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The roguish yet charming Captain Jack Sparrow's idyllic pirate life capsizes after his nemesis, the wily Captain Barbossa, steals his ship, the Black Pearl, and later attacks the town of Port Royal. Captain Barbossa kidnaps the governor's beautiful daughter, Elizabeth. In a gallant attempt to rescue her and recapture the Black Pearl, Elizabeth's childhood friend Will Turner joins forces with Jack. What Will doesn't know is that a cursed treasure has doomed Barbossa and his crew to live forever as the undead.… (more)
Don't let the scores of lackluster sequels tarnish the memory of it: "The Curse of the Black Pearl" remains one of the very best adventure films I've seen, bar none. It has wit, clever plotting, memorable characters, and a main theme so ridiculously catchy and stirring it could make just about anyone briefly consider taking up piracy. Warmly recommended. ( )
This item is the film version of the First Pirates of the Caribbean movie, The Curse of the Black Pearl. Please do not combine the other movies or the books with this item. If you have a book combined with this item, please separate it out. Thank you.
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The roguish yet charming Captain Jack Sparrow's idyllic pirate life capsizes after his nemesis, the wily Captain Barbossa, steals his ship, the Black Pearl, and later attacks the town of Port Royal. Captain Barbossa kidnaps the governor's beautiful daughter, Elizabeth. In a gallant attempt to rescue her and recapture the Black Pearl, Elizabeth's childhood friend Will Turner joins forces with Jack. What Will doesn't know is that a cursed treasure has doomed Barbossa and his crew to live forever as the undead.
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