MondoMarcus Posted November 23, 2004 Posted November 23, 2004 I was wonderin' if ye all knows o' some pirate movies from back in the heyday that may be released on DVD? You know? The real romantic ones with tons of swordfights and talking parrots?
Pynch Posted November 24, 2004 Posted November 24, 2004 Well, there's the old 70's flick "Swashbuckler" with Robert Shaw (Captain Quint from "Jaws"). I loved that as a kid. Then there's "the Crimson Pirate"...:swoon:: Burt Lancaster! "Master of Ballantrae" with good ol' Cap't Flynn "Scaramouche" with Stewart Granger And a non-piratey but sort of seagoing classic, "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" with Rex Harrison and Gene Tierney. "Show me a man with a tattoo, and I'll show you a man with an interesting past." ~Jack London Life is a Circus, and I am the Human Cannonball.
crimsoncrow Posted November 24, 2004 Posted November 24, 2004 And if you want to go back in tyme a bit further, they have released The Black Pirate from 1926 with Douglas Fairbanks. It's silent, but don't let that put you off. A rolicking good tyme. Privateer & Commander of "Finnegan's Wake" Faodaidh fearg sealltainn a strigh air cridh an duine ghlic, ach comhnaichdh i an amadain. (Anger may look in on a wise man's heart, but it abides in the heart of a fool.)
Matty Bottles Posted November 24, 2004 Posted November 24, 2004 Now, I know that things you see as a kid don't always seem as good as a grown-up. For instance, I used to think that "Bed Knobs and Broomsticks" was the greatest movie ever. When I saw it as an adult, I realized it was merely an example of ecellent filmmaking. So I realize that a movie one loved as a child will be different when an adult, who has never seen the movie before, views it. That being said, all I'd like to say is I just watched 'Swashbuckler' with Robert Shaw, and wished that instead of spending my money on that, I'd bought a box of D-Con and washed it down with a bottle of cheap vodka. Getting my stomach pumped is preferrable to watching that film again. "The time was when ships passing one another at sea backed their topsails and had a 'gam,' and on parting fired guns; but those good old days have gone. People have hardly time nowadays to speak even on the broad ocean, where news is news, and as for a salute of guns, they cannot afford the powder. There are no poetry-enshrined freighters on the sea now; it is a prosy life when we have no time to bid one another good morning." - Capt. Joshua Slocum
the Royaliste Posted November 24, 2004 Posted November 24, 2004 'Best Buy' 'as one in the 'under 5 bucks' bin....a triple, 'Classic Tales' containing David Copperfield, Captain Kidd, and Of Human Bondage.......
Pynch Posted November 25, 2004 Posted November 25, 2004 Now, I know that things you see as a kid don't always seem as good as a grown-up. For instance, I used to think that "Bed Knobs and Broomsticks" was the greatest movie ever. When I saw it as an adult, I realized it was merely an example of ecellent filmmaking. So I realize that a movie one loved as a child will be different when an adult, who has never seen the movie before, views it. That being said, all I'd like to say is I just watched 'Swashbuckler' with Robert Shaw, and wished that instead of spending my money on that, I'd bought a box of D-Con and washed it down with a bottle of cheap vodka. Getting my stomach pumped is preferrable to watching that film again. LOL!!! Was it really *that* bad?! Ah well, I can't say my tastes were all good at the age of 11. Not like they're much better at 39... "Show me a man with a tattoo, and I'll show you a man with an interesting past." ~Jack London Life is a Circus, and I am the Human Cannonball.
BoneHunterLane Posted November 25, 2004 Posted November 25, 2004 I haven't had a chance to watch them, but "A High Wind in Jamaica" and "Pirates of Tortuga" just came out on dvd recently...
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