In an adventure with scientists not since mobydickno, not since treasure islandactually, not since jonah and the whale has there been a sea saga to rival the pirates. Band of misfits 2012 hugh grant as the pirate captain. Hugh grant stars in his first animated role as the luxuriantly bearded pirate captain a boundlessly enthusiastic, if somewhat lessthan. Peter lord directed, and among the featured voices are those of hugh grant, salma hayek, jeremy piven, imelda staunton, and david tennant based on the combined stories of the first two. With hugh grant, salma hayek, jeremy piven, martin freeman. Is there any connection between that book and author kim kennedys pirate pete books. The children who see this movie will love the monkey with cue cards, trained by darwin. Not every cannon fired hits its target, if you will. For the pirate captain, he heard in response, and huzzah and simply, arggh. And then youll be laughing on the other side of your faces. Band of misfits on dvd august 28, 2012 starring hugh grant, jeremy piven, salma hayek, david tennant. In an adventure with scientists in the uk is a 2012 academy awardnominated 3d stopmotion animated film produced by aardman animations and sony pictures animation. The pirate captain immediately grew more worried to see that the usually bright ocean blue eyes had now taken on a dull greyish tinge, indicating that his life force was quickly leaving him.
Packed with previously unseen visual material, including storyboards and designs for sets and key characters, this highly collectible fullcolour book charts the journey from paper to screen. Best of all, pirate captain learns that being faithful to ones friends is more important than fame, glory, or riches. It may not quite scale aardmans customary delirious heights, but the pirates. Pirate captain sets out on a mission to defeat his rivals black bellamy and cutlass liz for the pirate of the year award. Pirates is rated pg for mild action, rude humor and some language, and it certainly lived up to those descriptions. This kooky voyage will have the whole family giggling while discovering some of the. When the infamous pirate captain hugh grant is shunned once again by his rivals black bellamy and cutlass liz, he sets his sights to win the coveted pirate of the year award. We meet the pirate captain when he and his crew roll into blood island with the hopes of entering the.
Susan donald in unwritten, the character peter wrote a. Band of misfits, hugh grant stars in his first animated role as the luxuriantly bearded pirate captain a boundlessly enthusiastic, if somewhat lessthansuccessful. If you want to start a film thepiratesbandofmisfits page, just click the edit button above. Pirate captain for gold, darwin for love and queen victoria for her ego. Although the pirates use guns and swords and have handtohand fights. In unwritten, the character peter wrote a book pirate pete and the misfits. Band of misfits didnt buck the boxoffice trend, but it proves that even with the most generic of premises, aardman knows how to appeal to a diverse audience. In an adventure with scientists, featuring the greatest seafaring hero of all time, the immortal pirate captain, who, although he lives for months at a. Try as he might, the pirate captain voice of hugh grant just isnt taken seriously as. The captain comes to talk to the pirate with a scarf just after they leave their adventure with scientists behind and one sided awkwardness ensues. The misfits are a horrorthemed punk rock band formed in 1977 in lodi, new jersey and originally led by singer glenn danzig born glenn anzalone. Gromit shorts, chicken run, and shaun the sheep are instantly recognizable for the almost exaggerated sense that every aspect of the production has been formed by hand, with the caricatured.
Band of misfits is a comedy adventure based on books written by gideon defoe. Pirate captain s face resembled that of a little girl who had just seen the boogey man. Jan svankmajers stopmotion looks angry, rough, and primal. Band of misfits after dipping its toes into pure cg animation for arthur christmas, aardman integrates its feted oldschool stopmotion technique with. Alexandrina victoria hannover villains wiki fandom. Sony pictures home entertainment brings the pirates. She planned to eat polly, but is foiled by the pirate captain when he sinks her. Band of misfits is a funny, playful, clever animated movie for families.
Band of misfits, hugh grant stars in his first animated role as the luxuriantly bearded pirate captain a boundlessly enthusiastic, if somew. I havent read the books on which the film is based so perhaps i missed out on possible injokes, but that isnt to say i didnt laugh during the film at all. Intent on winning the prestigious pirate of the year award, the generically named pirate captain hugh grant scours the ocean in search of treasure with his deeply loyal crew of ham. Quickly, number two, said the pirate captain urgently before pulling up his sleeve. Get it today with same day delivery, order pickup or drive up. Every time the pirate captain loses the awards because he always has the least booty of all pirates, at the day when he sold his bird polly to the queen she give him the biggest treasure ever and he used to win the award but when the pirate king was ready to give the award to the pirate captain then black bellamy show to all pirates that the queen. Band of misfits, to cite the entire title, is very hit and miss. Breezy, colorful, and overflowing with jokes for viewers of all ages, the pirates. Along the way, they battle a clever queen and join forces with a young. Each year the pirates have a contest to see who is the greatest pirate of them all, based on the amount of plunder they have taken.
Band of misfits the pirate captain has the full respect of his crew but what would really make his life complete is to win first prize at the pirate of the year competition. Set sail for a funfilled voyage and hilarious pirate antics with the biggest band of misfits on the seven seas. The movie is a curiosity cabinet of visual pleasures but so breezy and lightly funny that you may not realize at first how good it is. Band of misfits, which was recently release on bluray and dvd. The quest takes captain and his crew from the shores of blood island to the foggy streets of victorian london. Glenn danzig was very interested in marilyn monroe, and took the bands name from the misfits, monroes last film. Theres very little, if any, really objectionable material. Directed by peter lord, the film is loosely based on the pirates. Realising that he doesnt stand a chance against his rivals, he comes across charles darwin, and finds out that the crews precious parrot, polly, is actually a dodo, a species long thought extinct.
He was silent for a few minutes, and then spoke again, ookay, he said, but i have some serious stuff going on too, and if you help me do that, and destroy those pictures, i will help you. So when the annual pirateoftheyear awards roll around, once again the pirate captain hugh grant. In an adventure with scientists she is the tyrannical ruler of the british empire and the head of the church of england with a fueled hatred for pirates. Band of misfits hugh grant martin freeman imelda staunton 2012 seemingly blind to the odds stacked against him, an enthusiastic pirate hugh grant dreams of besting his rivals jeremy piven, salma hayek and winn. Hugh grant will not be easily recognized as the captain, and his advisers do a wonderful job of competing for his attention.
Pirate king the pirates band of misfits wiki fandom. A fight over polly commences where each of pirate captain, queen victoria and darwins plans clash horribly as they all try to use her for their own gain. Band of misfits is a fastsailing ship of fools, scientists and even the last living dodo bird. Band of misfits is a 2012 britishamerican 3d stopmotion animated swashbuckler comedy film produced by aardman animations and sony pictures animation as their second and final collaborative project. Be careful, though, the only things that go in the main namespace are tropes and should be created through the ykttw system. Henry selicks is so polished and smooth that it resembles cgi. Band of misfits to bluray in two combo pack options, both of which include a dvd9 copy of the film. Band of misfits movie storybook is now available for ipad, iphone and ipod. Only to find that polly was no longer the captain s sole. Pirate captain looks at them, two pirates closes the treasure box the pirate king. The captain s quest takes him and his comrades from the exotic shores of blood island to victorian londons foggy streets. Set sail for a fun filled voyage and hilarious pirate antics with the biggest band of misfits on the seven seas. Pirate captain voiced by hugh grant, center, with his bird, polly and some of his band of misfits, including, lr pirate with gout voiced by brendan gleeson, albino pirate voiced by. Hugh grant is the voice of the pirate captain in this animation movie.