How 'Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl' Revived Disney
July 9 is the 20th anniversary of the seminal Disney film, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. It’s been quite the road for the film franchise that gave birth to the iconic cinematic rogue known as Captain, or should I say “Cap’n,” Jack Sparrow . Since 2003, Pirates of the Caribbean has brought in more than $4.5 billion worldwide from theatrical ticket sales over five movies.
Additionally, the film’s coup de grâce was its casting of Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow. Depp was already an established name at the time. Earlier in his career, he became a pop-culture icon from his days on 21 Jump Street, but he earned his stripes as a celebrated and acclaimed actor in films such as Edward Scissorhands, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, Ed Wood, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and Chocolat.
Director Gore Verbinski joined Pirates of the Caribbean shortly after the mainstream horror hit, The Ring. But when you look at Verbinski’s filmography, he didn’t take a big jump from small features to Pirates. He worked his way up through progressively bigger productions. He got his start directing music videos and shorts before landing his feature directorial debut in the hit film, Mouse Hunt. That was followed by more hits with The Mexican and The Ring.
One key to the success of their script with Pirates was how they modeled the story and characters off of a classic form of professional theatre called commedia dell'arte. In The Curse of the Black Pearl, you can see that old-world theatrical, commedia flavor through many of the characters, along with the humor. Jack Sparrow is the film's version of the commedia Harlequin, a buffoon or type of court jester or comic servant.
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