The Curse of Monkey Island (Video Game 1997)

Third Computer Adventure based on LucasArts famous comedy "Monkey Island" series. After escaping from the voodoo Amusement Park, very young pirate Guybrush Threepwood meets with both his ... See full summary »

Writers:

Jonathan Ackley (story), Larry Ahern (story),

Stars:

Dominic Armato, Alexandra Boyd, Earl Boen

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Dominic Armato	...	Guybrush Threepwood (voice)
Alexandra Boyd	...	Gov. Elaine Marley / Son Pirate (voice)
Earl Boen	...	LeChuck (voice)
Denny Delk	...	Murray / Skully / Father Pirate (voice)
Neil Ross	...	Wally (voice)
Alan Young	...	Haggis McMutton (voice)
Michael Sorich	...	Edward Van Helgen / Charles DeGoulash the Ghost Groom (voice)
Gregg Berger	...	Cutthroat Bill (voice)
Gary Coleman	...	Kenny Falmouth (voice)
Joe Nipote	...	Wharf Rat (voice)
Kathleen Freeman	...	Madame Xima (voice)
Dave Madden	...	Dinghy Dog (voice)
Terence McGovern	...	Capt. Blondebeard / Cruff (voice)
Tom Kane	...	Capt. Rottingham / The Flying Welshman (voice)
Harvey Jason	...	Cabana Boy / La Foot (voice)

Storyline

Third Computer Adventure based on LucasArts famous comedy "Monkey Island" series. After escaping from the voodoo Amusement Park, very young pirate Guybrush Threepwood meets with both his true love, Governor Elaine Marley and his arch-enemy the zombie un-dead pirate LeChuck. Defeating LeChuck (again) Guybrush asks Elaine to marry him but Guybrush uses a cursed diamond ring from LeChuck's treasure, turning the furious Elaine into pure gold. Guybrush must set out to settle an old legacy, meet some old/new friends as well as trying to reverse the curse. However, LeChuck, still obsessed with marrying Elaine managed to re-create himself and has big plans for both Elaine and for Guybrush...

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Plot Keywords:

pirate | curse | zombie | governor | diamond ring | 

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Taglines:

The only pirate adventure that asks the question: What's sharper, your sword or your wit?

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy

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Certificate:

K-A

Details

Official Sites:

Lucasfilm Ltd.

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 November 1997 (USA)

Also Known As:

Monkey Island 3

Company Credits

Production Co:

LucasArts Entertainment Company

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

There used to be a department somewhere within Industrial Light and Magic, that was tasked with writing screenplays for animated films based on Lucasfilm's intellectual property from other media. One such screenplay was a Monkey Island movie, entitled "The Curse of Monkey Island", likely loosely based on the game of the same name. In the big reorganization of Lucasfilm that occurred a couple of years ago the department was killed and the MI movie (still in preproduction) with it.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Guybrush Threepwood: [voiceover] Captain's log: Guybrush Threepwood. Lost at sea for days now. I have no crew or navigational instruments. No provisions except a half-eaten corn-dog and, unless I find water soon, I'm surely done for. Only the hope of finding my love, Elaine, keeps me going.

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Crazy Credits

After the credits, there is a little scene between a father and a son in "Big Whoop" amusement park, where the father tells the rumor about the builder of the park buried somewhere in the tunnels under the park.

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Connections

Referenced in The Princess and the Frog (2009)

User Reviews

Best of the 4!

After finishing Escape from Monkey Island just recently i sat back and reviewed all 4 of the saga in my head! The first 2 monkey islands are brilliant and are a landmark for adventure gaming genre! LeChucks revenge just eclipsing the first outing! Escape from Monkey Island is a tough one because it has a completely different control system and a new graphic engine. So this kinda ruined the jokes within the game that would of been preferably suited to graphic such as in the curse of Monkey Island!

The Curse of Monkey Island is the 3rd outing of the series, and the best of the series too! Once again you play Guybrush Threepwood (who has some great and funny voice acting throughout) who is trying to lift the curse that he accidently puts onto his love, Eleein Marley. The animation to this game was brilliant for its time and actually really suits the game because with the cartooney graphics, you can relate to the jokes within the game more appropriately!

There's some old characters from the past 2 games and some great new ones too (especially Murray the demonic skull, who had me in tears throughout!). Voice acting is fantastic and suited there characters.

If they brought out a film i hope it is an animated one and they relate to this game when thinking of a story line! This is a gem of a game and it is given a 9/10 from me!

9/10 ;o)