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Black Sails

  • TV Series
  • 2014–20172014–2017
  • K-16K-16
  • 56m
IMDb RATING
8.2/10
107K
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POPULARITY
466
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Toby Stephens in Black Sails (2014)
Season 4 trailer for "Black Sails" on Starz.
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Follows Captain Flint and his pirates twenty years prior to Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novel "Treasure Island."Follows Captain Flint and his pirates twenty years prior to Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novel "Treasure Island."Follows Captain Flint and his pirates twenty years prior to Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novel "Treasure Island."

IMDb RATING
8.2/10
107K
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POPULARITY
466
61
    • Robert Levine
    • Jonathan E. Steinberg
  • Stars
    • Jessica Parker Kennedy
    • Toby Stephens
    • Hannah New
    • Robert Levine
    • Jonathan E. Steinberg
  • Stars
    • Jessica Parker Kennedy
    • Toby Stephens
    • Hannah New
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    • 366User reviews
    • 58Critic reviews
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    • Won 3 Primetime Emmys

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    Top cast

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    Jessica Parker Kennedy
    Jessica Parker Kennedy
    • Max
    Toby Stephens
    Toby Stephens
    • Captain Flint
    Hannah New
    Hannah New
    • Eleanor Guthrie
    Zach McGowan
    Zach McGowan
    • Captain Charles Vane
    Luke Arnold
    Luke Arnold
    • John Silver
    Toby Schmitz
    Toby Schmitz
    • Rackham
    Clara Paget
    Clara Paget
    • Anne Bonny
    Winston Chong
    Winston Chong
    • Joji
    Tom Hopper
    Tom Hopper
    • Billy Bones
    Andre Jacobs
    Andre Jacobs
    • De Groot
    Lise Slabber
    Lise Slabber
    • Idelle
    Laudo Liebenberg
    Laudo Liebenberg
    • Dooley
    Craig Jackson
    Craig Jackson
    • Featherstone
    Hakeem Kae-Kazim
    Hakeem Kae-Kazim
    • Mr. Scott
    Patrick Lyster
    • Captain Benjamin Hornigold
    Luke Roberts
    Luke Roberts
    • Woodes Rogers
    Louise Barnes
    Louise Barnes
    • Miranda Barlow
    Zethu Dlomo-Mphahlele
    Zethu Dlomo-Mphahlele
    • Madi
      • Robert Levine
      • Jonathan E. Steinberg
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Chris Larkin (Berringer) and Toby Stephens (Flint) are brothers. Their parents are Dame Maggie Smith and Sir Robert Stephens. Anna-Louise Plowman (Mrs Hudson) is Toby Stephens's wife.
    • Goofs
      The information about socket bayonets is completely wrong. They were invented circa 1690, they were used at Waterloo and were certainly universal by 1880.
    • Crazy credits
      The opening titles are a montage of white statues depicting the lives of pirates, incorporating black skeletons and dark oceans.
    • Connections
      Featured in Dubbing 007 (2014)
    • Soundtracks
      Theme from Black Sails
      (uncredited)

      Composed and Conducted by Bear McCreary

    User reviews366

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    10/10
    I DON'T EVEN LIKE PIRATES AND I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS SHOW
    This show has utterly 720'd me on the concept of telling pirate tales (I would have said 180'd, but it literally spun me around at least once!). I really was not in the least expecting STARZ, known to me mostly for Spartacus, to produce narrative gold like this. Shiver me timbers! The cast is incredible, the plot literally thick as thieves, and the booty gets dug up in good fashion! Where Pirates of the Carribean made piracy fun for kids, comedy and adventure, Black Sails makes piracy fun for adults, drama and intrigue. From alluring, cunning prostitutes conjuring alliance-forming trysts to fallen English lords plotting against the Crown for its own good, this show has it all. Absolutely fantastic writing, with very few elements to gripe about, expertly delivered by an excellent cast. I tip my pirate hat to this production. Jack Sparrow himself would be proud!
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    FAQ3

    • So what's up with Long John Silver's mysterious past? Are there any hints at the truth of where he comes from and who he was before he's introduced in episode 1, or is it simply a stylistic device?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • January 25, 2014 (United States)
      • South Africa
      • United States
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      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Cape Town, South Africa
    • Production companies
      • Film Afrika Worldwide
      • Platinum Dunes
      • Quaker Moving Pictures
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    • 56 minutes
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