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Riding on the success of the highly acclaimed Chinatown (film)
, Roman Polanksi began to write a screenplay for a swashbuckling adventure film called Pirates. Originally, Polanski intended for Jack Nicholson to play Captain Red, a grizzled old pirate, but complications arose partially due to the enormous fees Nicholson was demanding (according to Polanski, when Nicholson was asked what exactly he wanted, he replied "I want more." ) Following this, the production was delayed for a number of years when Polanski was arrested for statutory rape, which caused him to flee the country to avoid sentencing. Production restarted in 1986 in Europe, this time with a different production company. The role of Captain Red went to Walter Matthau.

The film's original estimated budget while Polanski was aligned with Paramount on the picture, was $15 million, but the final budget is estimated to have cost US$40 million. The reported gross box office revenues in the United States was $1.65 million. Despite the film's financial failures, it was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Costume Design.

Plot summary

The film begins with Captain Red (Walter Matthau) stranded aboard a raft at sea with his firstmate, Frog (Cris Campion), both of whom are presumably close to death from dehydration. They are picked up by a Spanish Galleon and are forced into slavery before instigating a shipwide mutiny with the other prisoners and taking control of the vessel. Frog falls in love with the female love interest, a daughter of a governor named María-Dolores de la Jenya de la Calde (Charlotte Lewis) who wants little to do with him at first. Lots of explosions and gunfights occur as the duo attempt to win over the gold and the girl throughout the remainder of the film.

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