Pirates (1986)

The rollicking, unconventional swashbuckler PIRATES is Roman Polanski's take on a genre heretofore unexplored by the director: the action-adventure movie. Walter Matthau dons a British accent as Captain Red, the most fearsome pirate on the seven seas--a part Polanski had originally conceived for Jack Nicholson after their successful collaboration on CHINATOWN in 1974. Red and his sidekick, a hot-headed young Frenchman known only as "the Frog" (Cris Campion) find their way aboard a Spanish galleon (a stunning replica of a 17th Century ship constructed for the movie at a cost of $8 million) and discover an ancient ...
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golden Aztec throne hidden away under the deck. The two pirates instigate a mutiny, enlisting the help of the disgruntled crew to take over the ship and gain possession of the treasure, but the encounter multifarious distractions, such as the Frog unexpectedly falling for a young noblewoman (Charlotte Lewis) on board who also happens to be the second mate's (Damien Thomas) fiancée. Things don't go exactly as planned. PIRATES is jolly good fun, with Polanski demonstrating his usual flair for the absurd and the offbeat.
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Na een nederlaag tegen de Spanjaarden belanden kapitein Red en scheepsmaat Frog op een onherbergzaam eiland. Na vier jaar op het eiland te hebben overleefd, besluiten de piratenkapitein en de scheepsjongen met een klein vlot hun kans op zee te wagen. Ze worden in de Caraïben opgepikt door het Spaanse galjoen Neptune en in de boeien geslagen. De Neptune vervoert een massief gouden troon. Reds enige doel is deze gouden troon te bemachtigen. Ondertussen wordt Frog verliefd op Dolores, de nicht van een van de notabelen die meereizen met de Neptune.

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Although the title evokes a swashbuckling adventure, Roman Polanski's Pirates tuns out to be a seagoing tale with a bit of a difference. Captain Red (Walter Matthau) runs a hardy pirate ship with the able assistance of Frog, a dashing young French sailor (Cris Campion). One day Capt. Red is captured and taken aboard a Spanish galleon, but thanks to his inventiveness, he raises the crew to mutiny, takes over the ship, and kidnaps the daughter of the governor of Maracaibo (Charlotte Lewis, soon to co-star in The Golden Child opposite Eddie Murphy). The question is, can he keep this pace up?

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