Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Review

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Release Date: 6th July 2006 - Australia

Production Companies

Walt Disney Pictures (presents)

Jerry Bruckheimer Films (in association with)

Distribution

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Australia

Genre: Action/Adventure/

Fantasy

Rating: M

Runtime: 145 minutes

Budget: $225,000,00

Box Office Gross: $1,066,179,747 (Worldwide)

Plot Summary
Captain Jack Sparrow is in debt to Davy Jones, captain of the Flying Dutchman, a ghostly, hellishly crewed ship. Jack has to find the heart of Davy Jones in the "Locker", but he needs the help of the quick-witted Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann to save his life. As if that weren't complicated enough, Will and Elizabeth are on death row, which manages to interrupt their wedding plans unless Will can get Jack's compass for Lord Cutler Beckett. Will joins Jack on another crazy adventure.

Cast

Johnny Depp - Captain Jack Sparrow

Bill Nighy - Davy Jones

Orlando Bloom - Will Turner

Keira Knightley - Elizabeth Swann

Jonathan Pryce - Governor Weatherby Swann

Kevin McNally - Joshamee Gibbs

Stellan Skarsgård - Bootstrap Bill

Lee Arenberg - Pintel

Mackenzie Crook - Ragetti

Tom Hollander - Cutler Beckett

Naomie Harris - Tia Dalma

David Bailie - Cotton

Martin Klebba - Marty

David Schofield - Mercer

Alex Norton - Captain Bellamy

Geoffrey Rush - Hector Barbossa (Cameo)

Dermot Keaney - Maccus

Andy Beckwith - Clanker

Clive Ashborn - Koleniko

Reggie Lee - Hadras

Christopher Adamson - Jimmy

Legs

Jonathan Linsley - Ogilvely

John Boswell - Wyvern

Max Baker - Burser

Steve Speirs - Quartermaster

Lauren Maher - Scarlett

Vanessa Branch - Giselle

Christopher S. Capp - Parrot

Voice (Voice)

Crew

Director - Gore Verbinski

Based on Characters/Writers - Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio

Based on Characters - Stuart Beattie and Jay Wolpert

Script Supervisor - Sharron Reynolds

Executive Producers - Mike

Stenson, Chad Oman and

Bruce Hendricks

Executive Producer/Unit

Production Manager - Eric McLeod

Producer - Jerry Bruckheimer

Historical Advisor - Peter Twist

Casting Director - Denise Chamian

Casting Director: UK - Priscilla John

Production Designer - Rick Heinrichs

Creature Concepts - Mark 'Crash' McCreery

Conceptual Artists - Derek Gogol, Matt Codd and Tim Flattery

Illustrators - Mauro Borrelli, James Carson, Nathan Schroeder, Wil Rees and Warren Manser

Conceptual Consultant - James Byrkit

Supervising Art Director - John Dexter

Art Directors - William Ladd Skinner, Bruce Crone and John Dexter

Assistant Art Directors - Nick Navarro, Domenic Silvestri, Robert Woodruff, Eric Sundahl, Darrell L. Wright and Gary Diamond

Set Decorator - Cheryl Carasik

Costume Designer - Penny Rose

Associate Costume Designer - John Norster

Costume Supervisor: Location - Kenny Crouch

Property Masters - Jerry Moss and Kris Peck

Makeup Effects Creator/Department Head -

Ve Neill

Makeup Effects Supervisor/Key Makeup

Artist/Prosthetic Makeup Designer - Joel Harlow

Additional Makeup Supervisor/Tattoo Designer -

Ken Diaz

Chief Hair Stylist - Martin Samuel

Director of Photography - Dariusz Wolski

Underwater Director of Photography - Peter Zuccarini

Aerial Unit Director of Photography - David B. Nowell

Camera Operator - Martin Schaer

Location Manager: US - Laura Sode-Matteson

Unit Production Manager - Douglas C. Merrifield

Production Supervisor - Thomas Hayslip

First Assistant Director - Peter Kohn

First/Second Assistant Director - David H. Venghaus Jr.

Second Assistant Director - Jeff Okabayashi

Second Unit Director/Visual Effects Supervisor:

Additional Visual Effects - Charles Gibson

Second Unit Director: Dominica/

Stunt Coordinator - George Marshall Ruge

Sword Master/Specialist (Uncredited)/

Stunt Double: Jack Davenport - Thomas DuPont

Aerial Coordinator - David Paris

Marine Coordinator - Daniel F. Malone

Marine Coordinator: Dominica - Ed Nyerick

Animal Coordinator - Boone Narr

Head Trainer - Mark Harden

Picture Boat Coordinator - Will White

Transportation Coordinator - Dave Robling

Special Effects Coordinators - Allen Hall

and Michael Lantieri

Shop Supervisors - Thomas Park and

James Reedy

Gimbal Foreman - Mark Hawker

Visual Effects Supervisor - John Knoll

Visual Effects Supervisor: The Orphanage -

Ryan Tudhope

Visual Effects Supervisor: CIS Hollywood -

Bryan Hirota

Visual Effects Supervisor: Pacific Title and

Art Studio - David Sosalla

Senior Visual Effects Supervisor: Asylum -

Nathan McGuinness

Additional Visual Effects Supervisors: ILM -

Bill George and Roger Guyett

Visual Effects Producers: ILM - Ned Gorman

and Jill Brooks

Visual Effects Art Director: ILM - Aaron McBride
Digital Production Supervisor: ILM - David Meny

Compositing Supervisor: ILM - Eddie Pasquarello

Compositing Supervisors: Asylum - John Fragomeni

and Phil Brennan

Animation Supervisor: ILM - Hal T. Hickel

Associate Animation Supervisor: ILM - Marc Chu

CG Supervisor: Asylum - Sean Andrew Faden

TD Supervisor: ILM - Patrick T. Myers

Creature Development Supervisor: ILM - James Tooley

Digital Model Supervisors: ILM - Geoff Campbell,

Bruce Holcomb and Steve Walton

Sequence Supervisors: ILM - Tom Fejes,

Neil Herzinger, Jeff Sutherland, Chad Taylor,

Susumu Yukuhiro, Jason Snell, Jack Mongovan,

Mario Capellari, Ian Christie, Michael Halstead,

Shawn Hillier, Polly Ing, Katrin Klaiber,

François Lambert, Kimberly Lashbrook,

Robert Marinic, Tom Martinek, Tory Mercer,

Greg Salter, Douglas Smythe, Damian Steel

and Jeff Wozniak

Models & Miniatures Unit Supervisors: ILM -

Carl Miller, Pat Sweeney, Mark Anderson,

Geoff Heron and Charles Bailey

Editors - Craig Wood and Stephen Rivkin

Supervising Sound Editor/Designer/

Sound Mixer - Christopher Boyes

Supervising Sound Editor - George Watters II

Sound Effects Editors - Ken Fischer,

Addison Teague, Shannon Mills, Tim Nielsen,

Brent Burge and Melanie Graham

Supervising ADR Editor - Jessica Gallavan

Sound Mixers - Lee Orloff and Paul Massey

Additional Sound Mixer - James Bolt

Music - Hans Zimmer

Composers: Additional Music - Nick Glennie-Smith,

Lorne Balfe, Tom Gire, Henry Jackman,

Trevor Morris, John Sponsler and Geoff Zanelli

Composer: Theme Music - Klaus Badelt

Music Supervisor - Bob Badami

Ambient Music Design - Mel Wesson

Score Recordist and Mixer - Alan Meyerson

Awards

2007 Academy Awards

Best Visual Effects - John Knoll, Hal T. Hickel,

Allen Hall and Charles Gibson (Won)

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Best Art Direction - Rick Heinrichs and

Cheryl Carasik (Nominated)

Best Sound Mixing - Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes

and Lee Orloff (Nominated)

Best Sound Editing - Christopher Boyes and

George Watters II (Nominated)

Review

While The Curse of the Black Pearl received a standing ovation for being a worthy pirate film, the Pirates of the Caribbean sequels were not as well-known as the original and are a mixed bag among viewers. I barely watched them (except for On Stranger Tides), but now is the time to watch all entries in a canonical order before I go and see Dead Men Tell No Tales in theatres.

DEAD MAN'S CHEST was the middle child of the series and could not surpass the standards of the previous film. The crucial display of balancing action and comedy is nowhere to be found, as the plot becomes too convoluted with some exposition. Director Gore Verbinski and screenwriters Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio get caught up with the first film's success as Disney wanted DEAD MAN'S CHEST to be bigger and better than the last movie. This sequel got too overproduced to be even better despite all the great lengths that came with the aspects, like lavish scenery, brilliant sword fighting and extravagant visuals. Sadly, these aspects were insufficient to save the second instalment from being a fair movie.

Johnny Depp was almost as funny when continuing his role of Captain Jack Sparrow after he had astonished audiences with the character's big debut in the first film. He was sincere that he was cheeky and unrestrained to amuse himself with his improvised acting. Actor Bill Nighy was in a hideous disguise as the squid-like part crustacean pirate of Davy Jones when he got cast into that antagonist role. It has to be the computer-generated imagery that camouflaged him to look fishy in this transformation. The rousing, adventurous score by Hans Zimmer was incredible in that it included strings, pipes and concussions to create a sound familiar to the original themes by Klaus Badelt.

DEAD MAN'S CHEST was a bit disjointed but a decent addition to the Pirates franchise. Though not the best sequel, it's a mildly entertaining film. I highly recommend it to fans of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies.

Star rating: (6/10) Fair Movie

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