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The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists [Blu-ray] [2012]

Hugh Grant , Brendan Gleeson , Peter Lord    Universal, suitable for all   Blu-ray
3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
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Product details

  • Actors: Hugh Grant, Brendan Gleeson, Jeremy Piven, Salma Hayek, Brian Blessed
  • Directors: Peter Lord
  • Format: Subtitled
  • Language: English
  • Subtitles: English, Hindi
  • Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired: English
  • Audio Description: English
  • Region: Region B/2 (Read more about DVD/Blu-ray formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 2.35:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: U
  • Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent.
  • DVD Release Date: 10 Sep 2012
  • Run Time: 88 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B005XZR4XI
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 14,377 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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The wizards of stop-motion mirth at Britain's Aardman Animations have significantly stepped up their art, craft, and storytelling style in The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists. Commonly known as Claymation (though the elaborately rendered miniature sets and figures are constructed with high-tech Plasticine), the process involves painstaking manipulation of physical forms to create the smooth movements and clever nuance of character that made Aardman famous with their iconic Wallace & Gromit shorts and the features Chicken Run and Flushed Away. The source material is a series of books by Gideon Defoe that are of the for-kids-and-grownups-alike variety, which means The Pirates! is perfect family fare that has plenty of intelligent asides to counterbalance the wacky and slapstick shenanigans. The story is set on the tropical high seas and in the heart of Victorian London, where Queen Victoria herself (voiced by Imelda Staunton) has a starring role. The movie takes giddy pleasure in making her out to be a nefarious no-goodnik who has plenty of secrets, though none of the lacy unmentionable variety. The real star is the Pirate Captain (a husky-sounding Hugh Grant) who's more interested in procuring cured pork for his ship's regular "Ham Nite" feasts than plundering for valuable booty. This becomes kind of a problem when he enters the Pirate of the Year contest and finds himself up against the stiff competition of Black Bellamy (Jeremy Piven), Cutlass Liz (Salma Hayek), and Peg Leg Hastings (Lenny Henry), all of whom have oodles of jewels and doubloons to back up their bids.

But the Pirate Captain has a bird in the hand that may win him the prize yet. His ship's mascot Polly is not a parrot as he and the crew believe, but rather the world's only surviving dodo, so identified by Charles Darwin (David Tennant) when his famous ship the Beagle is attacked by the pirates. Darwin assures the captain that Polly is worthy of winning him Scientist of the Year and untold riches. So it's off to London and into the malevolent schemes of both Darwin and Victoria. A madcap series of events leads to an air-sea showdown of breathtaking proportions that blends meticulous stop-motion technique with top-flight CG effects. Throughout the movie the attention to detail is sensational, even in the most throwaway gags. An underlying cleverness is woven into every precisely composed scene, adding to the overall sense of comic timing and the meticulous elements of story that imbue every movement. The laughs come fast and furious, especially in several elaborate set pieces that include a wild bathtub ride down a seemingly endless staircase, and the bravura finale that swoops and soars through, over, and around Victoria's behemoth of a steampunk sea vessel. The speed of the jokes and the sophisticated action never overshadow the wildly amusing story and dotingly-thought-out character details. Among the lovable and eloquently voiced ensemble pirate crew are the Pirate with a Scarf (Martin Freeman), the Albino Pirate (Anton Yelchin), the Pirate with Gout (Brendan Gleeson), the Surprisingly Curvaceous Pirate (Ashley Jensen), and the Pirate Who Likes Sunsets and Kittens (Al Roker). But more than anyone it's co-directors Peter Lord and Jeff Newitt who are primarily responsible for deftly keeping The Pirates! afloat in what could easily become another memorable Aardman franchise. --Ted Fry

Product Description

The wizards of stop-motion mirth at Britain's Aardman Animations have significantly stepped up their art, craft, and storytelling style in The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists. Commonly known as Claymation (though the elaborately rendered miniature sets and figures are constructed with high-tech Plasticine), the process involves painstaking manipulation of physical forms to create the smooth movements and clever nuance of character that made Aardman famous with their iconic Wallace & Gromit shorts and the features Chicken Run and Flushed Away.


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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars because they aaaahhhhh 29 Sep 2012
Format:Blu-ray
Funny film kind of went under the radar on release, far funnier than Rio The muppets and lots of other childrens films.
lots of subtlety there and lots to keep the adults amused too.
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10 of 13 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars A barking mad film 30 Mar 2012
By Mr. R. W. Graham VINE™ VOICE
Format:Blu-ray
Aardman animation's latest film is a completely barking mad and fun film about a pirate captain voiced by Hugh Grant who teams up with Charles Darwin voiced by former Doctor Who David Tennant to stop Queen Victoria voiced by Imelda Staunton from killing and eating the pirate captain's pet parrot who turns out to be a dodo. Yes the film is that nuts!! Forget any sense of historical accuracy here and just enjoy this fun film from Aardman. These guys just don't know how to make a bad film and this is a very silly very enjoyable tale. The pirate captain and his crew are considered jokes and the worst pirates which to be honest, they are but the pirate captain is determined to win the pirate of the year award despite losing over 20 times. Very good voice cast that apart from the leads already mentions also includes Martin Freeman, Brendan Gleeson, Salma Hayek, Jeremy Piven and Brian Blessed as the pirate king. Hopefully this won't be the last we will see of this desperate crew.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Pirates 21 May 2013
Format:Blu-ray|Amazon Verified Purchase
Excellent Blu ray film kids loved it especially the games on the disk i would recommend this film to boys or girls to watch.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
1.0 out of 5 stars Blank DVD
This is the time I've ordered this DVD only to find it is totally blank and unplayable. I am very disappointed.
Published 7 days ago by Claire Ison
5.0 out of 5 stars Great film
This is a great swashbuckling adventure! My son loves it. Hopefully my two grandaughters will too and any one else who is badgered into watching it.
Published 14 days ago by linda
5.0 out of 5 stars Hysterical
Bought it for my daughter's birthday - brilliantly funny.
Loads of in jokes on every pirate film ever made. Priceless
Published 27 days ago by ANTHONY.V. ACRES
4.0 out of 5 stars GOOD FUN ME HEARTIES!
Thoroughly enjoyed this and these are the types of films where the extra outlay on the blu ray is worth every penny,they could be a bit cheaper though. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Vlad the emailer
4.0 out of 5 stars Pirates movie
Not a bad movie mostly kept the kids amused but did not hold their attention for the whole film. We will watch again I'm sure.
Published 3 months ago by Helly
4.0 out of 5 stars Great film but not 100% awesome
In the vein of other great Aardman animations comes what is hopefully just the first "The Pirates!" film in a series (as there have been 5 books so far). Read more
Published 4 months ago by Andrew Maddison
4.0 out of 5 stars Pirates DVD
Some of the family watched the film at the cinema and enjoyed it so it was nice to watch it again (some for the first time) at home this Christmas. Read more
Published 4 months ago by carys
3.0 out of 5 stars A likeably sweet adventure that falls short of Wallace & Gromit...
The Pirates is an amusing, sweet, and very likeable film, from its cast of bumbling eccentric pirates led by Hugh Grant's nicely useless Captain, to the raving nutiness of Queen... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Benminx
5.0 out of 5 stars Aardman are back!
I love animation. I do. I have grown up watching every Disney cartoon, and all of the Warner Brothers Looney tunes and so on. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Paul Gasper
4.0 out of 5 stars typical aardmans film
I bought it for my wife who is a fan of aardmans films, wallace and grommit, chicken run etc..we both found it very watchable.
Published 5 months ago by P. Adams
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