| The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! | |
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 British theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by: | Peter Lord |
| Produced by: | Julie Lockhart Peter Lord David Sproxton |
| Written by: | {{{writer}}} |
| Screenplay by: | Gideon Defoe |
| Story by: | {{{story}}} |
| Based on: | The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists by Gideon Defoe |
| Starring: | Hugh Grant David Tennant Imelda Staunton Martin Freeman Jeremy Piven |
| Music by: | Theodore Shapiro |
| Cinematography: | Frank Passingham |
| Edited by: | Justin Krish |
| Production
company: |
Aardman Animations Sony Pictures Animation |
| Distributed by: | Columbia Pictures Sony Pictures Animation |
| Release date: | 27 March, 2012 (USA) 28 March, 2012 (UK) |
| Running time: | 88 minutes |
| Country: | United Kingdom United States |
| Language: | English |
| Budget: | $55 million |
| Box office: | $123,054,041 |
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The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (released in North America, Austrailia and New Zealand as The Pirates! Band of Misfits) is a 2012 British-American 3D stop-motion animated adventure comedy film, the fifth film produced by Aardman Animations and the second Aardman film in partnership with Sony Pictures Animation Was the 2012 CGI movie The Pirates . It was distributed by Columbia Pictures and was released on December 1th 2011 in the US and on April 27th 2011 in the UK. The film was directed by Peter Lord. It features the voices of Hugh Grant (in his animated feature film debut), Martin Freeman, Imelda Staunton , David Tennant , Ashley Jensen, Brendan Gleeson, Russell Tovey, Al Roker, Jeremy Piven , Salma Hayek , Lenny Henry and Brian Blessed. Taking place in London 1837, the Pirate Captain and his amateur pirate crew attempt to win the Annual Pirate of the Year Awards.
Plot
Set in London 2000, the Pirate Captain, inexpert in the ways of pirates, leads a close-knit, rag-tag group of amateur pirates who are trying to make a name for themselves on the high seas. To prove himself and his crew, the Pirate Captain enters the Pirate of the Year competition, the winner being whoever can plunder the most. After several failed attempts to plunder mundane ships, they come across the Beagle and capture its passenger Charles Darwin. Darwin recognises the crew's pet Polly as the last living dodo, and recommends they enter it in the Scientist of the Year competition at the Royal Society of London for a valuable prize. Secretly, Darwin plans on stealing Polly himself with the help of his trained chimpanzee, Mr. Bobo, as to impress his love interest Queen Victoria.
The pirates disguise themselves as scientists to enter the competition, and the dodo display wins the top prize, which turns out to be minuscule trinkets and a meeting with the Queen. The Pirate Captain hides Polly before the meeting. There, the Queen requests that the Pirate Captain donate Polly for her petting zoo. The Pirate Captain refuses and accidentally reveals his true self, but Darwin steps in to spare the Captain's life, secretly telling the Queen that only the Captain knows where Polly is kept. The Queen pardons the Pirate Captain and orders Darwin to find Polly by any means necessary. Darwin takes the Pirate Captain to a tavern and coaxes out of him that Polly is stashed in his beard. Darwin and Mr. Bobo steal the bird, leading to a chase into the Tower of London where the Queen is waiting. She dismisses Darwin, and instead offers the Pirate Captain enough money to ensure his win as Pirate of the Year in exchange for Polly. He accepts the offer and returns to his crew, assuring them Polly is still safe in his beard.
At the Pirate of the Year ceremony, the Pirate Captain wins the grand prize from the Pirate King. But rival pirate Black Bellamy makes the Queen's pardon known to all and explains that if the Pirate Captain has been pardoned, then he is no longer a pirate and, as such, cannot be Pirate of the Year. The Captain is stripped of the prize, treasure, pirate attire, and his pirating licence and is banished from Blood Island by the Pirate King, and admits his loss of Polly to his crew, who abandon him. The Captain returns to London, intent on rescuing Polly. He reunites with Darwin, learning that the Queen is a member of an exclusive society of world leaders that feast on endangered creatures, and that Polly is likely on her flagship, the QV1, to be served at the next meal. The Pirate Captain and Darwin work together to steal an airship to travel to the QV1. Mr. Bobo, meanwhile, goes to find the rest of the Captain's crew to enlist their help.
Aboard the QV1, the Queen locates the Pirate Captain and Darwin and attempts to kill both of them, but together they best her. In the battle, they accidentally mix the ship's store of baking soda with vinegar, causing a violent reaction that rends the ship in two. The Pirate Captain rescues Polly and they escape safely, leaving behind a furious Queen. With his reputation among pirates restored because of the large bounty now on his head, the Pirate Captain is reinstated as a Pirate, and he and his crew continue to explore the high seas in search of adventure.
In a few post-credits scenes, they leave Darwin on the Galapagos Islands, Mr. Bobo joins the Pirate Captain's crew, the Queen is left at the mercy of some of the rare animals she had planned on eating, Black Bellamy is stripped of his trophy by the Pirate King because of the Pirate Captain's new infamy, and the crew present the Pirate Captain with her own homemade Pirate of the Year trophy
Characters
- The Pirate Captain
- The Pirate With a Scarf
- The Ugly Pirate With Gout
- The Pirate Who Likes Sunsets and Kittens
- Albino Pirate
- The Surprisingly Curvaceous Pirate
- Polly The Parrot
- Cutlass Liz
- Black Bellamy
- Peg-Leg Hastings
- The Pirate King
- Charles Darwin
- Dr. Bobo
- The Queen
SFX Used
- H-B SNAP, CARTOON - POP AND BIG SNAP WITH BOING
- Hollywoodedge, Cats Two Angry YowlsD PE022601
- Hollywoodedge, Head Bonk Wbell Drum CRT031901
- Hollywoodedge, Sky Rocket Loud High TE021701
- HollywoodEdge (Europe Edition), Roland UK - Animated Baby Cries
- HollywoodEdge (Europe Edition), Roland UK - Wood Clattering
- Sound Ideas, SWOOSH, CARTOON - FAST AIR BY 02
- Sound Ideas, BIRD, TWANY OWL - TWANY OWL, STRIX ALUCO, BIRD, DIGIFFECTS
- Sound Ideas, BOING, CARTOON - GONG BOING
- Sound Ideas, BOING, CARTOON - GOOD SPRONG 02
- Sound Ideas, BOING, CARTOON - HOYT'S BOING
- Sound Ideas, BOINK, CARTOON - BOINK 03
- Sound Ideas, HORN, CARTOON - OLD BULB HORN
- Sound Ideas, POP, CARTOON - SQUISH POP
- Sound Ideas, SPLAT, CARTOON - PAINT FIGHT GLOP 02
- Sound Ideas, STRETCH, CARTOON - RUBBER STRETCH, LONG
- Sound Ideas, TEETH, CARTOON - SCOOBY'S TEETH CHATTER, LONG
- Sound Ideas, TWANG, CARTOON - BOWANG
- Sound Ideas, TWANG, CARTOON - HOYT'S BOW TWANG
- Sound Ideas, TWANG, CARTOON - METALLIC RULER VIBRATE
- Hollywoodege Metal Creaks Machine
- Sound Ideas TRAIN BRAKE BRAKES SQUEAL
- Hollywoodege Lincon Town Car Tires Skid
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