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The Pirates Hugh Grant, Martin Freeman, Imelda Staunton, David Tennant, Jeremy Piven, Salma Hayek, Lenny Henry and Brian Blessed. The film is loosely based on The Pirates In an Adventure with Scientists, the first book from Gideon Defoes The Pirates It follows The Pirate Captain and his crew of amateur pirates in their attempt to win the Pirate of the Year competition. The Pirates is the fifth feature film by Aardman Animations, and its first stop motion animated feature since Wallace Gromit The Curse of the Were Rabbit in 2. Aardmans first stop motion clay animated film released in 3. D and shot in 2. 3. The film received positive reviews,8 while it was a modest box office success, earning 1. The film was nominated for the 2. Academy Award for Best Animated Feature lost to DisneyPixars Brave. In 1. 83. 7, the Pirate Captain Hugh Grant, inexpert in the ways of pirates, leads a close knit, rag tag group of amateur pirates who are trying to make a name for themselves on the high seas. To prove himself and his crew, the Pirate Captain enters the Pirate of the Year competition, with the winner being whoever can plunder the most. After several failed attempts to plunder mundane ships, they come across the Beagle and capture its passenger Charles Darwin David Tennant. Darwin recognises the crews pet Polly as the last livingdodo, and recommends they enter it in the Scientist of the Year competition at the Royal Society of London for a valuable prize. Secretly, Darwin plans on stealing Polly himself with the help of his trained chimpanzee, Mr. Bobo, as to impress Queen Victoria Imelda Staunton whom he has a crush on the Pirate with a Scarf Martin Freeman becomes suspicious of Darwins motive after one failed attempt to steal Polly. The pirates disguise themselves as scientists to enter the competition, and the dodo display wins the top prize, which turns out to be minuscule trinkets and a meeting with the Queen. The Pirate Captain hides Polly before the meeting. There, the Queen requests that the Pirate Captain donate Polly for her petting zoo. The Pirate Captain refuses and accidentally reveals his true self, but Darwin steps in to spare the Captains life, secretly telling the Queen that only the Captain knows where Polly is kept. The Queen lets the Pirate Captain go and orders Darwin to find Polly by any means necessary. Darwin takes the Pirate Captain to a tavern and coaxes out of him that Polly is stashed in his beard. Darwin and Mr. Bobo are able to steal the bird, leading on a chase into the Tower of London where the Queen is waiting. She dismisses Darwin, and instead offers the Pirate Captain a large sum of money in exchange for Polly, which for the Pirate Captain would be enough to assure his win as Pirate of the Year. He accepts the offer and returns to his crew, assuring them Polly is still safe in his beard, though the Pirate with a Scarf is suspicious of his newfound wealth. At the Pirate of the Year ceremony, the Pirate Captain wins the grand prize from the Pirate King Brian Blessed, but rival pirate Black Bellamy Jeremy Piven makes the Queens pardon known to all and explains that if the Pirate Captain has been pardoned, then technically, he is no longer a pirate and, as such, cant be Pirate of the Year. The Captain is stripped of the prize, treasure, pirate attire, and his pirating license and is banished from Blood Island by the Pirate King, and admits his loss of Polly to his crew who abandon him. The Captain returns to London, intent on rescuing Polly. He reunites with Darwin, learning that the Queen is a member of an exclusive dining society of world leaders that feast on endangered creatures, and that Polly is likely on her flagship, the QV1 to be served at the next meal. The Pirate Captain and Darwin work together to steal an airship to travel to the QV1. Mr. Bobo, meanwhile, goes to find the rest of the Captains crew to enlist their help. Aboard the QV1, the Queen locates the Pirate Captain and Darwin and attempts to kill both of them, but together they best her. In the battle, they accidentally mix the ships store of baking soda with vinegar, causing a violent reaction that rends the ship in two. The Pirate Captain rescues Polly and they escape safely, leaving behind a furious Queen. With his reputation among pirates restored because of the large bounty now on his head, the Pirate Captain is reinstated as a Pirate, and he and his crew continue to explore the high seas in search of adventure. In a few post credits scenes, they leave Darwin on the Galapagos Islands, Mr. Bobo joins the Pirate Captains crew, the Queen is left at the mercy of some of the rare animals she had planned on eating, Black Bellamy is forcefully stripped of his trophy by the Pirate King because of the Pirate Captains new infamy, and the crew present the Pirate Captain with their own homemade Pirate of the Year trophy. Voice castedit. Hugh Grant in April 2. Sydney, Australia. ProductioneditAardman extensively used computer graphics to complement and enrich the primarily stop motion film with visual elements such as sea and scenery. Peter Lord commented, With Pirates, I must say that the new technology has made Pirates CG, the fact that you can put the sea in there and a beautiful wooden boat that, frankly, would never sail in a million years, you can take that and put it into a beautiful CG scene and believe it. For the release in the United States, the film has been retitled to The Pirates Band of Misfits. The official explanation from Aardman was that Defoes books dont have the same following outside of the United Kingdom, so it was not necessary to keep the original title. Hugh Grant, the voice of The Pirate Captain, said that the studio didnt think the Americans would like the longer title. Response from the director of the film, Peter Lord, was that some people reckoned the United Kingdom title wouldnt charm amuse work in the United States. Tricky to prove eh2. Quentin Cooper of the BBC analysed the change of the title and listed several theories. One of them is that the British audience is more tolerant for the eccentricity of the British animators. Another is that the film makers did not want to challenge the United States viewers who do not accept the theory of evolution. He also developed his own explanation, in which he notes that the word scientist is rarely used in the Hollywood films due to it not being cool, representing the mad scientist or the dweeby nerd that dress funny, have no social skills, play video games, long for unattainable women. ControversyeditIn January 2. The Pirates attracted some very negative reactions from the leprosy community. In the trailer that was released in December, The Pirate Captain lands on a ship demanding gold, but is told by a crew member, Afraid we dont have any gold, old man, this is a leper boat. See when his arm falls off. Lepra Health in Action and some officials from the World Health Organization, expressed that the joke shows the illness in a derogatory manner, and it reinforces the misconceptions which leads to stigma and discrimination that prevents people from coming forward for treatment. Cult Horror Movies Animals United. They demanded an apology and removal of the offending scene,2. Aardman responded After reviewing the matter, we decided to change the scene out of respect and sensitivity for those who suffer from leprosy. The Pirates In an Adventure with Scientists released in North America, Australia and New Zealand as The Pirates Band of Misfits is a 2012 BritishAmerican 3D.