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Posted by Yozhik (Member # 89) on :

Does anyone know of any good movies about pirates (OTHER than Pirates of the Caribbean) that would be appealing to teens? We want to show them as part of a library-sponsored program.

Thanks in advance!

Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :

Goonies!!

Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :

The Pirate Movie.

It's an "adaptation" of Pirates of Penzance, which would also be good.

Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :

"12th Night" by Shakespeare...

[Wink]

Antonio the (gay)Pirate: "And for his love did I expose myself!"

[ROFL]

Posted by UofUlawguy (Member # 5492) on :

What about some version of Treasure Island? I'm trying to remember some, but all I can think of is the Muppet version, and I've never even seen that one.

Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :

Muppet Treasure Island is great!

"Look. It's the one-legged man. Count 'em - one!"

Far better than Muppets from Space, whatever my sadly misinformed fiancee might say.

I second the Pirate Movie. There's also that horribly bad movie w/ Geena Davis - Cutthroat Island, maybe? Plus something called Buccaneers from the 80s - terribly bad, but fun. Might be R-rated, though.

Peter Pan has pirates, of course, as does Hook.

Dagonee

Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :

Swashbuckler: Robert Shaw and James Earl Jones
Sea Hawk: Errol Flynn
The Princess Bride
Muppet Treasure Island
The Master of Ballantre: Errol Flynn
Double Crossbones: Donald O'Conner (singer/comedian)
The Crimson Pirate: Burt Lancaster parodying Burt Lancaster
Captain Blood: Errol Flynn
The Black Swan: Tyrone Powers and Maureen O'Hara
Against All Flags: Errol Flynn and Maureen O'Hara

[ July 21, 2004, 01:56 PM: Message edited by: aspectre ]

Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :

I still don't see the appeal of pirates. [Dont Know]

Posted by Papa Moose (Member # 1992) on :

Monty Python's "Meaning of Life"?

Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :

Muppet Treasure Island!

"He's dead! Dead Tom's dead! Long John killed him!"
"Hasn't Dead Tom always been dead?"

Benjamina Gunn: Smollett. "Is that really you?"
Captain Abraham Smollett: "Benjamina?"
Benjamina Gunn: "Hi-yah!"
[Karate chops Smollett, sends him flying into the gong]
Captain Abraham Smollett: [to the gong ringer] "Old girlfriend."

Benjamina Gunn: "You left me standing at the altar."
Captain Abraham Smollett: "I was on a ship headed for Zanzibar. I got cold feet."
Benjamina Gunn: "You're a frog. You're supposed to have cold feet."

Rizzo: "I've gone way beyond afraid. Right now I'm somewhere between bedwetting and a near death experience."

Added: And for the Hatrack lawyers...

Polly Lobster: "I could have been a lawyer, but I just had too much heart."

[ July 21, 2004, 02:07 PM: Message edited by: katharina ]

Posted by Zamphyr (Member # 6213) on :

Yellowbeard !

and, um, Ice Pirates [Blushing]

Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :

ah, Muppet Treasure Island...

Off to Zanzibar, to meet the Zanzibarbarians!

Zoot: I'm confused. Are we with the pirates or the frog captain?
Floyd: Just play the gig, man. Never get involved in politics.

Posted by Azile (Member # 2312) on :

Yep. I was thinking of Hook too. It was one of my favorite movies as a kid and still is.

Posted by fil (Member # 5079) on :

So for teens, you don't want any movies that were rated Arrrrrrrrhhh?

[Blushing]

fil

Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :

Arrrr!!!!

Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :

*dang, Porter beat me to it*

Charrrrrm!

Arrrrrglye socks!

Smarrrrrrm!

Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :

fil, that was bad.

I mean, that was really Arrrrrful.

Seconds "Pirates of Penzanzes"

Or as Rumsfeld has been quoted as saying, "I am the mighty model of a modern major general."

Posted by romanylass (Member # 6306) on :

There are the old Sinbad movies.
The most recent edition of Peter Pan.

Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :

<=== really, really liked the recent Peter Pan movie

<=== in fact, likes it enough to buy it.

And that is sayin' something, for me.

[ July 21, 2004, 04:27 PM: Message edited by: beverly ]

Posted by Fyfe (Member # 937) on :

NOT Captain Blood. That was one of the worst movies I've ever seen in my entire life. Ever. (But then I don't like Errol Flynn at all.)

That was why Pirates of the Caribbean was so wonderful. It was the pirate movie we had all been wanting to come into existence.

Jen

Posted by Kasie H (Member # 2120) on :

Did someone mention Pirates of Penzance?

And I second/third/whatever Peter Pan and Hook.

[ July 22, 2004, 08:59 AM: Message edited by: Kasie H ]

Posted by Olivetta (Member # 6456) on :

Muppet Treasure Island was fun.

I ALSO liked the new Peter Pan movie enough to buy it (I forced the boys to watch it again when their cousin was here, but it's not a huge fave for them). I was cleaning the kitchen when the "I DO believe in Fairys! I DO! I DO!" thing was happening, and I misted up. I'm a sap.

I remember the Pirate movie, too. It was fun. I still sometimes quote one of the McNichol chicks' lesser known lines in that movie. "The body is an eight, the mind is a ten" even though it's technically not true, in my case. Little funny things like, "Armor's a bitch" and so forth. Not great, but amusing.

Oooo.... Captain Blood *sigh* It's black and white, which may put off some teens, but oh, Errol Flynn won my heart in that movie! He was so cool. Amazing movie.

Posted by Sopwith (Member # 4640) on :

Nate and Hayes?

Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :

A pirate walks into a bar with a ship's steering wheel in his pants.

The bartender asks, "whats with the wheel in your pants??"

The pirate says, "Arrrr, it's been drivin' me nuts all day!"

[Big Grin]

Posted by fil (Member # 5079) on :

Yellow Beard? With some Python boys along with Marty Feldman and...er...Python boys? I haven't seen it in a loooong time, but I do remember enjoying it. Teens should be fine with it. All I remember now is one guy trying to find where he buried some treasure and trying to re-trace his steps but having to include every drunken mis-step, shuffle, limp, etc. Very funny. Can't vouch for the rest, though.

Arrr...

fil

PS Did someone mention "The Bounty?" Is that Pirate or just "High Seas?"

Posted by Olivetta (Member # 6456) on :

I need to rent The Bounty.

Posted by Yozhik (Member # 89) on :

Thanks, everybody!
We're currently investigating Sea Hawk, The Pirate Movie, and Nate and Hayes. We need to view them for appropriateness and find out if we can get the rights to show one of them.

Posted by Javert (Member # 3076) on :

Big Idea's Jonah -- a VeggieTales Movie
featuring the amazing, the talented, the Pirates who don't do ANYTHING!

Posted by CaySedai (Member # 6459) on :

In "The Princess Bride," Wesley was the Dread Pirate Roberts ... there's a vague pirate connection.

Posted by fallow (Member # 6268) on :

*lifts eyepatch*

scans the waves.

*narry a mumble of disinterested im-posterior-iousnecessiprude*

fallow

Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :

Blackbeard's Ghost... that one is ALWAYS fun! It's a Disney with people, and Peter Ustinov plays the pirate, it's a great movie. I grew up on it, and it's always been one of my favorites. [Smile]