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Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom, and Keira Knightley in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

Jonathan Pryce: Governor Weatherby Swann

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Jonathan Pryce credited as playing...

Governor Weatherby Swann

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  • Governor Swann: Even a good decision if made for the wrong reasons can be a wrong decision.
  • Governor Swann: So, this is the path you've chosen? After all, he is a blacksmith.
  • Elizabeth: No.
  • [pause]
  • Elizabeth: He's a pirate.
  • Governor Swann: Hang him.
  • Norrington: Keep your guns on him, men. Gillette, fetch some irons.
  • [Pulls up Jack's sleeve]
  • Norrington: Well, well, well Jack Sparrow, isn't it?
  • Jack Sparrow: Captain Jack Sparrow, if you please sir.
  • Norrington: I don't see your ship, Captain.
  • Jack Sparrow: I'm in the market, as it were.
  • Young Elizabeth: I think it'd be rather exciting to meet a pirate.
  • Norrington: Think again, Miss Swann. Vile and dissolute creatures, the lot of them. I intend to see that any man who sails under a pirate flag or wears a pirate brand gets what he deserves: a short drop and a sudden stop.
  • Mr. Gibbs: [Mr. Gibbs poses as if he's been hanged]
  • Governor Swann: Lt. Norrington, I appreciate your fervor, but I'm concerned about the effect this subject will have upon my daughter.
  • Norrington: My apologies, Gov. Swann.
  • Young Elizabeth: Actually, I find it all fascinating.
  • Governor Swann: Yes. That's what concerns me.
  • Town Clerk: Jack Sparrow.
  • Jack Sparrow: Captain... Captain Jack Sparrow.
  • Town Clerk: ...for your willful commission of crime against the crown. Those crimes being numerous in quantity and sinister in nature...
  • Elizabeth: This is wrong...
  • Governor Swann: Commodore Norrington is bound by the law, as are we all.
  • Town Clerk: ...impersonating an officer of the Royal Navy; impersonating a clergy of the Church of England...
  • Jack Sparrow: Oh yeah, heh heh
  • Town Clerk: ...arson; kidnapping; perjury; piracy; pilfering; deprivation of a Federal Loyalist. For these crimes you will be hung by the neck until dead. May God have mercy on your soul.
  • Elizabeth: I had a dream about you last night.
  • Will Turner: About me?
  • Governor Swann: Elizabeth, is that entirely proper for you to c...
  • Elizabeth: About the day we met. Do you remember?
  • [Elizabeth is being laced into a corset]
  • Governor Swann: Elizabeth, how's it coming?
  • Elizabeth: It's difficult to say.
  • Governor Swann: I'm told it's the latest fashion in London.
  • Elizabeth: Well, women in London must have learned not to breathe.
  • Norrington: You forget your place, Turner.
  • Will Turner: It's right here. Between you and Jack.
  • Elizabeth: As is mine.
  • Governor Swann: Elizabeth. Lower your weapons. For goodness sake, put them down.
  • Norrington: So, this is where your heart truly lies, then?
  • Elizabeth: It is.
  • Elizabeth: [Elizabeth and Jack have just been rescued from the rumrunners' island] But we've got to save Will!
  • Governor Swann: No! You're safe now. We will return to Port Royal immediately, not go gallivating after pirates!
  • Elizabeth: Then we comdemn him to death!
  • Governor Swann: The boy's fate *is* regrettable... but then, so was his decision to engage in piracy.
  • Governor Swann: Do pass my compliments on to your master.
  • Will Turner: I shall.
  • [pauses]
  • Will Turner: A craftsman is always proud to hear his work is appreciated.

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