Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

User Rating:

8.0/10   

Director:

Gore Verbinski

Writers (WGA):

Ted Elliott (screen story) &
Terry Rossio (screen story) ...
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Release Date:

9 July 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Fantasy

Tagline:

Prepare to be blown out of the water.

Plot:

Blacksmith Will Turner teams up with eccentric pirate "Captain" Jack Sparrow to save his love, the governor's daughter, from Jack's former pirate allies, who are now undead.

Plot Keywords:

Repeated Line | Bar Brawl | British Empire | Prostitute | Stabbed In The Chest

Awards:

Nominated for 5 Oscars. Another 26 wins & 68 nominations

Cast

Johnny Depp	...	Jack Sparrow
Geoffrey Rush	...	Barbossa
Orlando Bloom	...	Will Turner
Keira Knightley	...	Elizabeth Swann
Jack Davenport	...	Norrington
Jonathan Pryce	...	Governor Weatherby Swann
Lee Arenberg	...	Pintel
Mackenzie Crook	...	Ragetti
Damian O'Hare	...	Lt. Gillette
Giles New	...	Murtogg
Angus Barnett	...	Mullroy
David Bailie	...	Cotton
Michael Berry Jr.	...	Twigg
Isaac C. Singleton Jr.	...	Bo'sun
Kevin McNally	...	Joshamee Gibbs (as Kevin R. McNally)
David Schofield	...	Mercer
Treva Etienne	...	Koehler
Zoe Saldana	...	Anamaria
Nej Adamson	...	Short Sailor
Guy Siner	...	Harbormaster
Ralph P. Martin	...	Mr. Brown
Paula J. Newman	...	Estrella (as Paula Jane Newman)
Paul Keith	...	Butler
Dylan Smith	...	Young Will
Lucinda Dryzek	...	Young Elizabeth
Luke de Woolfson	...	Frightened Sailor
Michael Sean Tighe	...	Seedy Looking Prisoner
Greg Ellis	...	Officer
Dustin Seavey	...	Sentry
Georges Trillat	...	Skinny Man
Israel Aduramo	...	Crippled Man
Christian Martin	...	Steersman
Trevor Goddard	...	Grapple
Vince Lozano	...	Jacoby
Ben Wilson	...	Seedy Prisoner #2
Robbie Gee	...	Shrimper (Montage)
Antonio Valentino	...	Seedy Prisoner #3
Lauren Maher	...	Scarlett
Matthew Bowyer	...	Sailor / Edinburgh
Brye Cooper	...	Mallot
Mike Babcock	...	Seedy Prisoner #4
Owen Finnegan	...	Town Clerk
John Boswall	...	Wyvern
Ian McIntyre	...	Sailor
Vanessa Branch	...	Giselle
Christopher Adamson	...	Jimmy Legs / Dutchman
Sam Roberts	...	Crying Boy
Ben Roberts	...	Crying Boy
Martin Klebba	...	Marty
Félix Castro	...	Moises: Jack's Crew
Mike Haberecht	...	Kursar: Jack's Crew
Rudolph McCollum	...	Matelot: Jack's Crew
Gerard J. Reyes	...	Tearlach: Jack's Crew (as Gerard Reyes)
M. Scott Shields	...	Duncan: Jack's Crew
Christopher Sullivan	...	Ladbroc: Jack's Crew (as Chris 'Sully' Sullivan)
David Keyes	...	Scuttled Ship Helmsman
Craig Thomson	...	Crimp: Jack's Crew
Fred Toft	...	Quartetto: Jack's Crew
D.P. FitzGerald	...	Weatherby: Barbossa's Crew
Jerry Gauny	...	Ketchum: Barbossa's Crew
Maxie J. Santillan Jr.	...	Maximo: Barbossa's Crew
Michael Earl Lane	...	Monk: Barbossa's Crew (as Michael Lane)
John Mackey	...	Turkish Prisoner #1
Spider Madison	...	Turkish Prisoner #2
Tobias McKinney	...	Dog Ear: Barbossa's Crew
Bud Mathis	...	Turkish Prisoner #3
David Patykewich	...	Clubba: Barbossa's Crew
Marco Khan	...	Turkish Guard #1
Tommy Schooler	...	Scarus: Barbossa's Crew
Michael A. Thompson	...	Simbakka: Barbossa's Crew
Michael W. Williams	...	Hawksmoor: Barbossa's Crew
Jose Zelaya	...	Katracho: Barbossa's Crew
Finneus Egan	...	Scratch: Barbossa's Crew
Don LaDaga	...	Nipperkin: Barbossa's Crew
LeJon	...	Lejon (as LeJon Stewart)
Christopher S. Capp	...	Parrot Voice (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gregory Alosio	...	Pirate (uncredited)
Jordi Caballero	...	Pirate (uncredited)
Paul Gagné	...	Sailor (uncredited)
Brazil Joseph Grisaffi III	...	Marine (uncredited)
James McAuley	...	Barbossa's crew (uncredited)

Directed by
Gore Verbinski

Writing credits (WGA)
Ted Elliott		(screen story) &
Terry Rossio		(screen story) and
Stuart Beattie		(screen story) and
Jay Wolpert		(screen story)
Ted Elliott		(screenplay) &
Terry Rossio		(screenplay)

Produced by
Jerry Bruckheimer	....	producer
Paul Deason	....	executive producer
Bruce Hendricks	....	executive producer
Chad Oman	....	executive producer
Pat Sandston	....	associate producer
Mike Stenson	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Klaus Badelt

Cinematography by
Dariusz Wolski		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Stephen E. Rivkin		(as Stephen Rivkin)
Arthur Schmidt
Craig Wood

Casting by
Jennifer Alessi
Ronna Kress

Production Design by
Brian Morris

Art Direction by
Derek R. Hill
James E. Tocci
Donald B. Woodruff

Set Decoration by
Larry Dias

Costume Design by
Penny Rose

Makeup Department
Jane Aull	....	makeup artist
Marc Boyle	....	additional hair stylist
Kevin Brennan	....	art department
Ron Brown	....	art department
Shutchai Tym Buacharern	....	makeup artist
Barney Burman	....	makeup artist
Greg Cannom	....	makeup effects consultant
Greg Cannom	....	special makeup effects artist
Susan Carol Schwary	....	hair stylist
Hazel Catmull	....	hair stylist
Catherine Childers	....	hair stylist
Natasha Davies	....	hair stylist
David DeLeon	....	makeup artist
Leslie Devlin	....	makeup artist
Ken Diaz	....	makeup artist
John Donahue	....	art department
David Dupuis	....	art department
David Dupuis	....	makeup artist
Kris Evans	....	makeup artist
Selena Evans-Miller	....	makeup artist
Romy Fleming	....	hair stylist
Nathan Franson	....	makeup effects technician: Captive Audience Productions
Shana Fruman	....	hair stylist
Kelcey Fry	....	special makeup effects artist
Charmaine Fuller	....	makeup artist: Caribbean unit
Chris Gallaher	....	special makeup effects artist (as Christopher Gallaher)
Jane Galli	....	makeup artist: Naomi Harris
Rick Glassman	....	dental special effects: Johnny Depp (as Dr. Rick Glassman)
Kenneth E. Grassi	....	makeup effects production coordinator (as Kenneth Grassi)
Toni G	....	makeup artist
Claudia Hardy	....	makeup effects technician
Joel Harlow	....	key makeup artist
Pilar Harlow	....	assistant makeup artist
Zoe Hay	....	makeup artist
Camille Henderson	....	makeup artist
Ann-Maree Hurley	....	makeup artist
Tim Jarvis	....	makeup effects technician
Sharon Kelly-Russo	....	makeup effects production coordinator
John Kim	....	makeup effects technician: Captive Audience Productions
Mary Kim	....	makeup effects production supervisor: Captive Audience Productions Inc.
Marese Langan	....	makeup artist
Cammy R. Langer	....	hair stylist
Felicia Linsky	....	makeup artist
Sarah Love	....	hair stylist: Caribbean crew
Lucia Mace	....	hair stylist
Brian Meck	....	makeup effects technician
Verena Mercenier	....	makeup effects technician
Anthony Miner	....	assistant hair stylist
Geneva Nash Morgan	....	makeup artist
Ve Neill	....	makeup department head
Douglas Noe	....	third makeup artist
Josée Normand	....	hair stylist
Michael O'Brien	....	makeup effects technician
James Parr	....	special makeup effects technician
Nina Paskowitz	....	hair stylist
Deborah Patino	....	makeup artist
Cristina Patterson Ceret	....	contact lens coordinator/painter (as Cristina Patterson)
Scott Patton	....	special makeup effects artist
Michele Payne	....	hair stylist
Yvette Perez	....	makeup artist
Michael Peterson	....	lab makeup effects
Art Pimentel	....	mold department supervisor (as Arthur Pimentel)
Joe Podnar	....	makeup artist
Paula Price	....	makeup artist
Nikita Rae	....	makeup artist
Katherine Rees	....	hair stylist
William Ritter	....	makeup effects technician
Sandra Rowden	....	makeup artist
Don Rutherford	....	makeup artist
Martin Samuel	....	chief hair stylist
Martin Samuel	....	hair designer
Maria Sandoval	....	assistant hair stylist
Verina Schafer	....	additional hair stylist
Brian Sipe	....	special makeup supervisor: Captive Audience Productions
Colette Slattery	....	hair stylist
Steven R. Soussanna	....	hair stylist
Nancy Tong	....	hair stylist
Mario Torres	....	art department
Rita Troy	....	hair stylist
Todd Tucker	....	makeup effects technician
Keith VanderLaan	....	makeup effects creator/producer: Captive Audience Productions
Brian Van Dorn	....	makeup effects technician
Jay Wejebe	....	makeup artist
Art Anthony	....	special makeup effects artist (uncredited)
Gabriel De Cunto	....	special makeup effects artist (uncredited)
Mary Howd	....	hair stylist (uncredited)
Mark Nieman	....	illustration designer (uncredited)

Production Management
Paul Deason	....	unit production manager
Tami Goldman	....	post-production supervisor
Thomas Hayslip	....	production supervisor: Caribbean
Bruce Hendricks	....	unit production manager
Douglas C. Merrifield	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Steven F. Beaupre	....	second second assistant director: St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Gary Romolo Fiorelli	....	first assistant director: second unit
Susan J. Hellmann	....	second assistant director
Bruce Hendricks	....	second unit director
Peter Kohn	....	first assistant director
Lisa Mantoux	....	additional second assistant director: St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Darin Rivetti	....	first assistant director: second unit
Frederic Roth	....	second assistant director
Paul Schneider	....	second assistant director: second unit
Andrew Ward	....	second second assistant director (as Andrew M. Ward)
Alexander Witt	....	second unit director

Art Department
G. Roger Abell	....	set dresser
Fred Apolito	....	propmaker
Craig B. Ayers Sr.	....	head greens coordinator
P. Scott Bailey	....	lead man
Julie Beattie Iiams	....	set dresser
Robert A. Blackburn	....	construction coordinator
Max E. Brehme	....	set dresser
Ron Brown	....	artist
James Ward Byrkit	....	consultant
Tony Chavez	....	propmaker
Hugh Conlon	....	set foreman
Michael Crowe	....	propmaker foreman
Gene Darnell	....	set designer
Oscar Delgadillo	....	set dresser
Darrin Denlinger	....	storyboard artist
Monica Frommholz	....	set decorating coordinator
Darek Gogol	....	illustrator
Darek Gogol	....	storyboard artist
Hector M. Gonzalez	....	on-set dresser (as Héctor M. González)
L. David Gordon	....	drapery foreman
Will Grant	....	set dresser
Chris Grantz	....	on-set dresser: second unit
Shannon Hart	....	buyer
Maureen Higgins	....	construction estimator
Grey Hill	....	sculptor
William Hiney	....	set designer
Mark Hitchler	....	set designer
Gregory S. Hooper	....	set designer
Stephen Howard	....	construction foreman
Alan James	....	painter
John Kelso	....	welder gangboss
Charles Kern	....	painter
Teri Anne Kopp	....	assistant props
John Hammer Maxwell	....	on-set dresser
Richard N. McGuire	....	foreman
Kristie Moore	....	painter decorator
Carla S. Nemec	....	art department coordinator
Aimee O'Shea	....	props
Neil O'Sullivan	....	set dresser
William H. Phen Jr.	....	general foreman
Bert Rodriguez	....	propmaker
Tim Scheu	....	set dresser
Chris 'Shorty' Short	....	propmaker
Doug Sieck	....	set dresser
Domenic Silvestri	....	set designer
Mick Simpson	....	carpenter
William Ladd Skinner	....	art director: Caribbean unit
William Skinner	....	art director: Caribbean unit
Charles Stewart	....	property master
Miles Teves	....	concept artist
Teresa Visinare	....	assistant set decorator
Thomas 'Noe' Welch	....	set dresser
Darrell L. Wight	....	set designer
Robert H. Winn	....	paint gang boss
Christopher Woodworth	....	scenic supervisor
Frank Zito	....	carpenter
Bryan Buckler	....	welder (uncredited)
Jane Fitts	....	graphic artist: property and set decorating (uncredited)
David Forline	....	blacksmith: historical reconstructions (uncredited)
Martin J. Gibbons	....	welding gangboss (uncredited)
Kon Iliov	....	foreman (uncredited)
Leslie Lawson	....	painter (uncredited)

Sound Department
Ulrika Akander	....	dialogue editor
Mike Anderson	....	utility sound
David A. Arnold	....	dialogue editor (as David Arnold)
James Ashwill	....	foley mixer
Jeffrey Biggers	....	assistant sound engineer
Christopher Boyes	....	sound designer
Christopher Boyes	....	sound re-recording mixer
Christopher Boyes	....	supervising sound editor
David E. Campbell	....	sound re-recording mixer (as David Campbell)
Colin Cooper	....	adr recordist
John T. Cucci	....	foley artist
Colette Dahanne	....	adr mixer
Gloria D'Alessandro	....	dialogue editor
Christine Danelski	....	foley editor
Valerie Davidson	....	foley editor
Teri E. Dorman	....	supervising dialogue editor
Ken Fischer	....	sound effects editor
Erik Flockoi	....	sound recordist
Nick Foley	....	adr recordist
Marva Fucci	....	assistant foley editor
Jessica Gallavan	....	adr supervisor
Peter Gleaves	....	adr mixer
Matthew Harrison	....	foley editor
David Holmes	....	boom operator: second unit
Steve Kohler	....	dubbing recordist
Matthew Lambourn	....	sound effects recordist
Lisa J. Levine	....	adr editor
James Likowski	....	foley editor
Melissa Lytle	....	assistant dialogue editor
Victoria Martin	....	supervising foley editor
Jo Mion	....	assistant sound editor
Timothy Nielsen	....	sound effects editor (as Tim Nielsen)
Dan O'Connell	....	foley artist
Lee Orloff	....	production sound mixer
David Parker	....	sound re-recording mixer
Keith Rogers	....	additional sound mixer
Victoria Rose Sampson	....	dialogue editor
Larry Scharf	....	sound mixer
Solange S. Schwalbe	....	foley editor
Gregg Silk	....	ProTools operator
Karen Spangenberg	....	adr editor
Greg Steele	....	adr mixer
Ted Swanscott	....	adr mixer
F. Scott Taylor	....	assistant sound effects editor
Addison Teague	....	sound effects editor
George Watters II	....	supervising sound editor
Dave Whitehead	....	sound effects recordist
Nick Wollage	....	additional engineering
Keenan Wyatt	....	sound technician
Aren Downie	....	assistant sound editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Robert M. Bell	....	additional special effects technician
Donald T. Black	....	special effects technician
Danny Cangemi	....	additional special effects coordinator
Eugene Crum	....	special effects foreman
Michael Deak	....	special effects technician
Mike Deken	....	special effects technician
Michael Del Rossa	....	special effects makeup
Justin Ditter	....	special effects hair
Ken Estes	....	special effects foreman
Donald Frazee	....	assistant special effects coordinator (as Donald L. Frazee)
Terry D. Frazee	....	special effects coordinator (as Terry Frazee)
Don Hastings	....	special effects technician
Eric Hellie	....	special effects technician
Jay M. Hirsch	....	special effects technician
R.J. Hohman	....	special effects technician
Grady Holder	....	mold/technical department: K.N.B. EFX Group
Rod M. Janusch	....	special effects crew
Jim Jolly	....	additional special effects technician (as Jim Jolley)
Jeffrey Knott	....	special effects technician (as Jeffrey D. Knott)
Scott Lingard	....	special effects technician
Kristen Lobstein	....	special effects assistant
Dave T. MacDonald	....	special effects technician (as Dave MacDonald)
Ian C. McArthur	....	special effects technician
Gary Monak	....	special effects foreman
Rick Monak	....	special effects technician (as Richard M. Monak)
Daniel P. Murphy	....	special effects technician
James Nagle	....	additional special effects foreman
Paul Obest	....	special effects technician
Michael O'Brien	....	mold/lab technician: Captive Audience Prod. Inc.
Joe Pancake	....	additional special effects foreman
Edward V. Pannozzo	....	special effects estimator
Samuel E. Price	....	special effects technician (as Sam Price)
Ron Rosegard	....	construction: welding
Paul Francis Russell	....	special effects technician (as Paul F. Russell)
Kai Shelton	....	special effects technician
Keith Suzuki	....	special effects technician
Stephanie Taubert	....	rotoscope
Michael van Deusen	....	special effects technician
Brian Van Dorn	....	effects technician
Brian Van Dorn	....	mold maker
Paul Vigil	....	special effects technician (as Paul E. Vigil)
Ray L. Wilkerson	....	additional special effects technician (as Ray Wilkerson)
Bryan Wohlers	....	special effects technician
Mark Warren	....	special effects crew (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Lauren Abrams	....	modelmaker: ILM
Mark Anderson	....	miniatures stage production manager: ILM
Will Anielewicz	....	digital cloth simulation artist: ILM
Chris Armstrong	....	CG animator: ILM
Carl Assmus	....	modelmaker: ILM
Al Bailey	....	digital compositor (as Alan Bailey)
Charles Bailey	....	physical model supervisor: ILM (as Charlie Bailey)
Peter Bailey	....	lead modelmaker
Louise Baker	....	previsualization artist: Pixel Liberation Front
Michael Balog	....	lead digital cloth simulation artist: ILM
Leigh Barbier	....	viewpainter: ILM
Christopher Batty	....	previsualization artist: Pixel Liberation Front
Travis Baumann	....	Inferno artist: CIS Hollywood
Dugan Beach	.