Der scharlachrote Pirat

Originaltitel: Swashbuckler

1976
12
1 Std. 41 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,0/10

1949

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Theatrical Trailer from Universal Pictures

trailer wiedergeben2:31

1 Video

97 Fotos

Slapstick Swashbuckler Action Adventure Comedy

Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuA pirate and a hot-tempered noblewoman join forces to protect Jamaica from a tyrant.A pirate and a hot-tempered noblewoman join forces to protect Jamaica from a tyrant.A pirate and a hot-tempered noblewoman join forces to protect Jamaica from a tyrant.

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,0/10

1949

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Wissenswertes
Anjelica Huston never says a word in the movie.

Patzer
During Nick and Ned's limerick competition, Nick uses the word 'Khaki'. This word is from the Hindustani language and only entered in the English language in the 1840s, through the British Army in India. As 'Swashbuckler' is set in the 1700s, he could not have known the word. They could be saying the word "cocky", which is more probable because its first printed use was in the 1700s and its oral use was even earlier.

Zitate
Nick: There once was a maiden named Starkey who had an affair with a darkey. The result of her sins was quadruplets, not twins: One white, one black, and two khaki.
[Alternative final word]
Nick: cocky.

Alternative Versionen
There is a coda to the the theatrical release that is not in the TV, videotape, or DVD versions. The film ends on the deck of the "Blarney Cock" with Genevieve Bujold's character asking why the pirates paint the deck red. A pirate replies. "To hide the blood ma'am."

Verbindungen
Featured in A Pirate Ship Sails Again! The Making of Swashbuckler (1976)

Soundtracks
A Hundred Years Ago
(uncredited)
Traditional
Arranged by Tom Clancy

Benutzerrezensionen44

Rezension

Ausgewählte Rezension

7/10

Not the disaster I had heard it was

Pirate Ned Lynch (Robert Shaw) and his gang (including James Earl Jones) help Jane Barnet (Genevieve Bujold) fight evil Lord Durant (Peter Boyle).

This film has a very bad reputation. Critics hated it and it was a financial disaster at the box office. I can't figure out why. It's not perfect but it's not horrible. The bad things in it: Shaws' Irish accent makes some of his dialogue unintelligible; the scripts dialogue is aimed at kids; the character of Cudjo (Geoffrey Holder) is introduced--and then disappears for an hour!; ditto with Major Folly (Beau Bridges); the treatment of Bujold is horrible (and she acts very lost in this movie); there are some really strange kinky touches such as Bridges almost being tortured, Bujold's pointless nude swimming scene and Durant's bath with a young boy and having Anjelica Huston in the film...and giving her NO dialogue!

The good: With the exception of Bujold the cast is having a whale of a time (Bridges especially is enjoying himself); it's fun to see Jones so young and full of life; there's plenty of action (with some great sword fights); it's very lavishly produced and there's a rousing music score by John Addison.

Basically it's a fun way to kill of 100 minutes--I was never bored.

This is one of Hollywoods many failed attempts to revive the pirate movie. Through the 1980s and 90s they gave us --"The Island", Polanski's "Pirates", "The Pirate Movie" and "Cutthroat Island". All big budget bombs. Maybe Hollywood should give up (I'm not counting "Pirates of the Caribbean"--that was not a movie-it was an ad for a Disney theme park.)

Worth catching.