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The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything

Original title: The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie
  • 20082008
  • GG
  • 1h 25m
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
2.9K
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POPULARITY
35,612
14,518
The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything (2008)
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AnimationAdventureComedy
Three vegetable friends seek the roots of true heroism during a 17th-century adventure.Three vegetable friends seek the roots of true heroism during a 17th-century adventure.Three vegetable friends seek the roots of true heroism during a 17th-century adventure.
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
2.9K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
35,612
14,518
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    • Director
      • Mike Nawrocki
    • Writers
      • Phil Vischer
      • Mike Nawrocki(additional screenplay material)
    • Stars
      • Tim Hodge(voice)
      • Mike Nawrocki(voice)
      • Phil Vischer(voice)
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Mike Nawrocki
    • Writers
      • Phil Vischer
      • Mike Nawrocki(additional screenplay material)
    • Stars
      • Tim Hodge(voice)
      • Mike Nawrocki(voice)
      • Phil Vischer(voice)
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 29User reviews
    • 36Critic reviews
    • 49Metascore

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    Top cast

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    Tim Hodge
    Tim Hodge
    • Jolly Joe
    • (voice)
    • …
    Mike Nawrocki
    Mike Nawrocki
    • Elliot
    • (voice)
    • …
    Phil Vischer
    • George
    • (voice)
    • …
    Cam Clarke
    Cam Clarke
    • Robert the Terrible
    • (voice)
    • …
    Laura Gerow
    • Eloise
    • (voice)
    Yuri Lowenthal
    Yuri Lowenthal
    • Alexander
    • (voice)
    Alan Lee
    • Blind Man
    • (voice)
    • …
    Cydney Trent
    • Bernadette
    • (voice)
    Keri Pagetta
    Keri Pagetta
    • Ellen
    • (voice)
    • (as Keri Pisapia)
    Megan Murphy
    • Madame Blueberry
    • (voice)
    Sondra Morton
    Sondra Morton
    • Caroline
    • (voice)
    • (as Sondra Morton Chaffin)
    Jim Poole
    • Pirate Scooter Carrot
    • (voice)
    Drake Lyle
    • George Jr.
    • (voice)
    • …
    Ally Nawrocki
    • Lucy
    • (voice)
    • …
    Patrick Kramer
    • Collin
    • (voice)
    Sloan Yarborough
    • Photographer
    • (voice)
    Joe Spadaford
    • Jacob Lewis
    • (voice)
    • …
    John Wahba
    • Dungeon Guard
    • (voice)
    • …
    • Director
      • Mike Nawrocki
    • Writers
      • Phil Vischer
      • Mike Nawrocki(additional screenplay material)
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Phil Vischer completed the script for this film in 2002 - before Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) was released. But because of the bankruptcy and buyout of Big Idea Productions, the film wasn't able to start production until late 2005.
    • Quotes

      Alexander: What manner of magic is this?

      Sedgewick: It's not magic, it's Radio Shack!

    • Crazy credits
      The Killer Cheese Curls cavort around the closing credits.
    • Connections
      Followed by VeggieTales: Lessons from the Sock Drawer (2008)
    • Soundtracks
      Spanish Gold
      Words by Phil Vischer

      Music by Phil Vischer and Kurt Heinecke

      © Bob and Larry Publishing (ASCAP)

      Produced by Kurt Heinecke

    User reviews29

    Review
    Top review
    Kids Who Don't Do Anything
    Vegetables who act as if they are human (and eat vegetables of a different order).

    Some of them act as pirates in a show, and become "real" pirates in just the same way, with just the same distance of abstraction.

    Its complicated by the further addition of a mechanical race that emulates the vegetables (that are emulating humans). And a further magical ball that masters everything. On the other end are a herd of living cheese curls and another of boulders.

    This is another of those films which have all their narrative value in the way these abstractions are drawn. The story doesn't matter in the slightest; no character matters. No "message" exists. It only has value in the way it engages the child-viewer, and the way it engages is by presenting layers of imagination, obvious methods of abstraction.

    Kids used to play by imagining and acting stories. Its a value associated with inner dialog, and abstract reasoning. It is an essential life skill. Kids don't do that anymore because advertising has convinced them that play is toy-centric and stories come assembled from a store.

    That opens up a need for movies that play with the abstractions of inner dialog, and visually explicable layers.

    I wish they were more open, more ambiguous and child-generated. And we know enough about cognitive science to know that the age group that this targets shouldn't be watching TeeVee AT ALL.

    But this IS pretty complex stuff.

    For instance, they have no arms or legs, and this is dealt with differently. The arm hand operations are simply performed as if arms and hands did exist. The walking is handled quite differently, as if they really had no legs; they hop.

    Ted's Evaluation -- 1 of 3: You can find something better to do with this part of your life.
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    • tedg
    • Feb 26, 2008

    Details

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    • Release date
      • January 11, 2008 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Universal (United States)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie
    • Production companies
      • Universal Pictures
      • Big Idea Productions
      • Starz Animation
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $15,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $12,981,269
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $4,251,320
      • Jan 13, 2008
    • Gross worldwide
      • $13,247,725
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 25 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • SDDS
      • Dolby Digital
      • DTS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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