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Pirates

Name: Pirates
Director: Roman Polanski
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Released: 1986
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Walter Matthau, Cris Campion, Damien Thomas, Olu Jacobs, Charlotte Lewis

The adventures of pirate Captain Red and his first mate Frog.

1986 · Directed by Roman Polanski · 124 min · Adventure · Comedy · 10 frames

Tagline

Our Ship's Highly-Trained Staff Awaits You.

Crew

Written by: Gérard Brach, Roman Polanski
Cinematography: Witold Sobociński
Edited by: William Reynolds, Hervé de Luze
Music: Philippe Sarde
Produced by: Tarak Ben Ammar

Cast

Walter Matthau as Captain Thomas Bartholomew Red
Cris Campion as Jean-Baptiste 'The Frog'
Damien Thomas as Don Alfonso de la Torré
Olu Jacobs as Boomako
Charlotte Lewis as María-Dolores de la Jenya de la Calde
Roy Kinnear as Dutch
Roger Ashton-Griffiths as Moonhead
David Kelly as Surgeon
Michael Elphick as Sentry
Ferdy Mayne as Captain Linares

Production

Country: France, Tunisia
Language: Spanish, English, French
Studios: Cominco, Carthago Films, Accent Films, The Cannon Group
Budget: $40,000,000
Box office: $1,641,825
Themes: sea, float, pirate, pirate ship, cabin boy, 17th century, action comedy, 1650s, farcical

More by Roman Polanski

Bitter Moon — 1992
Death and the Maiden — 1994
Frantic — 1988
Tess — 1979
Macbeth — 1971
The Ghost Writer — 2010
Repulsion — 1965
The Tenant — 1976
Knife in the Water — 1962
Venus in Fur — 2013
The Fearless Vampire Killers — 1967
The Pianist — 2002
The Ninth Gate — 1999
Carnage — 2011
Rosemary's Baby — 1968
Chinatown — 1974

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