and Disney film came along. Pirates is a 1986 adventure comedy film written by Gérard Brach, John Brownjohn, and Roman Polanski and directed by Polanski. It was inspired by Polanski's love o"

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"20.11. DVD"

Walter Matthau - Partial Filmography (30 person items)

" Walter Matthau and Cris Campion"

Top 10 Movies That Ruined the Director's Reputatio (10 movies items)

"Roman Polanski"

An average movie

“I’m pretty sure I already saw this movie but it was at least 20 years ago so I was really eager to check it out again. Even though it had a rather lame reputation, I always thought  it was actually a decent pirate movie, at least, as far as I could remember but after re-watching the damned thing, I have to agree, it wasn’t really good after all. I mean, it was visually pretty neat with some nice costumes and some great sets (especially the Neptune looked pretty awesome. It was a full scale ship that did cost almost $10 million). Walter Matthau was also a great choice to play the lead part, even if his English accent was not convincing and even rather cringe-inducing. So, it seems that Polanski had already the most important ingredients at his disposal but he apparently forgot to bring” read more

Super Epic Lengthy Films (150 movies items)

"Running time: 121 mins"