Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End Movie Details:
Based on | Characters by Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Stuart Beattie, Jay Wolpert Walt Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Action, Adventure, Fantasy |
Release date | May 19, 2007 (Disneyland Resort) May 25, 2007 (United States) |
Running time | 2hr 49min |
Age rating | PG-13 |
Starring | Johnny Depp Orlando Bloom Keira Knightley Stellan Skarsgård Bill Nighy Chow Yun-fat Geoffrey Rush Jack Davenport Kevin R. McNally Jonathan Pryce |
Directed by | Gore Verbinski |
Written by | Ted Elliott Terry Rossio |
Produced by | Jerry Bruckheimer |
Cinematography by | Dariusz Wolski |
Edited by | Craig Wood Stephen Rivkin |
Music by | Hans Zimmer |
Production Company | Walt Disney Pictures Jerry Bruckheimer Films |
Distributor | Buena Vista Pictures Distribution |
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End Movie Cast & Characters:
- Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow: Sparrow and the Black Pearl have been dragged to Davy Jones’ Locker by the Kraken; he is trapped there until his former crew mounts a rescue party. He is the Pirate Lord of the Caribbean Sea.
- Keira Knightley as Elizabeth Swann: Governor Swann’s daughter and Will Turner’s fiancée. Having tricked Jack Sparrow into being swallowed by the Kraken to save herself and the Black Pearl crew, she subsequently goes to his rescue. Swann becomes Captain of The Empress and Pirate Lord of the South China Seas as successor to Feng, and becomes the Pirate King by default as a result of the Bretheren Court vote.
- Orlando Bloom as Will Turner: A young blacksmith-turned-pirate, the son of “Bootstrap Bill” Turner, and later the husband of Elizabeth Swann. Turner becomes Captain of The Flying Dutchman after the ritual is performed to save his life.
- Stellan Skarsgård as Bootstrap Bill Turner: Will’s father, cursed to serve an eternity aboard Davy Jones’ ship The Flying Dutchman. As he slowly loses hope, he also loses his humanity to the ship, and becomes mentally confused, barely recognizing his own son in the second half of the film.
- Bill Nighy as Davy Jones: Malevolent ruler of the ocean realm, Captain of The Flying Dutchman. With his heart captured by James Norrington, he is now enslaved to Cutler Beckett who commanded him to kill the Kraken (“your pet”), and now serves the East India Trading Company, though he remains volatile and makes life difficult for the soldiers policing him.
- Chow Yun-fat as Sao Feng: Pirate Lord of the South China Sea, he captains the Chinese ship The Empress and has a poor history with Sparrow. He is reluctant to aid in his rescue from Davy Jones’ Locker. “Sao Feng” (嘯風) means “Howling Wind” in Chinese. Chow was confirmed to be playing Feng in July 2005 while production of the second film was on hiatus. Chow relished playing the role, even helping out crew members with props.
- Geoffrey Rush as Hector Barbossa: Once first mate of the Black Pearl under Jack’s command before leading a mutiny, Barbossa has been resurrected by Tia Dalma to captain the rescue of Jack Sparrow. He was also needed for his “piece of eight” to free Calypso. Rush said that in the film, Barbossa becomes more of a cunning politician. He is the Pirate Lord of the Caspian Sea.
- Jack Davenport as James Norrington: Promoted to the rank of admiral in return for giving Beckett Jones’ heart, he has allied himself with Beckett and the Company, although he still cares for Elizabeth, his former fiancée, and finds himself torn between his duty and his growing dislike for Beckett.
- Kevin R. McNally as Joshamee Gibbs: Jack’s loyal, if superstitious, first mate.
- Naomie Harris as Tia Dalma/Calypso: An obeah witch who travels with the Black Pearl crew to rescue Jack; she also raised Barbossa from the dead at the conclusion of Dead Man’s Chest and has a mysterious past connection to Davy Jones.
- Tom Hollander as Cutler Beckett: A powerful chairman of the East India Trading Company and now armed with a mandate from the King and in possession of Davy Jones’ heart, Beckett attempts to control the world’s oceans for the sake of sustainable business—and to end piracy.
- Jonathan Pryce as Weatherby Swann: Governor of Port Royal and father to Elizabeth Swann, he is now trapped in Beckett’s service.
- Lee Arenberg and Mackenzie Crook as Pintel and Ragetti: A mischievous and eccentric duo, part of Jack’s crew.
- David Bailie as Cotton: Jack’s loyal mute crewman who returns again to join the quest to bring back Sparrow.
- Martin Klebba as Marty: Jack’s dwarf crewman who also joins the quest to bring back Sparrow.
- Keith Richards as Captain Teague: Pirate Lord of Madagascar, Keeper of the Pirata Codex for the Brethren Court and Jack Sparrow’s father.The other pirate lords are visibly terrified of him. Richards, who partially inspired Depp’s portrayal of Sparrow,[9] was first rumored to have a role as Sparrow’s father in 2004, and later reported in 2006. He was meant to appear in Dead Man’s Chest, but there was no room for him in the story, as well as his being tied up with a Rolling Stones tour. He almost missed filming a scene in At World’s End, following injuries sustained by falling out of a tree. In June 2006, Verbinski finally managed to make room in Richards’ schedule to shoot that September.
- David Schofield as Mr. Mercer: Lord Beckett’s henchman, assigned to hold Davy Jones’ leash aboard the Dutchman.
- Greg Ellis as Theodore Groves: The second-in-command to Lord Beckett.
- Lauren Maher and Vanessa Branch as Scarlett and Giselle
- Angus Barnett and Giles New as Mullroy and Murtogg
- Reggie Lee as Tai Huang
- Ghassan Massoud as Captain Ammand, the Pirate Lord of the Black Sea
- Marcel Iureș as Capitaine Chevalle, the Pirate Lord of the Mediterranean Sea
- Sergio Calderón as Captain Eduardo Villanueva, Pirate Lord of the Adriatic Sea
- Takayo Fischer as Mistress Ching, the Pirate Lord of the Pacific Ocean
- Hakeem Kae-Kazim as Gentleman Jocard, the Pirate Lord of the Atlantic Ocean
- Marshall Manesh as Sri Sumbhajee, Pirate Lord of the Indian Ocean
- Dominic Scott Kay as young Henry Turner, the son of Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann. Scott Kay was credited as young Will Turner, and was retroactively named young Henry Turner following the release of Dead Men Tell No Tales.
Storyline:
After Elizabeth, Will, and Captain Barbossa rescue Captain Jack Sparrow from the land of the dead, they must face their foes, Davy Jones and Lord Cutler Beckett. Beckett, now with control of Jones’ heart, forms a dark alliance with him in order to rule the seas and wipe out the last of the Pirates. Now, Jack, Barbossa, Will, Elizabeth, Tia Dalma, and crew must call the Pirate Lords from the four corners of the globe, including the infamous Sao Feng, to gathering. The Pirate Lords want to release the goddess Calypso, Davy Jones’s damned lover, from the trap they sent her to out of fear, in which the Pirate Lords must combine the 9 pieces that bound her by ritual to undo it and release her in hopes that she will help them fight. With this, all pirates will stand together and will make their final stand for freedom against Beckett, Jones, Norrington, the Flying Dutchman, and the entire East India Trading Company.
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End Movie Box Office Collection & Budget:
Budget | $300 million |
Worldwide Collection | $963.4 million |
About Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End Movie:
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End is an American epic fantasy swashbuckler film directed by Gore Verbinski. The film is produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and written by Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio.
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End is the sequel to Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) and Dead Man’s Chest (2006), it is the third installment in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series.
Two sequels to Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl were conceived in 2004, with Elliott and Rossio developing a story arc that would span both films.
The film was shot in two shoots during 2005 and 2006, the former of which was released as Dead Man’s Chest. This also marks the final film of the series to be directed by Verbinski.
With a production budget of nearly US$300 million, it was, at the time of production, the most expensive film ever made.
Buena Vista Pictures Distribution released At World’s End in the United States on May 18, 2007, and received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the performances and visual effects, but criticized its plot, pacing and runtime.
It was the highest-grossing film of 2007, bringing in over $963 million.
It was nominated at the 80th Academy Awards for Best Makeup and Best Visual Effects, and won Favorite Movie Actor for Johnny Depp at the 2008 Kids’ Choice Awards.
A fourth film, On Stranger Tides, was released on May 20, 2011.
The film was released on DVD and Blu-Ray on November 19, 2007, in the UK and December 4, 2007, in the United States and Canada. The 2-Disc Limited Edition DVD was in continuous circulation until it stopped on September 30, 2008. In contrast, the Blu-ray Disc release, containing all of the features from the 2-Disc DVD version (including some original scenes from the theatrical release, but excluding the writer’s commentary) is still widely available. The initial Blu-ray Disc release was misprinted on the back of the box as 1080i, although Disney confirmed it to be 1080p. Disney decided not to recall the misprinted units, but to fix the error on subsequent printings. DVD sales brought in $296,043,871 in revenue, marking the best-selling DVD of 2007, although it ranks second in terms of units sold (14,505,271) behind Transformers (16,234,195). At World’s End had its television premiere in the UK on Boxing Day 2009 on BBC One at 19:30, and was watched by 6.06 million viewers.