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Swashbuckler (1976) 6.0
A pirate and a hot-tempered noblewoman join forces to protect Jamaica from a tyrant. Director:James Goldstone |
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Ned Lynch
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Nick Debrett
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Lord Durant
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Sir James Barnet
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A pirate and a hot-tempered noblewoman join forces to protect Jamaica from a tyrant.
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The Grandest Pirate Movie Ever MadeParents Guide:
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29 July 1976 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Nick: We've come to make war, Captain, not love!
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The scene where Jane Barnet (Geneviève Bujold) dives naked into the sea is actually a stunt double body double who utilizes the use of a skin-colored body-suit. See more »Goofs
When Nick and Ned are having their limerick competition, Nick uses the word 'Khaki'. This word is from the Hindustani language and only entered in the English language in the 1840s, through the British Army in India. Given 'Swashbuckler' is set in the 1700s, he could not have known the word. See more »Quotes
[as newly-freed Jane Barnet and Captain Lynch kiss]Nick: We've come to make war, Captain, not love!
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First off, you've got to remember - This is NOT "The Life & Times Of Blackbeard"! It's a fun seventies romp - The Four Musketeers on the high seas! Now that you have that in mind, read on.
How can one NOT like this movie?! It's the ONLY example of a "pirate movie" in my entire DVD collection - but it's the only one anyone needs. Robert Shaw turns in a commanding and amused performance as Red Ned Lynch - the captain of a scurvy band of pirates including James Earl Jones as Nick and Geoffrey Holder (The UNcola guy... you remember!) as Nick's knife wielding friend, Cujo. Throw in Genevieve Bujold as the damsel in distress/female interest, add Peter Boyle as the classic slimy Governor who abuses his subjects and you've got a recipe for an entertaining hour and forty minutes! Pay attention to some of the supporting character actors and you'll see quite a few you recognize from movies and TV of the time period - Avery Schrieber, Alfie Wise and Sid Haig just to name a few. And of course, we can't forget Beau Bridges as a perfectly stiff soldier and Angelica Huston as she known only as "Woman Of Dark Visage".
Plotwise, this movie has it all - a British Governor who likes to spend his days in the bath playing with ships... a twisted little DeSade in training at his beck and call... the obligatory wronged member of the British aristocracy and his family-in-need... and of course, the moronic civil servant, Major Folly, who only wants to capture Red Ned Lynch and please The Governor.
Do yourself a favor and go rent this one for the weekend - or even better, pick up the DVD. It's relatively cheap as an older catalog title and definitely a keeper. Because EVERYbody needs a good pirate flick now and again.