GUILTY VIEWING PLEASURES
Pirate Movie (1982)
Info:
- Release Date: August 6, 1982
- Creators: Ken Annakin (director), Trevor Farrant (writer)
- Genre: Pirate Lechery
- Rating: ★★★☆☆
Plot:
- Teen dreams Kristy McNichol and Christopher Atkins tackle an updated Pirates of Penzance, to mixed results.
Notes:
- The opening song
- Adorable nerdy girl-with-glasses Mabel
- Early 80's product placement! Baskin Robbins Pirate's Gold ice cream! Bags of McDonalds burgers!
- A truly remarkable ruby & diamond-studded codpiece on the Pirate King.
- Frederic turning his foil into a light saber
- "We are the scourge of the land and sea. Beastly pirates are we!"
- "God I'd hate to be pillaged."
- "I saw it in a movie somewhere"
Cast:
- Kristy McNichol as Mabel
- Christopher Atkins as Frederic
- Ted Hamilton as Pirate King
- Bill Kerr as Major General
- Maggie Kirkpatrick as Ruth
