Cutthroat Island (1995)

Director:

Renny Harlin

Writers (WGA):

Michael Frost Beckner (story) &
James Gorman (story) ...
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Release Date:

22 December 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Romance

Tagline:

The Course Has Been Set. There Is No Turning Back. Prepare Your Weapons. Summon Your Courage. Discover the Adventure of a Lifetime!

Plot:

A female pirate and her companion race against their rivals to find a hidden island that contains a fabulous treasure.

Plot Keywords:

Treasure | Pirate | Slave | Pirate Ship | Swashbuckler

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Geena Davis	...	Morgan
Matthew Modine	...	Shaw
Frank Langella	...	Dawg
Maury Chaykin	...	John Reed
Patrick Malahide	...	Ainslee
Stan Shaw	...	Glasspoole
Rex Linn	...	Mr. Blair
Paul Dillon	...	Snelgrave
Christopher Masterson	...	Bowen (as Chris Masterson)
Jimmie F. Skaggs	...	Scully
Harris Yulin	...	Black Harry
Carl Chase	...	Bishop
Peter Geeves	...	Fiddler Pirate
Angus Wright	...	Captain Trotter
Ken Bones	...	Toussant
Mary Pegler	...	Mandy Rickets
Mary Peach	...	Lady
Lucinda Clare	...	Lady (as Lucinda Aurel)
Thomas Lockyer	...	Lieutenant
Roger Booth	...	Auctioneer
George Murcell	...	Mordachai Fingers
Simon Atherton	...	Bartender
Dickey Beer	...	Executioner
Christopher Halliday	...	Hastings
Chris Johnston	...	Helmsman
Richard Leaf	...	Snake the Lookout
Tam White	...	Fleming
Shayna the Monkey	...	King Charles
Rupert Vansittart	...	Captain Perkins
Nick Bartlett	...	Dawg's Pirate
David Bailie	...	Dawg's Pirate
Kwame Kwei-Armah	...	Dawg's Pirate
Ramon Tikaram	...	Dawg's Pirate
Christopher Adamson	...	Dawg's Pirate (as Chris Adamson)
Thor	...	Pirate Dog
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Finster	...	Monkey (uncredited)
Renny Harlin	...	Pirate with Rifle (uncredited)
Mark Vasconcellos	...	Dawg's Pirate (uncredited)

Directed by
Renny Harlin

Writing credits (WGA)
Michael Frost Beckner		(story) &
James Gorman		(story) and
Bruce A. Evans		(story) &
Raynold Gideon		(story)
Robert King		(screenplay) and
Marc Norman		(screenplay)

Produced by
John Baldecchi	....	co-producer
Jane Bartelme	....	associate producer
James Gorman	....	producer
Renny Harlin	....	producer
Mario Kassar	....	executive producer
Laurence Mark	....	producer
Joel B. Michaels	....	producer
Lynwood Spinks	....	co-producer

Original Music by
John Debney

Cinematography by
Peter Levy		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Derek Brechin
Florent Retz		(as Danny Retz)
Frank J. Urioste
Ralph E. Winters
Bert Lovitt		(uncredited)

Casting by
Mindy Marin

Production Design by
Norman Garwood

Art Direction by
Roger Cain		(supervising art director)
Keith Pain		(supervising art director)

Set Decoration by
Maggie Gray

Costume Design by
Enrico Sabbatini

Makeup Department
Kathryn Bihr	....	makeup artist (as Katie Bihr)
Claudia Catini	....	hair stylist: Malta
Francesca De Simone	....	hair stylist
Paul Engelen	....	key makeup artist
Marcelle Genovese	....	hair stylist
Mirella Ginnoto	....	hair stylist
Richard Glass	....	contact lens optician
Debbie Gower	....	makeup artist
Giorgio Gregorini	....	hair stylist
Robert Hallowell II	....	hair stylist: Ms. Davis
Belinda Hodson	....	makeup artist
Elda Magnanti	....	key hair stylist
Ferdinando Merolla	....	hair stylist
Rosanna Mintoff	....	makeup artist
Ben Nye Jr.	....	makeup artist: Ms. Davis
Daniel Parker	....	prosthetics
Rossana Parker	....	makeup artist
Meg Speirs	....	makeup artist
Mauro Tamagnini	....	hair stylist
Gianna Viola	....	hair stylist
Julia Wilson	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Candace Cornell	....	post-production supervisor
Fabiomassimo Dell'Orco	....	production manager: Malta
Steve Harding	....	production manager: Malta (as Steven Harding)
Mike Higgins	....	unit manager: Malta
Grant Hill	....	executive in charge of production: Thailand
David Nichols	....	unit production manager
Santa Pestonji	....	production supervisor: Thailand
Peter Winther	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Howell Caldwell	....	second assistant director
Catherine Dunne	....	third assistant director: Thailand
Mary Gough	....	third assistant director
Kuki López Rodero	....	first assistant director (as Kuki Lopez Rodero)
Bojana Sutic	....	third assistant director: Malta
Michael Viglietta	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
David Balfour	....	property master
Ted Boonthanakit	....	production illustrator
Ted Boonthanakit	....	storyboard artist
Timothy Burgard	....	storyboard artist
Anthony Cain	....	graphic artist
Angelo Delia	....	supervising carpenter: Malta
Michael R. Driscoll	....	supervising stagehand (as Michael Driscoll)
Martin Duffy	....	supervising carpenter
Damon Earnshaw	....	property assistant
Philip Elton	....	draughtsman
Gordon Fitzgerald	....	location property master
James Gemmill	....	scenic artist: Malta
Darek Gogol	....	storyboard artist
Paul Hedges	....	property chargehand
Michael Howlett	....	metal worker (as Mick Howlett)
Bert Long	....	assistant construction coordinator
Charlie McGinlay	....	property stand-by painter
Miraphora Mina	....	junior draughtsman
Anna Pinnock	....	set buyer
Paul S. Power	....	storyboard artist
Cliff Robinson	....	draughtsman
Peter Russell	....	draughtsman
Anne Seibel	....	assistant set decorator
Alfie Smith	....	property chargehand
Norman Thirtle	....	wood machinist
Peter Verard	....	construction coordinator
John Wells	....	supervising property dresser
Scott Williston	....	painter (uncredited)

Sound Department
Christopher Assells	....	sound effects editor
Don Banks	....	boom operator
Robert Batha	....	first assistant sound editor
Bob Beemer	....	sound re-recording mixer
Burtis Bills	....	additional sound
Mike Boudry	....	adr recordist
Joseph A. Brennan	....	sound engineer
Terry Burke	....	foley artist
Barney Cabral	....	adr supervisor
Dino Dimuro	....	digital sound effects editor
Rickley W. Dumm	....	first assistant sound editor
Jason England	....	assistant dialogue editor
Paul Flinchbaugh	....	additional sound
Bryan Fowler	....	sound recordist (as Brian Fowler)
David Galea	....	sound transfer operator
Hector C. Gika	....	digital dialogue editor (as Hector Gika)
Sarah Goldsmith	....	digital dialogue editor
Jessica Goodwin	....	assistant sound editor
James A. Gore	....	assistant foley artist
Douglas Greenfield	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Gary A. Hecker	....	foley artist (as Gary 'The Wrecker' Hecker)
Chris Hogan	....	digital sound effects editor
Mark Hollingsworth	....	adr editor (as Mark E. Hollingsworth)
Craig S. Jaeger	....	foley editor
Doc Kane	....	adr mixer
Randy Kelley	....	digital sound effects editor
Pamela G. Kimber	....	adr assistant
Nicholas Vincent Korda	....	adr editor
Mark R. La Pointe	....	digital sound effects editor
Tony Lamberti	....	digital sound effects editor
Jeff Largent	....	digital sound effects editor
Daniel J. Leahy	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Dan Leahy)
Peter J. Lehman	....	sound effects editor
Jeff Levison	....	stereo sound consultant: DTS
Andy Malcolm	....	foley artist
Joseph A. Mayer	....	adr editor
Peter McBurnie	....	foley artist
Brian McPherson	....	digital sound effects editor
Michael Minkler	....	sound re-recording mixer
Rick Morris	....	digital sound effects editor
David Motta	....	sound assistant (as David C. Motta)
Gary Mundheim	....	foley editor
Thomas O'Neil Younkman	....	assistant sound editor
Kelly Oxford	....	foley supervisor
Kelly Oxford	....	supervising foley editor
Greg Peech	....	foley recordist
Michele Perrone	....	adr editor
Rudy Pi	....	sound recordist
Dan M. Rich	....	digital dialogue editor (as Dan Rich)
Norto Sepulveda	....	adr editor
Ivan Sharrock	....	sound mixer
Wylie Stateman	....	additional sound
Greg Steele	....	adr mixer
Lauren Stephens	....	digital dialogue editor
Jon Title	....	sound effects editor
Tami Treadwell	....	adr recordist
Tony Van den Akker	....	foley mixer
Kim Waugh	....	additional sound
Jeffrey Wilhoit	....	foley artist (as Jeff Wilhoit)
Michael D. Wilhoit	....	supervising sound editor (as Michael Wilhoit)

Special Effects by
Vince Abbott	....	animatronic model designer
Chario Azzopardi	....	special effects technician: Malta
Reno Barbara	....	special effects technician: Malta
Reuben Bugeja	....	special effects technician: Malta
Alfred 'Jumbo' Buhagiar	....	special effects technician: Malta
Jonathan Bullock	....	model crew
Robert Calvert	....	senior special effects technician
Isabelle Cassar	....	special effects assistant: Malta
Joseph Cassar	....	special effects technician: Malta
Kenneth Cassar	....	special effects crew
Mario Cassar	....	head of special effects
Simon Cockren	....	special effects technician
Neil Corbould	....	senior special effects technician
Gino Farrugia	....	special effects technician: Malta
John Farrugia	....	special effects technician: Malta
Christopher Grainger	....	senior special effects technician
Angelo Grech	....	special effects technician: Malta
Allen Hall	....	special effects chief
Matt Hall	....	senior special effects technician
Garth Inns	....	miniatures crew
Gary L. Karas	....	senior special effects technician
Bruce E. Merlin	....	special effects technician
Johann Mifsud	....	special effects technician: Malta
Charles Montebello	....	special effects technician: Malta
Joe Montenegro	....	senior special effects technician
Melvyn Pearson	....	senior special effects technician
Rudy Perez	....	special effects
Audrick Plum	....	special effects technician: Malta
Graham Povey	....	special effects assistant
Simon Quinn	....	special effects
James L. Roberts	....	special effects technician
Dave Chagouri	....	special effects technician (uncredited)
Marcus Richardson	....	miniatures special effects (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Laura Buff	....	visual effects producer: pre-production
Enid Dalkoff	....	digital artist
Mitchell S. Drain	....	supervising digital artist
Mark Eggenweiler	....	visual effects editor
Chow Emrich	....	digital artist
Peter Field	....	camera operator: "b" camera model unit
Peter Field	....	first camera assistant: visual effects unit
Russell Frazier	....	digital artist
Manuel Rey Gonzalez	....	digital compositor: Walkabout Pictures
Martin Gutteridge	....	model unit supervisor
Dan Hamilton	....	digital artist
Heidy Hughes	....	digital artist
Dave Lockwood	....	visual effects animator
Ralph Maiers	....	digital artist: Cinema Research Corp./D-rez
Keith Manning	....	grip: model unit
Michael McDermott	....	gaffer: model unit
Tina Mesa	....	visual effects producer
TJ Morgan	....	digital artist
Philip D. Morrill	....	digital assistant editor (as Phil Morrill)
Mary Nelson	....	digital artist
Robert O'Haver	....	visual effects producer
Jeffrey A. Okun	....	digital and visual effects
Jim Rider	....	motion control cameraman
Lauren Alexandra Ritchie	....	visual effects coordinator: Malta
Marc Scott	....	digital artist
Lorraine 'Deedle' Silver	....	visual effects coordinator
Mary Stuart-Welch	....	visual effects producer: Digiscope
Jonathan Taylor	....	director of photography: model unit
Jonathan Taylor	....	visual effects director of photography
Janice Tso	....	digital artist (as Yulien 'Janice' Tso)
Michael J. Walker	....	first assistant camera: visual effects unit
Micky Wilson	....	best boy: model unit
Vincent Winter	....	unit manager: model unit
David Fogg	....	rotoscope artist (uncredited)
Terrence Masson	....	visual effects (uncredited)

Stunts
Bruce Armstrong	....	stunt rigger
Vic Armstrong	....	stunt coordinator
Dickey Beer	....	co-stunt coordinator
Brian Bowes	....	stunt player
Jordi Casares	....	co-stunt coordinator
Jerzy Celinski	....	stunt player
Suriya Chaowanich	....	stunt player
David Cronnelly	....	stunt player (as Dave Cronnelly)
Mitchell Dean	....	stunt performer
Leon Delaney	....	stunt player
Ángel Gómez Fernández	....	stunt player (as Angel Gomez Fernandez)
Paul Heasman	....	stunt player
Billy Horrigan	....	stunt double
Ryszard Janikowski	....	stunt player (as Ryszard Janiakowski)
Jacek Jelen	....	stunt player (as Jacek Jalen)
Paul Jennings	....	stunt player
Jesse V. Johnson	....	stunt player (as Jesse Johnson)
Sean Jones	....	stunt player
Jacek Kadevbovski	....	stunt player
Bronco McLoughlin	....	stunt player
Zbigniew Modej	....	stunt player
Daniel Naprous	....	stunt player
Gerard Naprous	....	stunt player
Mark Anthony Newman	....	stunt double
Joaquin Olias Mena	....	stunt player (as Joanquin Olias Mena)
Benito Pacifico	....	stunt player (as Bonito Pacifico)
Claudio Pacifico	....	stunt double
Gábor Piroch	....	stunt double (as Gabor Piroch)
Tomasz Przybysz	....	stunt player (as Tomasz Przsbysz)
Sean Rogers	....	stunt player
José María Serrano	....	stunt player (as Jose Maria Serrano)
Józef Stefanski	....	stunt player (as Jozef Stefanski)
Mitch Toles	....	stunt performer

Camera and Electrical Department
Stuart Abramson	....	key grip
Mario Bagnato	....	underwater camera operator: Malta
Armando Barberi	....	second assistant camera: Malta
Perry Beckham	....	aerial rigger
Rick A. Benedetto	....	best boy
Steve Brooke Smith	....	assistant camera: model unit
Richard Brooks Burton	....	assistant camera: aerial unit
Daniele Cafolla	....	electrician
Marco Carosi	....	focus puller: Malta
Alfred Caruana	....	electrician
Matteo Ceccarelli	....	second assistant camera: Malta
James B. Crawford	....	gaffer
Katrina Crook	....	first assistant camera
Adam Dale	....	aerial camera operator: aerial unit
Massimiliano Dessena	....	grip
Stefano Falivene	....	focus puller: Malta
Cristina Gauttieri	....	second assistant camera: Malta
Giovanni Gebbia	....	Steadicam operator: Malta
Roberto Gengarelli	....	focus puller: Malta
Adriano Giannini	....	second assistant camera: Malta
Chris Haarhoff	....	Steadicam operator: Thailand
Daniel Hegarty	....	technocrane operator
Alex Howe	....	focus puller: model unit
David James	....	still photographer
Ian Jones	....	additional Steadicam operator
Shawn Kautz	....	aerial rigging fabricator
Craig Kohtala	....	best boy grip
Enrico Lucidi	....	camera operator: Malta
Roberto Luzi	....	camera operator: Malta
Bob MacDougall	....	aerial rigger
Stefano Marino	....	gaffer: Malta
John Marzano	....	camera mount technician: aerial unit
Roger McGowan	....	rigger
Tommaso Mele	....	key grip
Giuseppe Meloni	....	best boy: Malta
George Mooradian	....	camera operator: "b" camera, Thailand
Daniel P. Moore	....	video playback operator
Bob Munoz	....	key grip
Nicola Pecorini	....	camera operator: Malta
Brad Peterman	....	first assistant camera: underwater unit
Carlo Postiglione	....	grip
Krishna Rao	....	camera operator: "a" camera, Thailand
Alberto Rogante	....	electrician
Walerio Rosa	....	electrician
Marco Sacerdoti	....	focus puller: Malta
Marco Santarelli	....	dolly grip
Sky Sharrock	....	clapper loader
John Skinner	....	rigging grip
Marco Sticchi	....	electrician
Jorge Sánchez	....	assistant camera
Michael T. Travers	....	key rigging grip
Riccardo Umetelli	....	focus puller: Malta
Michael Weis	....	aerial rigging coordinator (as Mike Weis)
Micky Wilson	....	rigging gaffer
William D. Wynn	....	dolly grip: Thailand (as Bill Wynn)
Claudio Zamarion	....	second assistant camera: Malta
Fabio Zamarion	....	camera operator: Malta

Casting Department
Anna Cachia	....	casting assistant
Barbara Harris	....	adr voice casting
Polly Hootkins	....	casting: UK
Kit Hoover	....	casting assistant: USA
John Papsidera	....	casting associate: USA
Katryna Samut-Tagliaferro	....	crowd casting: Malta
Gregory Smith	....	extras casting: Thailand

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Marie Boller	....	dresser: Ms. Davis (as Marie Kaderback)
Lawrence Cassar	....	costume laborer: Malta
Elias Eljiadue Castilla	....	costume aging and dying
Yvonne Zarb Cousin	....	wardrobe coordinator: Malta
Augusto Grassi	....	costume aging and dying
Claudio Manzi	....	wardrobe assistant
Prospero Molfese	....	costume aging and dying
Anna Orazi	....	wardrobe assistant
Uliva Pizzetti	....	assistant costume designer
Paolo Scalabrino	....	assistant costume designer
Giovanni Viti	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Jack Geist	....	assistant to post-production supervisor
Mo Henry	....	negative cutter
Edward Malone	....	assistant editor
Kim Nakakura	....	assistant editor
Regina Prosi-Bassman	....	apprentice editor (as Regina M. Prosi)
Bob Putynkowski	....	color timer (as Robert Putynkowski)
Eric Strand	....	assistant editor
Charles B. Unger	....	assistant editor
Frank G. Urioste	....	apprentice editor
Gemma Urioste	....	apprentice editor: Malta
Marianne Urioste	....	assistant editor
Carol Folgate	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Jeff Atmajian	....	additional orchestrator
Frank Bennett	....	additional orchestrator
Thomas A. Carlson	....	music editor (as Tom Carlson)
Brad Dechter	....	principal orchestrator
Terry Edwards	....	chorus director: London Voices
Bruno Kassar	....	music consultant
London Symphony Orchestra	....	music performer
Don Nemitz	....	additional orchestrator
Simon Rhodes	....	music engineer
Steven L. Smith	....	music preparation
David Snell	....	conductor

Transportation Department
Arthur Dunne	....	transportation coordinator (as Arthur Dunn)
John Kavanagh	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Simon Atherton	....	armorer
Winston Azzopardi	....	key set production assistant: Malta
Tim Bailes	....	assistant marine coordinator
Michael Barnes	....	legal attorney
Sallie Beechinor	....	production coordinator: Thailand (as Sally Beechinor)
Erica Bensly	....	production coordinator
Christine Bonnem	....	location manager: Malta
Lisa Borg	....	production assistant
Tiffany Bowne	....	assistant: Ms. Davis
Francie Brown	....	dialect coach
Edward Busuttil	....	production assistant: Malta
Kevin Richard Buxbaum	....	production accountant
Etienne Cachia	....	production assistant: Malta
Chanisa Changadvech	....	production assistant: Thailand
Charn Chatpatumthong	....	craft service supervisor: Thailand
Nikki Clapp	....	script supervisor
Jeff Coopwood	....	adr voice
Candace Cornell	....	executive assistant: Mr. Michaels
Con Cremins	....	production accountant
Brian Davenport	....	assistant armorer
R.H. Davies	....	marine coordinator
Vicki Deason	....	production liaison: UK (as Vikki Manning)
Antongiulio Dell'Orco	....	liaison: Rome
Demetra Diamantopoulos	....	assistant location manager: Malta
Tommy Dunne	....	assistant armorer
Michael Ellul	....	location assistant: Malta
Doug Fenton	....	paramedic: Thailand
Wayne Fitzgerald	....	title designer
Rita Galea	....	assistant production coordinator: Malta
Donal Geraghty	....	production accountant
Augusto Grassi	....	jeweler
Augusto Grassi	....	leather master
Peter Haas	....	unit publicist: Malta
Mark Harden	....	animal trainer
Rick Hicks	....	boat captain
Allan Johnson	....	nautical dialogue coach
Lance Julian	....	marine coordinator
Chutima Jutamart	....	production assistant: Thailand
Sae Tang 'Keng' Kanokporn	....	production coordinator: Thailand (as Kanokporn Sae Tang)
Mario Kassar	....	presenter
Mark David Katchur	....	liaison: Singapore/Thailand
Pamela Kordahi	....	production assistant
Oli Laperal Jr.	....	equipment and crew coordinator
Tierra Malvar	....	assistant: Mr. Kasser
Simon Marsden	....	location assistant
Joel Marx	....	location manager (as Joel B. Marx)
Amanda McHugh	....	assistant: Mr. Harlin
Carla Meyer	....	dialogue coach
Cristie Miele	....	animal trainer
Della Moore	....	assistant accountant
Sacha Muscat-Inglott	....	production assistant: Malta
Gary Nixon	....	production accountant
Michelle Noren	....	double
James Otigba	....	set production assistant: Malta
Francesco Palazzi	....	special services: Mr. Harlin and Ms. Davis
Siriporn Peerethamrongkul	....	assistant accountant: Thailand (as Siriporn Peerathamrongkul)
Suwimon Petcharayutpom	....	production coordinator: Thailand (as Suwimon Petcharayutporn)
John Pilgrim	....	assistant armorer
Billy Pittard	....	title designer (as Pittard Sullivan Fitzgerald)
Tammy Quinn	....	assistant production coordinator: Malta/Thailand
Panotte 'Pong' Rattanajarn	....	accountant: Thailand (as Panotte Ratnajarn)
Michelle Reihel	....	assistant: Mr. Kassar
Trish Sacchi	....	liaison: Los Angeles
Peter H. Saisselin	....	assistant accountant
Chip Sanders	....	assistant: Mr. Kasser
Somchai Santitharangkun	....	location manager: Thailand (as Somchai Santithrangkun)
Rosanna Schembri	....	production secretary: Malta
Paul Shersby	....	location manager: Malta
Nick Spetsiotis	....	assistant marine coordinator
Rebecca Spikings	....	production associate
Rebecca Spinkins	....	production associate
Smart Sumalee	....	animal wrangler: Thailand (as Wangsoo Sumalee)
Ketkanok Tangporncharoen	....	production assistant: Thailand
Doug Taylor	....	unit publicist
Chan Thananuntasiri	....	catering supervisor: Thailand
Smith Timsawat	....	production assistant: Thailand
John Trehy	....	production accountant
Kevin Trehy	....	production accountant
Peggy Vargas Phillippi	....	assistant: Mr. Michaels, Malta/Thailand
Daho Waharat	....	animal wrangler: Thailand
John W. Wilson	....	aquatic/marine specialist
Marc Wolff	....	aerial coordinator: aerial unit
Marc Wolff	....	helicopter pilot: aerial unit
Nazzareno Zamperla	....	sword master (as Neno Zamperla)
Sylwester Zawadzki	....	double (as Sylvester Zawadszki)
Deborah Zwicker	....	production coordinator: Malta
Martin Krauka	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Carol Snook	....	assistant location manager: Malta (uncredited)

Thanks
Oliver Wood	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Beckner/Gorman Productions
• Canal+
• Carolco Pictures
• Cutthroat Productions
• Forge
• Guild
• Laurence Mark Productions
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
• RCS Video
• Tele-Communications Inc.

Distributors

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1995) (USA) (theatrical)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (2000) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• AMLF (1996) (France) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Films AB (1996) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• ELKE (1996) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Elliniki Kinimatografiki Enosi (ELKE) (1996) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Finnkino (1996) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (VHS)
• Cutthroat Distribution (UK)
• Egmont Film (1996) (Sweden) (VHS)
• Home Video Hellas (HVH) (1996) (Greece) (VHS)
• IDA films (2009) (Spain) (video)
• Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2001) (Germany) (DVD)
• Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Live Entertainment
• Mainostelevisio (MTV3) (1999) (2001) (Finland) (TV)
• Maple Pictures (2007) (Canada) (DVD)
• Nelonen (2003) (2004) (Finland) (TV)
• Nordisk Film Home Entertainment (1996) (Finland) (VHS)
• Roadshow Entertainment Video (Australia) (VHS)
• Roadshow Entertainment (Australia)
• Ufilms (Spain)
• Universal Pictures Finland Oy (2006) (Finland) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures Nordic (2005) (Sweden) (DVD)
• VCL Communications (Germany) (video)
• Warner Bros. (Argentina)
• Warner Home Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• Yleisradio (YLE) (2010) (Finland) (TV)

Special Effects

• D. Rez Hollywood (digital compositing)
• Digiscope (additional special visual effects)
• Todd-AO Digital Images (additional special visual effects)
• Flash Film Works (additional special visual effects)
• Digital Filmworks (additional special visual effects)
• CIS Hollywood (additional special visual effects)
• Walkabout Pictures (additional special visual effects)
• Effects Associates (miniatures)
• Jim Henson's Creature Shop (animatronics)
• Animal Makers
• ReelEye Company (special effects contact lenses)

Other Companies

• Pinewood Studios  movie studio
• Air Lyndhurst Studios  music recorded and mixed at
• Air Studios  music recorded and mixed at
• Albert G. Ruben and Company  insurance
• Animal Actors of Hollywood  animals supplied by
• Audiolink Radio Communications  walkie talkies
• Buena Vista Sound  adr facilities
• Cinema Research  opticals
• DDA Public Relations (DDA)  publicity
• Flying Pictures  aerial camera equipment
• International Film Guarantors  completion bond
• John's Garage  transportation
• Location Caterers  catering
• London Symphony Orchestra, The (LSO)  music performed by
• Palmbrokers  greenery (uncredited)
• Pinewood Studios  models filmed at
• Pittard Sullivan  titles
• Prometheus Records  score album released by (extended edition)
• Saint John Ambulance  ambulance provided by
• Sony Pictures Studios  foley recorded at
• Soundelux  sound effects design and editing
• Square Sail of Charlestown  ships provided by

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MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some strong pirate action/violence and brief sensuality

Runtime:

124 min

Country:

USA | France | Italy | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Denmark:16 | Finland:K-14 | Germany:12 | Italy:T | Portugal:M/6 | Singapore:PG | Spain:7 | Sweden:15 | UK:PG (cut) | USA:PG-13 (certificate #34180) | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Australia:PG | South Korea:12 | Philippines:PG-13 | Netherlands:12 | UK:15 (original rating) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:PG (Manitoba)

Filming Locations:

Malta

Company:

Beckner/Gorman Productions

Trivia:

At the time, Renny Harlin was dating Geena Davis, who was known for light comedies. He convinced Mario Kassar to cast Davis as the lead, sure it would turn her into an action-adventure star.

Goofs:

Continuity: Two battleships fire many broadsides at each other (some hitting), but during the boarding scene no damage is visible.

Quotes:

Dawg:[watching Morgan and Shaw falling into the ocean] Love. Who can explain it?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Hagan Reviews: Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist (#2.8)" (2012)

A Fun Movie....But TOO Much Action

Despite being fun to watch and very entertaining, this is not a film that draws me back for many viewings. Maybe it's too absurd: a beautiful woman pirate "Morgan Adams" (Geena Davis) punching everyone out at every turn can get a ridiculous and tiresome after awhile. It just an excess of everything, almost cartoon-like.

If you haven't had enough action in first hour (and you do), the last half really goes crazy with a non-stop battle scene that goes on and on and on.

Nevertheless, there are some good things to watch in here besides Davis and her pretty face. the movie was filmed in Malta and in Thailand and features some beautiful island photography. The ship is magnificent and when two ships are side-by-side firing cannons at one another, it's an awesome sight and even more awesome sound. You really need to watch this with a good stereo system to appreciate the great audio work in here.

Frank Langella also makes for an interestingly effective villain ("Dawg Brown") while Matthew Modine ("William Shaw") chips in with a co-star and male companion for the good guy, er good girl , Davis character.