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Pirates [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.4 Import - Australia ] | ![Pirates [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.4 Import - Australia ]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41FNV39ZVFL._SL160_.jpg) | Director: Roman Polanski
Studio: Force Video
Category: DVD
Buy New: $20.99
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Seller: daaveedee
Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 133396
Format: Import, PAL
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Original Language)
Region: 4
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 124 Minutes
ASIN: B000A8BJ20
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Australia released, PAL/Region 4 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), SPECIAL FEATURES: Biographies, Filmographies, Interactive Menu, Production Notes, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: 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?
SCREENED/AWARDED AT: Ceasar Awards, Oscar Academy Awards,
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 Polanski's worst movie March 28, 2010
P. Greenhill (London, -- England)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm a huge Polanski fan but this is poor and easily his worst film. Boring, dull, silly and lifeless.
AVOID
 The Best Pirate Movie Ever! March 21, 2010
S. Cunningham (Las Vegas, NV)
This is one of my all-time favourite movies. Of all the pirate movies I have seen, this one is so great because it is the most realistic. While it is fanciful and crazy, the elements that are portrayed within this film and they way they are portrayed make you feel more like you are watching a film about actual pirates, as opposed to say Pirates of the Caribbean, where you feel as though you are watching a beautiful and epic piratical fantasy. Walter Matthau, hands down, delivers one of the best pirate portrayals I've ever seen. He's dirty, greedy, conniving and crazy, with grandiose leadership qualities. Some people may be turned off by the relatively slower pace of the movie, but I find it to be perfect. A brilliant movie and one my collection would not be complete without.
~Captain Mad Ange
Pirates: a classic February 9, 2009
I think along with other Polanski's masterpiece, this is a must see! People do not realize that Polanski is good at making funny movies (must see as well "le Bal des Vampires" aka The Fearless Vampire Killers or: Pardon Me, But Your Teeth Are in My Neck). I personally highly recommend it.
un-cut version August 2, 2008
M. Mehle (Caribbean)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have seen this film when it was released in VHS format. It was indeed bawdy but in a non offensive humorous way. When we got the DVD we were troubled by how it had been needlessly sensored. Scenes that were suggestive but less graphic than most TV dramas had been cut and the film lost a lot of its flow and in fact logic. I was terribly disapointed and continually search for an un-cut version. In its original form, it is a very funny twist to a pirate's tale and a tribute to the late Walter Matthau.
Pirates May 20, 2008
Frank Panico Jr.
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This movie is in English, you just have to figure out how to get through the menu's, which are in Portuguese. This is an excellent Pirate movie.
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