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A 1980s take-off of The Pirates of Penzance which centers on a noble pirate who leaves his profession and falls in love with a fiery young maiden.A 1980s take-off of The Pirates of Penzance which centers on a noble pirate who leaves his profession and falls in love with a fiery young maiden.A 1980s take-off of The Pirates of Penzance which centers on a noble pirate who leaves his profession and falls in love with a fiery young maiden.
- Awards
- 3 wins & 9 nominations
Catherine Lynch
- Isabel
- (as Cathrine Lynch)
John Alansu
- Chinese Captain
- (as John Allansu)
- Directors
- Ken Annakin
- Richard Franklin(uncredited)
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
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- TriviaThe film started gaining a cult status in the late '80s largely due to repeat screenings on HBO.
- GoofsMedals on the Major General's uniform are from World War II, rather than the Victorian era. But this film is deliberately anachronistic in many areas.
- Quotes
The Pirate King: What's the age of consent around here?
Mabel: Eighteen.
The Pirate King: Good! I'm old enough.
- Crazy creditsBefore the end credits roll, there are quick outtakes of Kristy McNichol (in a suit of armor) asking someone to take her chewing gum, which one crewman does and another where McNichol says into the camera "I just want to say that...it's not all sunglasses and autographs." with a smile before the visor covers her face.
- Alternate versionsCBS edited 3 minutes from this film for its 1986 network television premiere.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Musical Hell: The Pirate Movie (2013)
- SoundtracksHappy Ending
Performed by The Peter Cupples Band
Produced by David Hirschfelder, The Peter Cupples Band, Jim Barton
by courtesy Astor Records
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Great satirical musical!
That this film gets bombed the way it does angers me. The slamming it's gotten is just unwarranted! I like it a lot- it's a musical farce, so why SHOULDN'T it contain parody lyrics of the great Gilbert and Sullivan? The same people who hate it for that reason are very likely the sort of people who bust a gut laughing at the parody lyrics of musicals as penned in MAD Magazine by Frank Jacobs. What's the difference so long as it entertains?
I hate the fact that this did so poorly at the box office and impacted lovely Kristy McNichol's and gorgeous Chris Atkins's careers as negatively as it did. I think it was an excellent film for what it set out to do! It simply was too good a film to be trashed and ignored as it was!
I hate the fact that this did so poorly at the box office and impacted lovely Kristy McNichol's and gorgeous Chris Atkins's careers as negatively as it did. I think it was an excellent film for what it set out to do! It simply was too good a film to be trashed and ignored as it was!
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $7,983,086
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,528,133
- Aug 8, 1982
- Gross worldwide
- $7,983,086
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