Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
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| Directed by | Gore Verbinski |
| Written by | Characters: Ted Elliott Terry Rossio Stuart Beattie Jay Wolpert Screenplay: Ted Elliott Terry Rossio |
| Produced by | Jerry Bruckheimer |
| Starring | Johnny Depp Orlando Bloom Keira Knightley Bill Nighy Stellan Skarsgård Jack Davenport Kevin McNally Jonathan Pryce Tom Hollander |
| Cinematography | Dariusz Wolski |
| Edited by | Stephen E. Rivkin Craig Wood |
| Music by | Hans Zimmer |
| Distributed by | Walt Disney Company Buena Vista Pictures |
Release dates | July 7, 2006 |
Running time | 151 Minutes |
| Language | English |
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest is a 2006 pirate adventure film that follows the 2003 summer blockbuster Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. The sequel is directed by Gore Verbinski and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, both of whom were involved in the making of the first film.
Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, and Keira Knightley reprised their roles as Captain Jack Sparrow, Will Turner, and Elizabeth Swann, respectively. Bill Nighy portrayed the villainous Davy Jones and Stellan Skarsgård plays the role of Will Turner's father, "Bootstrap Bill" Turner.
The film was released in Australia and the United Kingdom on July 6 2006, and in the USA and Canada on July 7, 2006. The movie set several records in its first three days in theatres over its opening weekend, with an opening weekend of $135 million. Another sequel is set to follow.
Production
Information about the two sequels to Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl was presented at a Disney Investor Conference Studio Presentation in 2005. The title for the first sequel was revealed to be Dead Man's Chest, and a second sequel was promised for a May 2007 theatrical release.
Filming began on February 28, 2005, with locations once again in the Costa Alegre, in Jalisco (Mexico) and Barrouallie, St. Vincent. The sequel also includes location shooting in Dominica as well as The Bahamas. The filmmakers are largely shooting the two sequels back-to-back, à la The Lord of the Rings Trilogy , although throughout 2005, although primary filming was for Dead Man's Chest, with only a handful of scenes for the third movie being shot. Because of the back-to-back setup, filming Dead Man's Chest did not finish until February 7 2006.[1] Although the films were filmed back to back, they are being released in the same fashion as The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy, one year apart, and filming for the third movie continues into 2006.
Dead Man's Chest premiered at Disneyland in Anaheim, California on June 24, 2006, two days prior to the reopening day of the refurbished Pirates of the Caribbean attraction on which the movie series is based. The refurbished attraction includes an adjusted storyline and Audio-Animatronics based on the movies and opened June 26, 2006. The same attraction at Walt Disney World in Florida also underwent refurbishment and reopened on July 7, 2006 in conjunction with the film's theatrical release.
Plot
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Template:Spoiler The story picks up in Port Royal, Jamaica on Elizabeth Swann's (Keira Knightley) and Will Turner's (Orlando Bloom) wedding day. However, due to the unwelcome arrival of Lord Cutler Beckett (Tom Hollander) of the East India Trading Company (EITC), the ceremony never takes place. For aiding Jack Sparrow's (Johnny Depp) escape, Beckett produces arrest warrants for Will, Elizabeth and also Commodore James Norrington (Jack Davenport), who resigned his commission and disappeared. The punishment is death. However, Becket offers Will and Elizabeth a full pardon if Will can obtain Jack Sparrow's compass and recruit him as a privateer for the East India Trading Company. What Beckett wants the compass to find the Dead Man's Chest containing the heart of Davy Jones. With the heart, Beckett, and the East India Trading Company, will gain complete power over Davy Jones (Bill Nighy) — ruler of the ocean depths and captain of the Flying Dutchman. The EITC will be invincible. If Will fails, the imprisoned Elizabeth will be hanged.
Aboard the Black Pearl, Jack Sparrow has a drawing of a key, but he doesn't know where the key is or what it opens, only that it leads to untold riches. Unfortunately, his compass is malfunctioning, and he's unable to chart a course. One night, Will's father, and Jack's former shipmate, "Bootstrap Bill" Turner (Stellan Skarsgård), appears to Sparrow and tells him, "Times run out, Jack." Bootstrap is not the same man Jack once knew; his ghostly, green-tinged face and body are encrusted with marine life. He reveals he was rescued by Davy Jones after being tied to a cannon and thrown overboad by Captain Barbossa. He's bound to serve aboard Jones' ship, the Flying Dutchman for 100 years. Jones has sent him to deliver the Black Spot to Jack, a mark that his debt to Davy Jones is due. Thirteen years before, Davy Jones raised the Black Pearl from the ocean floor and made Sparrow captain. In exchange, Jack must surrender to Davy Jones or face the Kraken, a sea monster with a ravenous hunger that never ceases hunting its victim. Jack must find a way out of his debt, otherwise be doomed to serve on Davy Jones' ship or be killed by the kraken. In a panic, Jack orders the crew to head for land. Any land.
Meanwhile, Will finds the abandoned Black Pearl moored at Pelegosto. When he arrives, he is captured by cannibals who have crowned Jack their god. However, the natives believe Jack must be killed and eaten to release his spirit from its "fleshy prison." Jack, Will, and the surviving crew escape and race back to the Pearl only to find Ragetti (Mackenzie Crook) and Pintel (Lee Arenberg) attempting to steal the ship. On the run, the crew immediately recruits Ragetti and Pintel and set sail.
Back at sea, Jack says he will give Will the compass if Will helps him find the key. The crew travel up river to visit Tia Dalma (Naomie Harris), a voodoo priestess who Jack obtained the compass from. She says the compass doesn't work because Jack does not know what it is he wants. Jack swaps Barbossa's undead monkey (also named Jack) for information about Davy Jones and the Flying Dutchman's location. She says the key unlocks the chest containing the heart of Davy Jones. When Jones lost his true love, he was unable to bear the pain, and cut out his heart and buried it. Davy Jones cannot set foot on shore for another decade, and Tia gives Jack a jar of dirt. She tells him it is "land," and it will protect him.
The Pearl comes upon a wrecked ship Jack claims is the Flying Dutchman. Will rows over. but Jack has sent Will into a trap. Will finds only survivors of a grounded vessel. Suddenly, the real Dutchman surfaces. Davy Jones has come to harvest the dead and dying from the wrecked ship. Will is captured and Jones declares Will is neither dead nor dying and wants to know his purpose there. Will conveys Jack's message that he has come to repay his debt. Jones confronts Jack aboard the Pearl. Refusing to accept Will alone in exchange for Jack, he wants 100 souls within three days. Will is kept as a "good faith" payment. The black spot vanishes from Jack's hand, a temporary reprieve. Jack sets sail for Tortuga to recruit 99 unsuspecting sailors.
Back in Port Royal, Elizabeth is rescued by her father, Governor Weatherby Swann, who attempts to smuggle her to England. Lord Beckett only intends to pardon Jack Sparrow. Governor Swann is foiled by Beckett's vile henchman, Mercer, but Elizabeth escapes. She confronts Beckett in his office at gunpoint, demanding the Letter of Marque — the letter designates the holder as an official privateer in the service to the Crown — with which Lord Beckett intended to recruit Jack Sparrow. She slips away. Disguised as a cabin boy, she stows aboard on a merchant vessel and tricks the captain into taking port in Tortuga, where she hopes to find Will. Instead she finds Jack and Gibbs in a pub recruiting sailors with little success. A fifth man applies--ex-Commodore Norrington. He has descended into a miserable drunken state, aimlessly wandering the Caribbean. He relates his sad story and ignites a brawl while trying to shoot Jack. Elizabeth crashes a bottle over his head before anyone kills him. Taking pity, she pulls him out of a pig sty, and they head for the Pearl. Jack convinces Elizabeth that the only way she can find Will is by finding Davy Jones' heart, and therefore, the heart is what she most desires. With this conviction, she empowers the compass to point to the chest's location. Once under sail, Elizabeth discovers the compass points to Jack. She convinces herself it is malfunctioning, although Norrington questions her about her feelings. (He also overhears Elizabeth telling Jack about the Letter of Marque and devises his own plan.) Jack also realizes it is Elizabeth the compass has been pointing to whenever he used it.
On the Flying Dutchman, Will is reunited with his long-lost father, Bootstrap Bill Turner. Will shows the drawing of the key to Wyvern, a punished sailor who is almost completely absorbed into the ship's hull. He tells Will the drawing is the key to "The Dead Man's Chest", and the chest and the key are kept hidden by Davy Jones. Will challenges Davy Jones to a game of Liar's dice betting his soul against the key. Jones accepts and reveals the key, kept within his tentacle "beard." Bootstrap joins the game, matching Will's wager and purposely loses to save Will. However, Bootstrap must now serve an eternity aboard the Flying Dutchman. That night, Will steals the key, and with Bootstrap's help, escapes in a longboat. Will promises his father he'll free him. Will is rescued by a merchant ship, but Davy Jones summons the Kraken and the ship is destroyed. Will survives and stows back aboard the Flying Dutchman.
Jones sets sail for Isla Cruces where the chest is buried. Both ships arrive at the island. Jones dispatches his crew to retrieve the chest. Jack is ahead of them, and he, Norrington and Elizabeth locate where it's buried. Norrington digs up a large chest that contains letters, lace, and other feminine possessions. A smaller metal chest is also inside. Will appears, having arrived on the Dutchman, and is reunited with Elizabeth. Will goes to open the chest. A soft thumping can be heard from within. Will wants to kill Jones by stabbing the heart but finds himself at the point of Jack’s sword. A three-way sword fight erupts between Will, Jack and Norrington, each wanting to claim the heart. Will wants to free his father from servitude, but Jack fears the kraken will continue hunting him if Jones is dead. Norrington wants to reclaim his honor and career by presenting the heart to Cutler Beckett. While they are fighting, Ragetti and Pintel attempt to steal the chest for themselves; Elizabeth gives chase only to find she is unarmed when she corners them. They are about to attack, but instead hand off their swords to her and grab the chest just as Jones’ men arrive, leaving Elizabeth to fend for herself. However, they drop the chest as they're making their getaway. While Sparrow, Will, and Norrington continue their fight, Jack manages to grab the key and finds the chest. He unlocks it. Within lies the beating heart of Davy Jones. Jack takes it and hides it in the jar of dirt in the longboat, but Norrington later spots it and the Letter of Marque. He grabs the Letter and stuffs the heart into his coat just before they’re attacked by Jones’ men. Norrington grabs the now-empty chest and tells the others to get away while he is chased by Jones' men. Sparrow, thinking the heart is still in the jar of dirt, rows back to the Pearl with the crew. As Jones’ men overtake Norrington, he discards the chest. Believing they’ve recovered the heart, they allow him to escape.
The Flying Dutchman chases the Pearl, but with the wind behind them, they outrun her, and Jones breaks off the pursuit. Instead, he summons the Kraken. Will prepares the crew, and while they nervously wait, the monster rams the ship. Jack's jar of dirt is broken, revealing the heart is gone. As Jack desperately searches for it, the beast's tentacles envelope the ship in its deadly grip. Will orders the cannons fired. The kraken is wounded and retreats, but it will soon return. During the momentary lapse, Will orders kegs of gunpowder and rum put into a cargo net and hoisted into the air. He tells Elizabeth to shoot the pile when he cuts it loose. The Kraken returns. During the battle, Elizabeth spots Jack rowing away in the last longboat and brands him a coward. Jack stops rowing and looks at his compass, which points to the Pearl. The Kraken is ripping the ship apart and grabs Elizabeth, but she is saved by Ragetti. As Elizabeth frantically scrambles to the upper deck to get the rifle, Jack suddenly appears. He grabs the rifle and fires a shot into the gunpowder, just as Will releases it and jumps clear. The explosion blasts the Kraken's two largest tentacles. Badly wounded, it temporarily retreats. Jack gives the order to abandon ship.
Realizing the Kraken wants Jack, Elizabeth distracts him with a passionate kiss while handcuffing him to the mast. She tells him she isn't sorry but is clearly guilt-ridden by her own betrayal. (The growing contrasts to Jack's and Elizabeth's personalities are becoming more apparent: True to Elizabeth's prediction, Jack displays underlying traits of loyalty and heroism by returning to the Pearl to save the crew; as Jack has noted, Elizabeth's pirate-like characteristics reveal themselves when she discards her usual sense of honor and duty to sacrifices Sparrow to protect herself and the others.) Unknown to Elizabeth, Will witnessed the kiss. As she climbs into the longboat, she tells the others Jack elected to remain behind. Jack slips off the shackle just as the Kraken attacks. Sword drawn, he bravely charges the ferocious monster as it drags the Pearl and Jack to a watery grave.
Davy Jones watches from his ship and declares Jack's debt fulfilled. He then orders the chest opened. It is empty. Looking upward, he wails, "Damn you, Jack Sparrow!"
Norrington reappears in Port Royal, reporting to Lord Beckett bearing the Letter of Marque, which he has filled in with his own name. He does not have Sparrow's magical compass, but to Beckett's surprise, he presents him with a small sack containing the beating heart of Davy Jones.
The survivors seek refuge with Tia Dalma. As the grieving crew drink a toast to Jack, Tia Dalma asks if any of them want to bring Jack and the Black Pearl back. Each says they yes. Tia tells them they will need to sail to the World's End and beyond to find him, and they will need a strong captain who knows those waters. The astonished crew can only stare in disbelief as Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) descends the staircase. The formerly dead captain asks them, "So tell me, what's become of my ship?" Laughing, he bites into a green apple, proving that he is indeed alive again.
Following the film credits there is a brief post-credits scene showing that the cannibals have made the dog the new chief. Template:Endspoiler
Cast
Reactions
Box office
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest grossed $55.8 million on its opening day, setting records for the largest opening day, the largest single day gross, and the largest Friday gross of all time. The previous record was held by Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith with $50,013,859.[2]
The Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest opening weekend gross stands at $135,634,554 which beats the previous all time opening weekend set by Spider-Man with $114,844,116. Even taking into account the fact that ticket prices were higher for this movie than they were when Spider-Man debuted, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest still sold about 200,000 more tickets than Spider-Man did. The film is also the fastest to gross $100 million, doing so in only two days, as well as the fastest to gross $200 million and $300 million achieving those milestones in eight and sixteen days, respectively. The film was the second fastest to reach $400 million (in 45 days); Shrek 2 (2004) did this 2 days earlier (in 43 days). Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest has set more than 19 box office records.[3] Some of these records are below:
- Highest Opening Weekend Gross: $135,634,554
- Highest July Opening: $135,634,554
- Highest Opening Day Gross: $55,830,600
- Highest Single Day Gross: $55,830,600
- Highest Non-Holiday Monday Gross: $18,140,271
- Highest Tuesday Gross: $15,731,919
- Highest Friday Gross: $55,830,600
- Highest Sunday Gross: $35,360,729
- Highest 3-Day Gross: $135,634,554
- Highest 6-Day Gross: $183,661,469
- Highest Week Gross: $196,019,502
- Highest 8-Day Gross: $214,975,000
- Highest 9-Day Gross: $239,320,000
- Highest 10-Day Gross: $258,205,000
- Fastest to 100 Million: 2 DAYS
- Fastest to 200 Million: 8 DAYS (beating Spider-Man 2 by a few million dollars)
- Fastest to 300 Million: 16 DAYS
- Highest Domestically Grossing Film of 2006: $407,571,000
- Highest Worldwide Grossing Film of 2006: $929,033,000
As of August 29, 2006, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest has grossed over $407 million domestically (far surpassing the domestic take of its predecessor) and about $964 million worldwide, making it 2006's highest-grossing movie (domesticly and worldwide) and currently stands as being the 4th highest grossing movie of all time worldwide and 6th highest grossing movie domestically (or the 48th highest adjusted domestic gross).[4]
Box office run
Domestic Box Office Gross:
| Weekend | Gross | Rank | % Drop | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $135,634,554 | 1 | N/A | $135,634,554 |
| 2 | $62,345,264 | 1 | 54.0% | $258,364,766 |
| 3 | $35,215,201 | 1 | 43.5% | $321,899,233 |
| 4 | $20,606,578 | 2 | 41.5% | $358,485,761 |
| 5 | $11,001,686 | 3 | 46.6% | $379,699,644 |
| 6 | $7,237,927 | 6 | 34.2% | $392,431,781 |
| 7 | $5,212,351 | 8 | 28.0% | $401,253,092 |
| 8 | $3,979,260 | 12 | 23.7% | $407,544,616 |
Largest International Grosses:
| Country | Release Date | Total Gross | As Of |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 7/7/06 | $91,600,000 | 8/27/06 |
| Japan | 7/22/06 | $74,100,000 | 8/27/06 |
| Germany | 7/27/06 | $55,500,000 | 8/27/06 |
| France | 8/2/06 | $43,300,000 | 8/27/06 |
| Spain | 8/11/06 | $30,500,000 | 8/27/06 |
| Russia (CIS) | 7/13/06 | $27,469,000 | 8/20/06 |
| Australia | 7/6/06 | $27,300,000 | 8/20/06 |
| South Korea | 7/6/06 | $26,709,000 | 8/27/06 |
| Mexico | 7/21/06 | $18,700,000 | 8/27/06 |
| Sweden | 7/12/06 | $12,600,000 | 8/27/06 |
Critics
As of August 2006, the film has a 54% rating on Rotten Tomatoes,[5] the only consensus being that the film is overly long (2 hours, 31 minutes) and the plot incoherent. In contrast, as of August 2006 Dead Man's Chest currently holds a 7.3/10 user rating on the Internet Movie Database with 43,283 votes.[6] Early reviews for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest were initially positive, but the days following the film's theatrical release revealed a virtual down-the-middle split between critics who thought it was a good piece of entertainment and those who believed otherwise. One critic, Michael Medved, gave the film two stars (out of four), calling the plot "sloppy, ...convoluted and insipid."[7] On the other hand, Michael Booth of the Denver Post awarded the movie three and a half stars, praising it as "two hours and 20 minutes of escapism that once again makes the movies safe for guilt-free fun."[8] While the action and CG sequences were said to be well done,[9][10] some critics felt that the plot was patchy, with the film relying on an overabundance of humor, special effects and action scenes.[11][10]
Walt Disney Pictures has been questioned by the National Garifuna Council, a representative body of the Garifuna people, for what they feel is a racist portrayal of the Calinago, or Caribs, as cannibals in Dead Man's Chest. The Council called for what they considered to be a fair and accurate representation, and Disney responded that the script could not be altered. No known changes were made to the film.[12][13]
DVD
According to TheManRoom.com, Buena Vista Home Entertainment will release "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" on DVD this December 5th. The film will be released in both a single-disc version and two-disc collector's edition. Buena Vista hasn't yet officially announced the DVD release, but the studio has said the title will not be released on Blu-ray Disc this year.
Extras on the single-disc edition will include: "Audio commentaries," and "Bloopers."
Extras on the collector's edition will include: "8 hours of material," including the extras listed above plus, making of featurettes and more.
Awards
- Winner, Choice Movie: Action Adventure
- Winner, Choice Drama/Action Adventure Movie of the Summer
- Winner, Choice Movie Actor: Drama/Action Adventure, Johnny Depp
- Winner, Choice Scream, Keira Knightley
- Winner, Choice Rumble, Will Turner vs. Commodore (Orlando Bloom & Jack Davenport)
- Winner, Choice Hissy Fit, Keira Knightley
- Winner, Choice Sleazebag, Bill Nighy
- Nominee, Choice Movie Actress: Drama/Action Adventure, Keira Knightley
- Nominee, Choice Movie Actor: Drama/Action Adventure, Orlando Bloom
Golden Trailer Awards
- Nominee, Summer 2006 Blockbuster
Trivia
- Keira Knightley wore wigs made of real human hair for the first scenes of the film. She had cut it short for a previous film.
- This is the first time Johnny Depp has portrayed the same character in more than one movie. Johnny Depp has also said that he is willing to continue the role of Jack Sparrow beyond the current trilogy.[14]
- For a dose of authenticity in the final twist at the end of the film, the actors were not told, prior to filming, that Geoffrey Rush would be appearing in the movie. They were told, before the scene was shot, that the person coming down the stairs would be Anamaria from The Curse of the Black Pearl; the looks of surprise on their faces as Rush descends are genuine.
- Stellan Skarsgård and Jonathan Pryce also both appear in the movie Ronin but this is the first movie in which they do not share scenes.
- Legendary rocker Keith Richards, Depp's personal friend and inspiration for his flamboyant pirate persona, had originally agreed to appear in a cameo role as Jack Sparrow's father, but had to pull out due to a commitment with the Rolling Stones concert tour.[15] He has now signed on to appear in a short cameo role in the third movie.[16]
- The movie is tied into Virtual Magic Kingdom with players being able to win items from the official site. Items include a Captain Jack costume, a poster, a Davy Jones Organ, a Skeleton Monkey, and a Dead Man's Chest. The Captain Jack costume code however is extremely difficult to get, with a code generated for it only once every so many codes.
- For the film's release, the Walt Disney Company had the Pirates of the Caribbean rides in Walt Disney World and Disneyland redesigned to feature captain Jack Sparrow, Barbossa, and an appearance by the films' supernatural character Davy Jones as part of the attraction and reopened on the film's opening day.
- Tia Dalma's firefly-surrounded dwelling resembles a small shack seen at the beginning of the famous Disneyland ride.
- Fireflies are the main attraction in the Melee Island Forest as well, a location found in the legendary adventure "The Secret of Monkey Island".
- The coffin that Jack uses in the beginning of the film recalls the coffin Guybrush uses in Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge when he is off to the voodoo lady's shack.
- The swamp location of Tia Dalma's hideout recalls the swamp locations in both Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge and The Curse of Monkey Island of the voodoo lady's hideouts
- One of the sailors on the trade ship suggests that Elizabeth’s dress belongs to “The ghost of a lady, widowed before her marriage ... Searching for her husband, lost at sea.” This is a reference to the back story of another Disney ride, the Haunted Mansion.
- In the first visit to Tia Dalma's shack, there are clues that foreshadow Barbossa's resurrection.
- The undead monkey is seen interacting with someone offscreen with black, pirate-like boots.
- The monkey seems to recognize whoever this may be.
- Jack steals a ring that was worn by Barbossa (in the scene from Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl when Barbossa reaches out into the moonlight, you can see that it is the same ring).
- Jack is briefly shown handling a hat that looks like the one worn by Barbossa.
- The music playing while the crew approaches the shack is the theme of the pirates and Barbossa in the first movie.
- The Tortuga scene was inspired by part of the Disney attraction, and stuck closely to it, with the wild pirate revelers looking almost exactly like the theme park ride, particularly in the way they appear to chase each other in small circles akin to their animatronic counterparts on the ride.
- The completely computer-generated [17] [18] [19] Davy Jones turned out to be so realistic that many reviewers have mistakenly identified Nighy as wearing prosthetic makeup. [20] [21] [22][23][24]
- Many of the Tortuga scenes were unused shots from the first film and were on the second DVD of the collector's edition of the first film of Pirates.
- So far both movies of the series prominently feature references to iconic pirate songs; in the first the song Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me) is sung by several characters, most prominently Elizabeth and Jack, and a variation of it is featured in several scores in the movie, while in the second the title (and, subsequently, the treasure) reference the song Dead Man's Chest.
- The skull on the film's poster has a voodoo doll resembling Jack hanging from it. It also shares the red bandana Jack wears about his head.
- When Jack takes a ring from Tia Dalma's table, a heart-shaped locket is visible. When Will is getting the key from Davy Jones, a very similar-looking locket is seen open on the organ.
- In the first two movies, references were made to Singapore. Modern Singapore was founded in 1819 by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles as a trading post for the British East India Company. However, the island had been already known as Singapura in Malay since the 15th century.
- The large world map in the governor's office shows Australia, the existence of which was not confirmed until Captain James Cook's voyage in 1770.
- The East India Company was formed to trade with India and the East Indies and operated there and in the waters between there and the United Kingdom. The film is set in the West Indies, on the other side of the globe.
- This is the second Walt Disney Pictures film to receive a PG-13 rating from the MPAA, the first being the previous Pirates film.
- This was also the first Walt Disney Pictures film to use a new computer-generated Disney production logo before the film. [25]
- Davy Jones' tentacle beard is comparable to the beard of Captain LeChuck from the Monkey Island series of videogames, specifically his wriggly, apparently living beard from Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge. Monkey Island creator Ron Gilbert has stated on his blog that "if I'd thought of the squid tentacles for a beard, I would have done that."[26]
- There is a scene in Tortuga where a man is being dunked in a well, and then comes up, spitting out some water. This reflects the scene in the original ride where the pirates are dunking the mayor.
References to and similarities with the first film
There are various references throughout the movie to scenes and lines that were in the first film. These include, but are not limited to:
- Governor Swann accidentally pulls a candlestick off the prison wall, mirroring Will pulling one off of the Governor's wall in the first film.
- When Lord Cutler Beckett says in the beginning, "Jack Sparrow", Will and Elizabeth correct him saying, "Captain" which is a reference to what Jack always said when people didn't call him a captain.
- Jack asks "Why is the rum always gone?" and advises people to keep the rum away from Elizabeth ("Hide the rum!") when he recognizes her as one of the new crew signed on in Tortuga. This mirrors a scene in the first film, in which Elizabeth destroyed a large cache of rum. Jack (who had particularly enjoyed the rum), had asked, "Why is the rum gone?" twice.
- While Will was searching for Jack, one of the fellows reported that Jack could definitely be found in Singapore. In the first movie, when Jack saves Elizabeth by cutting open her corset, one of the soldiers remarked that he wouldn't have thought of that, and Jack responded "Clearly, you've never been to Singapore."
- Another reference to rum is during an attempt to repel the Kraken; finding out there is no more gunpowder, Will gives the order to use the rum for the explosive device and the crew looked at each other in shock at this statement.
- Captain Barbossa is portrayed eating an apple, which was the symbol of Desire he often fondled in the previous film.
- While Will is searching for Jack at Tortuga, he runs into Giselle and Scarlett. During their brief meeting Giselle slaps Will in the face as a message to be given to Jack; this is a nod to the first film when Jack and Will visit Tortuga where Scarlett and Giselle slap Jack in the face.
- Will's comment about getting to the island using a pair of sea turtles strapped to his feet echoes the story Gibbs told Will to explain how Jack escaped from Rum Island before the events of the first film.
- Just before the crew of the Black Pearl is to leave the island that the Dead Man's Chest is buried on, Jack hits Will over the head with an oar. Will did this to Jack in the first film.
- While Jack, Will, & Norrington are swordfighting, Elizabeth tries to break it up by pretending to faint from the heat to get them to save her. This references two scenes from first film: one where she faints (due to her corset) and falls from the fort, and one where she pretends to faint in order to distract Norrington and her father as Will saves Jack from being executed.
- While in the prison corridor at Port Royal, Governor Swann asks "Now where is that dog with the keys?". This is a reference to the dog being the guardian of the prison keys in the first movie. Prisoners often tempted the dog with a bone in an attempt the get the keys.
- Another reference to the dog is made when the prisoners are seen calling to Elizabeth in the same manner that they called to the dog.
- When escaping from the cannibals and climbing aboard the Black Pearl, Jack says, "Alas, my children! This is the day you shall always remember as the day that you almost ... ['caught' is inaudible because he gets splashed by a wave] ... Captain Jack Sparrow." Jack says the same line at the beginning of the first film when he escapes after briefly holding Elizabeth hostage. He also says it at the end of the film before he falls off a ledge.
- When Jack and Will swordfight in the first movie, Jack asks Will, "You're not a eunuch are you?" He also tells Barbossa that Will's a eunuch after the Interceptor explodes. In the second film, when the cannibals bring Will to Jack, Jack describes Will as "Eunuchy snip-snip" while making a cutting motion with his fingers. In the special deleted scenes disk for the first movie, one of the pirates states, "I dated a eunuch once."
- Jack also describes Will as having a "lovely singing voice" in the first film (in relation to the eunuch joke). In the second film Jack calls Will a "terrific soprano."
- In both films, we see Jack Sparrow using a rather unorthodox method of transportation in his first scene. In the first film he stands atop the mast of a sinking dinghy. In the second, he uses a coffin and a skeletal leg as a paddle.
- Pintel says "Ello Poppet" to Elizabeth as he did in the first film.
- At the end of the first film Jack tells Norrington he was rooting for him. In the second film Jack says he's still rooting for him.
- In the first scene of The Curse of the Black Pearl, Mr. Gibbs makes Elizabeth stop singing about pirates because it's bad luck, he says. In Gibbs' first scene in Dead Man's Chest, Gibbs is singing a pirate song himself (although this is mainly because he is now a pirate himself).
- In one scene of the movie, Ragetti and Pintel are seen on a boat, rowing away. Then a dog appears with a set of keys. This implies they used the whistle and bone trick to attract the dog and retrieve the keys, the hopeful end result in the ride.
- When Jack takes Elizabeth hostage in Curse of the Black Pearl, he remarks, "I knew you'd warm up to me." When Norrington attempts to stop Will from stabbing Davy Jones' heart in Dead Man's Chest, Jack begins to say the same line before Norrington turns on him as well.
- After being knocked out by the oar swung by Jack, Will recovers on the Black Pearl while Elizabeth watches over him, recalling how they met in the first film.
- Both films feature a swordfight that ends up being fought on strange objects. In Curse it was a wheelbarrow, and in this film it is a giant wheel.
- Jack gives Barbossa's monkey to Tia Dalma, calling it an "undead" monkey. In a scene after the credits of the first movie, the monkey was seen stealing one of the pieces of cursed Aztec gold, thus becoming undead again.
- In the first movie (Curse), Jack is heard to tell the two British officers right before Elizabeth falls into the water, "...and they made me their chief--". In Dead Man's Chest, Jack returns to the cannibals that had previously made him their chief.
See also
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (video game)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (Soundtrack)
- Pirates of the Caribbean 3
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External links
- Official site
- Pirates of the Caribbean Playing Cards
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest at MySpace (Official)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest at IMDb
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- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest at Rotten Tomatoes
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest at Metacritic
