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'{{Redirect|Pirate movie|the genre|pirate film|copyright infringement|film piracy}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = The Pirate Movie | image = Pirate_Movie.jpg | alt = | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = [[Ken Annakin]] | producer = David Joseph | writer = Trevor Farrant | based_on = {{Based on|''[[The Pirates of Penzance]]''|[[W. S. Gilbert]]<br />and [[Arthur Sullivan]]}} | starring = {{plainlist| * [[Kristy McNichol]] * [[Christopher Atkins]] * [[Ted Hamilton]] * [[Bill Kerr]] * [[Garry McDonald]] * [[Maggie Kirkpatrick]] }} | music = {{Plainlist| * Mike Brady * Peter Sullivan * '''Songs:''' * [[Terry Britten]] * [[Kit Hain]] * Sue Shifrin * [[B. A. Robertson|Brian Robertson]] }} | cinematography = [[Robin Copping]] | editing = Kenneth W. Zemke | studio = Joseph Hamilton International Productions | distributor = [[20th Century Fox]] | released = {{Film date|df=y|1982|08|06}} | runtime = 104 minutes<!--Theatrical runtime: 104:35--><ref>{{cite web | title=''THE PIRATE MOVIE'' (PG) | url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/pirate-movie-1970-4 | work=[[British Board of Film Classification]] | date=8 June 1982 | access-date=6 March 2014}}</ref> | country = Australia | language = English | budget = [[Australian dollar|A$]]6 million<ref>Scott Murray, "The Pirate Movie", ''Australian Film 1978–1992'', Oxford Uni Press, 1993 p107</ref><br/>{{small|(US$5.9 million)}}<ref name="USD converted">{{cite web|url=http://fxtop.com/en/currency-converter-past.php?A=6000000&C1=AUD&C2=USD&DD=06&MM=08&YYYY=1982&B=1&P=&I=1&btnOK=Go%21|title=Currency converter in the past with official exchange rates from 1953|publisher=FXTOP|access-date=6 January 2017}}</ref> | gross = [[United States dollar|US$]]9 million }} '''''The Pirate Movie''''' is a 1982 Australian [[Musical film|musical]] [[romantic comedy]] film directed by [[Ken Annakin]] and starring [[Christopher Atkins]] and [[Kristy McNichol]]. Loosely based on [[Gilbert and Sullivan]]'s 1879 [[comic opera]] ''[[The Pirates of Penzance]]'', the original [[Film score|music score]] is composed by Mike Brady and Peter Sullivan (no relation to ''Pirates of Penzance'' composer [[Arthur Sullivan]]). The film performed far below expectations in initial release and is generally reviewed very poorly,<ref>{{Cite web | title = The Pirate Movie (1982) | url = https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/pirate_movie/ | publisher = IGN Entertainment, a unit of Fox Interactive Media, Inc. | access-date =5 November 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | title = Weekend Box Office Results for August 6–8, 1982 – Box Office Mojo | url = https://boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=1982&wknd=32&p=.htm | publisher = IMDb.com, Inc. | access-date =5 November 2009}}</ref> but fared far more positively with audiences.<ref name="tomatoes" /> It has developed a [[cult following]]<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|magazine=Filmink|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/10-aussie-80s-films-attempted-jazz-things-inappropriate-rock-soundtrack/|title=10 Aussie '80s Films That Attempted to Jazz Up Things with an Inappropriate Rock Soundtrack|date=30 December 2019}}</ref> following home media release and TV airings. The film was a box office disappointment and is often considered to be the [[List of films considered the worst|one of the worst films ever made]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lockhaven.com/news/arts-culture-scene/2020/08/the-pirate-movie-is-so-bad-its-kind-of-good/ |title='The Pirate Movie' is so bad it's kind of good |website=Lock Haven |first=Laura |last=Jameson |date=August 13, 2020 |access-date=March 30, 2022}}</ref> ==Plot== Mabel Stanley ([[Kristy McNichol]]) is an introverted and [[bookish]] teenage girl from the [[United States]] in a seaside community in Australia as an [[exchange student]]. She attends a local pirate festival featuring a swordplay demonstration led by a young curly-haired instructor and fellow American ([[Christopher Atkins]]), who then invites her for a ride on his boat. She is duped by her exchange family sisters, Edith (Kate Ferguson), Kate ([[Rhonda Burchmore]]), and Isabel (Catherine Lynch), into missing the launch, so she rents a small sailboat to give chase. A sudden storm throws her overboard, and she washes up on a beach. She subsequently dreams an adventure that takes place a century before. In this fantasy sequence, the swordplay instructor is now named Frederic, a young apprentice of the ''Pirates of Penzance'', celebrating his 21st birthday on a pirate vessel. Frederic refuses an invitation from the Pirate King ([[Ted Hamilton]]), his adoptive father, to become a full pirate, as his birth parents were murdered by their contemporaries. Frederic swears to avenge their deaths and is forced off of the ship on a small boat. Adrift, Frederic spies Mabel and her older sisters on a nearby island and swims to shore to greet them. In a reversal of roles, Mabel is a confident, assertive, and courageous young woman, while her sisters are prim, proper and conservative. Frederic quickly falls for Mabel and proposes marriage, but local custom requires the elder sisters to marry first. Soon, Frederic's old mates come ashore, also looking for women and kidnap Mabel's sisters. Major-General Stanley ([[Bill Kerr]]), Mabel's father, arrives and convinces the Pirate King to free his daughters and leave in peace. The pirates anchor their ship just outside the harbour instead of actually leaving. Mabel wants Frederic to gain favour with her father so they can marry, so she plots to recover the family treasure stolen years earlier by the pirates. Unfortunately, the treasure was lost at sea, but the location where it lies was tattooed as a map on the Pirate King's back. Mabel successfully tricks the Pirate King into revealing his tattoo while Frederic sketches a copy. After Mabel manages to escape from him, she and Frederic, who has sabotaged the pirate's ship, leap overboard and swim for safety. The pirates open fire on them, but the ship partially sinks, enabling them to escape. The next day, Mabel and Frederic recover the stolen treasure and present it to her father. The Major-General is underwhelmed as he believes the treasure will simply be stolen again once the pirates realise it is missing. Mabel dispatches Frederic to raise an army for protection, but the Pirate King interferes. The ship nurse, Ruth, convinces them to stop fighting, reminding the Pirate King of Frederic's apprenticeship contract. Frederic's birthday is 29 February, and he is dismayed to see that the contract specifies his twenty-first ''birthday'', rather than his twenty-first ''year''. As his birthday occurs every four years, Frederic has celebrated only five birthdays and is still bound by contract to remain with the pirates. That night, the pirates raid the Stanley estate, and the Pirate King orders their execution. Mabel demands a "happy ending" – admitting for the first time that she believes this all to be a dream. Everyone – even the pirates – cheers their approval, leaving the Pirate King disappointed and shocked. Mabel then confronts her father, but the Major-General is steadfast that the marriage custom remains in effect. Mabel quickly pairs each of her older sisters with a pirate, and she also pairs the Pirate King to Ruth. With Mabel and Frederic now free to marry, the fantasy sequence ends in song and dance. Mabel awakens back on the beach to discover that she is wearing the wedding ring that Frederic had given her in her dream. At that moment, the handsome swordplay instructor arrives and lifts her to her feet. He passionately kisses Mabel, who is still shaken by her dream. She asks if his name is Frederic. He assures her that he isn't who she imagines him to be, but then carries her off to marry her, thus giving Mabel her happy ending in reality as well. ==Cast== * [[Christopher Atkins]] as Swordplay Instructor/Frederic * [[Kristy McNichol]] as Mabel Stanley * [[Ted Hamilton]] as The Pirate King * [[Bill Kerr]] as Major-General Stanley * [[Maggie Kirkpatrick]] as Ruth, the ship nurse * [[Garry McDonald]] as Sergeant/Inspector * Chuck McKinney as Samuel * Kate Ferguson as Edith * [[Rhonda Burchmore]] as Kate * Catherine Lynch as Isabel ==Production== ===Development=== The film was the idea of actor [[Ted Hamilton]], who became executive producer. [[Richard Franklin (director)|Richard Franklin]] was first announced as director, but then [[Ken Annakin]] got the job,<ref name="stratton2">David Stratton, ''The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry'', Pan MacMillan, 1990 p194-195</ref> and was rushed into production when [[Joseph Papp]] announced that he was going to produce a [[The Pirates of Penzance (1983 film)|film version]] of his [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] production of ''The Pirates of Penzance''. ===Filming=== [[Principal photography]] was shot at the ''Polly Woodside'' at the [[South Melbourne]] wharf, the Farm and Mansion at [[Werribee Park]], and the ''Loch Ard'' on the [[Great Ocean Road]], [[Port Campbell]], from November 1981 to January 1982. Secondary locations included various parts of [[Sydney]], namely [[McDonald's]] [[Cremorne, New South Wales|Cremorne]] (in the beginning sequences, after Fred invites Mabel and her friends on the boat), [[Rushcutters Bay, New South Wales|Rushcutters Bay]] Marina (where Mabel obtains a small sailboat), and [[Palm Beach, New South Wales|Palm Beach]] for some of the beach scenes. ==Soundtrack album== {{Infobox album | name = The Pirate Movie: The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture | type = [[Soundtrack]] | artist = Various | cover = | alt = | released = August 1982 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = [[Pop rock]] | length = | label = [[Polydor Records]] | producer = Peter Sullivan, [[Roger Savage]], [[Terry Britten]] a.o. | misc = {{Singles | name = | type = soundtrack | single1 = How Can I Live Without Her | single1date = 1982 | single2 = Happy Ending | single2date = 1982 | single3 = First Love | single3date = 1982 | single4 = | single4date = }} }} '''''The Pirate Movie''''' soundtrack album was released by [[Polydor Records]] in August 1982 on vinyl and cassette. The album reached number 166 on the American [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1982-09-18|title=The Top 200 Albums|website=[[Billboard.com|Billboard]]|access-date=22 September 2019}}</ref> while the single "How Can I Live Without Her" peaked at number 71 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/christopher-atkins|title=Christopher Atkins|website=Billboard|access-date=22 September 2019}}</ref> ;Track listing : A1 – "Victory" – The Pirates (2:37) : A2 – "First Love" – Kristy McNichol and Christopher Atkins (4:13) : A3 – "How Can I Live Without Her" – Christopher Atkins (3:08) : A4 – "Hold On" – Kristy McNichol (3:14) : A5 – "We Are the Pirates" – Ian Mason (3:36) : B1 – "Pumpin' and Blowin'" – Kristy McNichol (3:05) : B2 – "Stand Up and Sing" – [[Kool & the Gang]] (4:32) (from ''[[Something Special (Kool & the Gang album)|Something Special]]'') : B3 – "Happy Ending" – The Peter Cupples Band (4:58) : B4 – "The Chase" – Peter Sullivan and The Orchestra (1:33) : B5 – "I Am a Pirate King" – Ted Hamilton and The Pirates (2:03) : C1 – "Happy Ending" – The Cast of The Pirate Movie (4:18) : C2 – "The Chinese Battle" – Peter Sullivan and The Orchestra (2:36) : C3 – "The Modern Major General's Song" – Bill Kerr and The Cast of ''The Pirate Movie'' (2:00) : C4 – "We Are the Pirates" – The Pirates (2:18) : C5 – "Medley" – Peter Sullivan and The Orchestra (4:03) : D1 – "Tarantara" – Gary McDonald and The Policemen (1:53) : D2 – "The Duel" – Peter Sullivan and The Orchestra (4:04) : D3 – "The Sisters' Song" – The Sisters (2:42) : D4 – "Pirates, Police and Pizza" – Peter Sullivan and The Orchestra (3:32) : D5 – "Come Friends Who Plough the Sea" – Ted Hamilton and The Pirates (2:00) ===Charts=== {|class="wikitable |- ! scope="col"| Chart (1982) ! Peak<br />position |- |Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=283}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"| 39 |- |United States ([[Billboard 200]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1982-09-18|title=The Top 200 Albums|website=[[Billboard.com|Billboard]]|access-date=22 September 2019}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"| 166 |} ==Release== ''The Pirate Movie'' was made soon after the 1980 New York City [[Central Park]] and 1981 Broadway theatre production of ''The Pirates of Penzance'' produced by [[Joseph Papp]], which re-popularized swashbuckling pirates as a theatrical genre.{{citation needed|date=August 2015}} ===Box office=== The film earned A$1,013,000 at the Australian box office.<ref>[http://www.film.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/967/AA4_Aust_Box_office_report.pdf "Australian Films at the Australian Box Office", ''Film Victoria''] accessed 24 October 2012</ref> In the United States, the film grossed $7,983,086.<ref>{{mojo title|piratemovie|The Pirate Movie}} Retrieved 9 April 2014</ref> ===Critical reception=== On [[Rotten Tomatoes]] the film has an approval rating of 9% based on 11 reviews, with an average rating of 2.23/10.<ref name="tomatoes">{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/pirate_movie |title=The Pirate Movie (1982) |work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=[[Fandango Media]] |access-date=April 4, 2020 }}</ref> On [[Metacritic]] the film has a [[weighted mean|weighted average score]] of 19 out of 100, based on reviews from 6 critics, indicating "Overwhelming dislike".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-pirate-movie |title=The Pirate Movie (1982) reviews |work=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |access-date= April 4, 2020 }}</ref> ''[[The Irish Times]]'' review called ''The Pirate Movie'' a "travesty" of the Gilbert and Sullivan original and said "with a philosophy of shove everything in regardless, it's nothing more than a waste of Miss McNichol's abilities, the audience's time and the incentives offered to make films in Australia."<ref>Ray Comiskey, "Some Christmas Drear", ''The Irish Times'', 20 December 1982, (p. 10)</ref> ''[[Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide]]'' rated the film as a BOMB and stated: "Not only trashes the original, but also fails on its own paltry terms. It should have been called ''The Rip-off Movie''".<ref name="tormg">{{cite book|last=Wilson|first=John|title=The Official Razzie Movie Guide: Enjoying the Best of Hollywood's Worst |year=2005|publisher=Grand Central Publishing|isbn=0-446-69334-0}}</ref>''[[TV Guide]]'' stated "Pop tunes are mixed in with some of the original G&S songs in a pirate period setting that grates on the nerves, as does the inane toilet humor that substitutes for wit. All the performers, especially McNichol, look as if they can't wait until the film is over, and one can hardly blame them."<ref>[https://www.tvguide.com/movies/the-pirate-movie-109265/review/ ''The Pirate Movie''] ''TV Guide''. Retrieved 24 January 2015.</ref> [[Michael Medved|Michael]] and Harry Medved's book ''Son of Golden Turkey Awards'' includes ''The Pirate Movie's'' "First Love" on its list of "Worst Rock 'N Roll Lyrics in a Movie".<ref>Medved, Harry and Michael. ''Son of Golden Turkey Awards'', 1986, Villard Books. {{ISBN|0-207-15380-9}}. (pp. 185-6)</ref> Australian film critic Michael Adams later included ''The Pirate Movie'' on his list of the worst ever Australian films, along with ''[[Phantom Gold]]'', ''[[The Glenrowan Affair]]'', ''[[Houseboat Horror]]'', ''[[Welcome to Woop Woop]]'', ''[[Les Patterson Saves the World]]'' and ''[[Pandemonium (1987 film)|Pandemonium]]''.<ref>Michael Adams, ''Showgirls, Teen Wolves, and Astro Zombies : a film critic's year-long quest to find the worst movie ever made''.New York : Itbooks, 2010. {{ISBN|978-0-06-180629-2}} (p.144)</ref> ===Accolades=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Award ! Category ! Subject ! Result |- |rowspan=2|[[AACTA Awards]]<br><small>(24th Australian Film Institute Awards)</small> |[[AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role|Best Supporting Actor]] |[[Garry McDonald]] |{{nom}} |- |[[AACTA Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]] |Aphrodite Kondos |{{nom}} |- |rowspan=9|[[Golden Raspberry Award|Razzie Award]] |[[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor|Worst Actor]] |[[Christopher Atkins]] |{{nom}} |- |[[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress|Worst Actress]] |[[Kristy McNichol]] |{{nom}} |- |[[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor|Worst Supporting Actor]] |[[Ted Hamilton]] |{{nom}} |- |[[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song|Worst Original Song]] <small>("Pumpin' and Blowin'")</small> |rowspan=2|[[Terry Britten]], [[B.A. Robertson]], and Sue Shifrin |{{won}} |- |Worst Original Song <small>("Happy Endings")</small> |{{nom}} |- |[[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Musical Score|Worst Musical Score]] |[[Kit Hain]] |{{won}} |- |[[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay|Worst Screenplay]] |Trevor Farrant |{{nom}} |- |[[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director|Worst Director]] |[[Ken Annakin]] |{{won}} |- |[[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture|Worst Picture]] |rowspan=2|David Joseph |{{nom}} |- |[[Stinkers Bad Movie Awards|Stinkers Bad Movie Award]] |Worst Picture<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theenvelope.latimes.com/extras/lostmind/year/1982/1982st.htm |title=1982 5th Hastings Bad Cinema Society Stinkers Awards |access-date=2 April 2013 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061017170728/http://theenvelope.latimes.com/extras/lostmind/year/1982/1982st.htm |archive-date=17 October 2006 }}</ref> |{{nom}} |} The film is listed in Golden Raspberry Award founder John Wilson's book ''The Official Razzie Movie Guide'' as one of The 100 Most Enjoyably Bad Movies Ever Made.<ref name="tormg" /> ==See also== * [[List of pirate films]] * [[List of films considered the worst]] ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{Portal|1980s|Film}} {{Wikiquote|The Pirate Movie}} * {{IMDb title|0084504|The Pirate Movie}} * [http://www.ozmovies.com.au/movie/pirate-movie ''The Pirate Movie''] at Oz Movies * {{mojo title|piratemovie|The Pirate Movie}} {{The Pirates of Penzance}} {{Ken Annakin}} {{Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Musical Score}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Pirate Movie, The}} [[Category:1982 films]] [[Category:1982 comedy films]] [[Category:1980s adventure films]] [[Category:1980s musical comedy films]] [[Category:Australian films]] [[Category:Australian musical comedy films]] [[Category:English-language films]] [[Category:Films directed by Ken Annakin]] [[Category:Films based on works by Gilbert and Sullivan]] [[Category:Films set in Australia]] [[Category:Films shot in Melbourne]] [[Category:Musical fantasy films]] [[Category:Pirate films]] [[Category:Rock musicals]] [[Category:Romantic musical films]] [[Category:Films set in the 1880s]] [[Category:Golden Raspberry Award winning films]]'