![]() Ironically, the tone of the whole film is exceptionally tongue-in-cheek. This was also before stringent health and safety rules so we got real pirate ships in a real sea, creating a clumsy (and probably dangerous) realism. All pre-CGI, so what you see is what you get. RELATED: Why Davy Jones from ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ Is Still the Best Digital Characterįilmed on location on the Italian island of Ischia, The Crimson Pirate has a grand and epic adventurous feel from the very start. Long before Johnny Depp’s Jack Sparrow sailed in the Pirates of the Caribbean, a very different Captain, armed with only a smile, brought fun and frolics to the Spanish mane. It may be showing signs of age, but they say we are only as young as we feel, and great movies like this always make us feel something. So listen up, mates! As we will explore a classic movie that still resonates today with the gleeful merriness of swashbuckling times past. Burt Lancaster’s tongue-in-cheek adventure, The Crimson Pirate, celebrates its seventieth birthday this year.
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