Pirates of the Caribbean (film series)

Pirates of the Caribbean is a series of fantasy swashbuckler films produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and based on Walt Disneys theme park ride of the same name. Directors of the series include Gore Verbinski 13, Rob Marshall4, and Joachim Rnning and Espen Sandberg 5. The series was most notably written by Ted Elliott and Terry Rossioother writers include Stuart Beattie 1, Jay Wolpert 1, and Jeff Nathanson 5. The stories followed the adventures of Captain Jack Sparrow Johnny Depp, Hector Barbossa Geoffrey Rush, Joshamee Gibbs Kevin McNally, Will Turner Orlando Bloom, and Elizabeth Swann Keira Knightley. The films take place in a fictional historical setting a world ruled largely by an amalgam of alternative versions of the British Empire and the East India Company, with the pirates representing freedom from the ruling powers.

Blacksmith Will Turner teams up with eccentric pirate Captain Jack Sparrow to save Turners love, Elizabeth Swann, from undead pirates led by Jacks former mutinous first mate, Captain Barbossa. Jack wants revenge against Barbossa, who left him stranded on an island before stealing his ship, the Black Pearl, along with 882 pieces of cursed Aztec Gold.Lord Cutler Beckett of the East India Trading Company arrests Will and Elizabeth for aiding Captain Jack Sparrow in the previous film. Beckett offers clemency if Will agrees to search for Jacks compass in a bid to find the Dead Mans Chest and inside, the heart of villainous Davy Jones which would give Beckett control of the seas. However, Jack wants the Chest to escape from an unpaid debt with Jones, who raised the Black Pearl from the seabed after it was sunk by Beckett and made Jack captain foryears in exchange for 100 years of service aboard Jones ship. ........

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