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The Pirates! Band of Misfits Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

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The Pirates! Band of Misfits

Release Date: Friday, April 27, 2012 Theaters

Director: Peter Lord Jeff Newitt

Starring: Hugh Grant Jeremy Piven Salma Hayek David Tennant Imelda Staunton

PG Action 1 hr, 28 m

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Plot – What's the story about?

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Plot
Hugh Grant stars in his first animated role as the luxuriantly bearded Pirate Captain – a boundlessly enthusiastic, if somewhat less-than-successful, terror of the High Seas. With a rag-tag crew at his side (Martin Freeman, Brendan Gleeson, Russell Tovey, and Ashley Jensen), and seemingly blind to the impossible odds stacked against him, the Captain has one dream: to beat his bitter rivals Black Bellamy (Jeremy Piven) and Cutlass Liz (Salma Hayek) to the much coveted Pirate Of The Year Award. It’s a quest that takes our heroes from the shores of exotic Blood Island to the foggy streets of Victorian London. Along the way they battle a diabolical queen (Imelda Staunton) and team up with a haplessly smitten young scientist (David Tennant), but never lose sight of what a pirate loves best: adventure!
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Action Adventure Comedy Animated

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The film's writer Andy Riley last penned Sherlock Gnomes and Gnomeo and Juliet.

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Julie Lockhart
Peter Lord
David Sproxton

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Key Facts

  • Based on the series of books by Gideon Defoe. This will be a CG stop-motion film (similar to Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit and Chicken Run).

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Parent Rating
PG Parental Guidance Suggested for mild action, rude humor and some language
Runtime
1 hr, 28 m
Tagline
It's A Plunderful Life
Also known as
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Language
English
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The Pirates! Band of Misfits Release Date: When was the film released?

The Pirates! Band of Misfits was released in nationwide movie theaters on Friday, April 27 , 2012. The film was released in approximately 3,358 theaters. There were 14 14 other movies released on the same date, including The Five-Year Engagement, Safe and The Raven.

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