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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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a signpost of the eighties.
This is one of the movies that still stands out as the perfect example of the movies that was the eighties. It was wonderful and it is still as fun now as it was so many years ago. It's greatest testament is time; how long and how well it has endured. There will always be people (cynics from the 90's) that only measure a movie by the dollars and cents that it made in a certain time span. This movie is over twenty years old and still is that good. The academy awards gave 'million dollar baby' an academy award for best picture; let's see how good it endures twenty years from now! Political correctness is not necessarily that main test of how good a movie is. Like Ghostbusters and Goonies, a must see for movie enthusiasts who LOVED the eighties as much as I and many others do, that want to be entertained by movies and not judge a movie simply on how much dollars a certain movie makes or its political correctness.
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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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