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| Credited cast: | |||
| Gerard Butler | ... | The Sea Captain (voice) | |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Cam Clarke | ... | Money Lender (voice) | |
| Siobhan Flynn | ... | Sea Captain's Daughter (voice) | |
| Jared Harris | ... | Ridley (voice) | |
| Salli Saffioti | ... | Sea Captain's Daughter (voice) | |
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Lori Tritel | ... | Sea Captain's Wife (voice) |
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A mariner survives an attack from the dreaded pirates of the Black Freighter, but his struggle to return home to warn it has a horrific cost.
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
24 March 2009 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Watchmen: Tales of the Black Freighter and Under the Hood See more »Company Credits
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Written by Marc Blitzstein, Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill
Performed by Nina Simone
Courtesy of The Verve Music Group
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
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Originally intended to be featured within the Watchmen (2009) film, but was removed from the theatrical version once the time span of the film began pushing 3 hours. However, it can be found as intended in "The Ultimate Cut" version of the movie, which is 3hrs 35mins long. See more »Soundtracks
Pirate JennyWritten by Marc Blitzstein, Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill
Performed by Nina Simone
Courtesy of The Verve Music Group
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Well, my title pretty much says it all. I liked Gerard Butler's voice acting, he added a lot of presence and a sense of urgency to his character. The animation was stylish and well made. There was really nothing done with the atmosphere. Production values were high.
But unfortunately the story is uninteresting. There is no real tension. You get no back-story whatsoever. I have not read the graphic novel, so maybe this serves some kind of point, but standing on it's own I just cant see it.
So fans of the graphic novel will probably like it, many others will not. But it is short enough to be worth a watch.