Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Prepare to be blown out of the water.

Released in 2003

Pirates of the Caribbean is a sweeping action-adventure story set in an era when villainous pirates scavenged the Caribbean seas. This roller coaster tale teams a young man, Will Turner, with an unlikely ally in rogue pirate Jack Sparrow. Together, they must battle a band of the world's most treacherous pirates, led by the cursed Captain Barbossa, in order to save Elizabeth, the love of Will's life, as well as recover the lost treasure that Jack seeks. Against improbable odds, they race towards a thrilling, climactic confrontation on the mysterious Isla de Muerta. Clashing their swords in fiece mortal combat, Will and Jack attempt to recapture The Black Pearl ship, save the British navy, and relinquish a fortune in forbidden treasure thereby lifting the curse of the Pirates of the Caribbean.
Summary written by Anonymous on the IMDb

After the Governer's daughter, Elizabeth Swann, is kidnapped by the Pirate Captain Barbossa, Elizabeth's childhood friend Will Turner must team up with rogue pirate Jack Sparrow to save her. Little do they know that these pirates are cursed. Forced to exist between living and dead, and only revealing their skeleton forms in the moonlight, the pirates intend to use Elizabeth's blood and necklace (a part of their curse) to return to their normal state.
Summary written by Kelli on the IMDb

Caribbean sea, in the 17th century. Jack Sparrow, a gentleman rogue of a pirate, teams up with Will Turner, friend of the daughter of a governor to stop the evil plan of a ship of dangerous pirates, led by the evil Captain Barbossa, who are trying to reverse an ancient curse that leaves them stuck between life and dead,with the light of the moon revealing their skeletons, like some kind of undead monsters.
Summary written by Toth-Amon on the IMDb

Cast & Crew

Directed by
Gore Verbinski

Writing credits (WGA)
Ted Elliott		(screen story) &
Terry Rossio		(screen story) and
Stuart Beattie		(screen story) and
Jay Wolpert		(screen story)
Ted Elliott		(screenplay) &
Terry Rossio		(screenplay)

Cast (in credits order) verified as complete
Johnny Depp	....	Jack Sparrow
Geoffrey Rush	....	Barbossa
Orlando Bloom	....	Will Turner
Keira Knightley	....	Elizabeth Swann
Jack Davenport	....	Norrington
Jonathan Pryce	....	Governor Weatherby Swann
Lee Arenberg	....	Pintel
Mackenzie Crook	....	Ragetti
Damian O'Hare	....	Lt. Gillette
Giles New	....	Murtogg
Angus Barnett	....	Mullroy
David Bailie	....	Cotton
Michael Berry Jr.	....	Twigg
Isaac C. Singleton Jr.	....	Bo'sun
Kevin McNally	....	Joshamee Gibbs (as Kevin R. McNally)
Treva Etienne	....	Koehler
Zoe Saldana	....	Anamaria
Guy Siner	....	Harbormaster
Ralph P. Martin	....	Mr. Brown
Paula J. Newman	....	Estrella (as Paula Jane Newman)
Paul Keith	....	Butler
Dylan Smith	....	Young Will
Lucinda Dryzek	....	Young Elizabeth
Michael Sean Tighe	....	Seedy Looking Prisoner
Greg Ellis	....	Officer
Dustin Seavey	....	Sentry
Christian Martin	....	Steersman
Trevor Goddard	....	Grapple
Vince Lozano	....	Jacoby
Ben Wilson	....	Seedy Prisoner #2
Antonio Valentino	....	Seedy Prisoner #3
Lauren Maher	....	Scarlett
Brye Cooper	....	Mallot
Michael Babcock	....	Seedy Prisoner #4 (as Mike Babcock)
Owen Finnegan	....	Town Clerk
Ian McIntyre	....	Sailor
Vanessa Branch	....	Giselle
Sam Roberts	....	Crying Boy
Ben Roberts	....	Crying Boy
Martin Klebba	....	Marty
Félix Castro	....	Moises: Jack's Crew
Mike Haberecht	....	Kursar: Jack's Crew
Rudolph McColam	....	Matelot: Jack's Crew
Gerard J. Reyes	....	Tearlach: Jack's Crew (as Gerard Reyes)
M. Scott Shields	....	Duncan: Jack's Crew
Christopher Sullivan	....	Ladbroc: Jack's Crew (as Chris 'Sully' Sullivan)
Craig Thomson	....	Crimp: Jack's Crew
Fred Toft	....	Quartetto: Jack's Crew
D.P. FitzGerald	....	Weatherby: Barbossa's Crew
Jerry Gauny	....	Ketchum: Barbossa's Crew
Maxie J. Santillan Jr.	....	Maximo: Barbossa's Crew
Michael Earl Lane	....	Monk: Barbossa's Crew (as Michael Lane)
Tobias McKinney	....	Dog Ear: Barbossa's Crew
David Patykewich	....	Clubba: Barbossa's Crew
Tommy Schooler	....	Scarus: Barbossa's Crew
Michael A. Thompson	....	Simbakka: Barbossa's Crew
Michael W. Williams	....	Hawksmoor: Barbossa's Crew
Jose Zelaya	....	Katracho: Barbossa's Crew
Finneus Egan	....	Scratch: Barbossa's Crew
Don LaDaga	Pirate (uncredited)
Jordi Caballero	....	Pirate (uncredited)
Paul Cagney	....	Sailor (uncredited)
Brazil Joseph Grisaffi III	....	Marine (uncredited)

Produced by
Jerry Bruckheimer	....	producer
Paul Deason	....	executive producer
Bruce Hendricks	....	executive producer
Chad Oman	....	executive producer
Pat Sandston	....	associate producer
Mike Stenson	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Klaus Badelt
Ramin Djawadi		(additional music)
James Michael Dooley		(additional music) (as James Dooley)
Craig Eastman		(song "Pirates Musk")
Nick Glennie-Smith		(additional music)
Steve Jablonsky		(additional music)
James McKee Smith		(additional music)
Blake Neely		(additional music)
Geoff Zanelli		(additional music)

Non-Original Music by
George Bruns		(song "Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life for Me)")
Thomas Augustine Arne		(from "Rule Britannia") (uncredited)

Cinematography by
Dariusz Wolski		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Stephen E. Rivkin		(as Stephen Rivkin)
Arthur Schmidt
Craig Wood

Casting by
Jennifer Alessi
Ronna Kress

Production Design by
Brian Morris

Art Direction by
Derek R. Hill
James E. Tocci
Donald B. Woodruff

Set Decoration by
Larry Dias

Costume Design by
Penny Rose

Makeup Department
Jane Aull	....	makeup artist
Barney Burman	....	makeup artist
Greg Cannom	....	special makeup effects artist
Susan Carol Schwary	....	hair stylist
Hazel Catmull	....	hair stylist
Catherine Childers	....	hair stylist
Natasha Davies	....	hair stylist
David DeLeon	....	makeup artist
Leslie Devlin	....	makeup artist
Ken Diaz	....	makeup artist
David Dupuis	....	makeup artist
Kris Evans	....	makeup artist
Selena Evans-Miller	....	makeup artist
Romy Fleming	....	hair stylist
Nathan Franson	....	makeup effects technician
Kelcey Fry	....	special makeup effects artist
Charmaine Fuller	....	makeup artist: Caribbean unit
Toni G	....	makeup artist
Chris Gallaher	....	special makeup effects artist
Jane Galli	....	makeup artist
Rick Glassman	....	dental special effects: Johnny Depp (as Dr. Rick Glassman)
Joel Harlow	....	second makeup artist
Zoe Hay	....	makeup artist
Anne-Maree Hurley	....	makeup artist
John Kim	....	makeup effects technician: Captive Audience Productions
Mary Kim	....	makeup effects production supervisor: Captive Audience Productions Inc.
Marese Langan	....	makeup artist
Cammy R. Langer	....	hair stylist
Sarah Love	....	hair stylist: Caribbean crew
Lucia Mace	....	hair stylist
Geneva Nash Morgan	....	makeup artist
Ve Neill	....	makeup department head
Douglas Noe	....	third makeup artist
Josée Normand	....	hair stylist
Nina Paskowitz	....	hair stylist
Deborah Patino	....	makeup artist
Cristina Patterson	....	contact lens technician
Michele Payne	....	hair stylist
Yvette Perez	....	makeup artist
Michael Peterson	....	lab makeup effects
Joe Podner	....	makeup artist
Nikita Rae	....	makeup artist
Katherine Rees	....	hair stylist
Don Rutherford	....	makeup artist
Martin Samuel	....	chief hair stylist
Martin Samuel	....	hair designer
Maria Sandoval	....	assistant hair stylist
Brian Sipe	....	special makeup supervisor: Captive Audience Productions
Steven R. Soussanna	....	hair stylist
Nancy Tong	....	hair stylist
Keith VanderLaan	....	makeup effects creator/producer: Captive Audience Productions
Jay Wejebe	....	makeup artist
Art Anthony	....	special makeup effects artist (uncredited)
Gabriel De Cunto	....	special makeup effects artist (uncredited)
Mary Howd	....	hair stylist (uncredited)

Production Management
Paul Deason	....	unit production manager
Thomas Hayslip	....	production supervisor: Caribbean
Bruce Hendricks	....	unit production manager
Douglas C. Merrifield	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Steven F. Beaupre	....	assistant director
Gary Romolo Fiorelli	....	first assistant director second unit
Susan J. Hellmann	....	assistant director
Bruce Hendricks	....	second unit director
Peter Kohn	....	first assistant director
Lisa Mantoux	....	additional second assistant director
Darin Rivetti	....	first assistant director: second unit
Frederic Roth	....	second assistant director
Paul Schneider	....	second assistant director: second unit
Andrew Ward	....	second second assistant director
Alexander Witt	....	second unit director

set designer

Art Department
P. Scott Bailey	....	lead man
Julie Beattie Iiams	....	set dresser
Robert A. Blackburn	....	construction coordinator
Max E. Brehme	....	set dresser
Hugh Conlon	....	set foreman
Oscar Delgadillo	....	set dresser
Darrin Denlinger	....	storyboard artist
Monica Frommholz	....	set decorating coordinator
Hector M. Gonzalez	....	on-set dresser (as Héctor M. González)
L. David Gordon	....	drapery foreman
Will Grant	....	set dresser
Chris Grantz	....	second unit on-set dresser
Shannon Hart	....	buyer
Maureen Higgins	....	construction estimator
Grey Hill	....	sculptor
William Hiney	....	set designer
Mark Hitchler	....	set designer
Gregory S. Hooper	....
Charles Kern	....	painter
Teri Anne Kopp	....	assistant props
John Hammer Maxwell	....	on-set dresser
Richard N. McGuire	....	foreman
Carla S. Nemec	....	art department coordinator
Aimee O'Shea	....	props
Bert Rodriguez	....	propmaker
Tim Scheu	....	set dresser
Doug Sieck	....	set dresser
Domenic Silvestri	....	set designer
Charles Stewart	....	property master
Darrell L. Wight	....	set designer
Christopher Woodworth	....	scenic supervisor
Kon Iliov	....	foreman (uncredited)
Leslie Lawson	....	painter (uncredited)

Sound Department
Jon Ailetcher	....	music playback
Ulrika Akander	....	dialogue editor
Mike Anderson	....	utility sound
David A. Arnold	....	dialogue editor
Christopher Boyes	....	sound designer
Christopher Boyes	....	sound re-recording mixer
Christopher Boyes	....	supervising sound editor
Christopher Brooks	....	music editor
David E. Campbell	....	sound re-recording mixer
Colin Cooper	....	adr recordist
John T. Cucci	....	foley artist
Gloria D'Alessandro	....	dialogue editor
Valerie Davidson	....	foley editor
Teri E. Dorman	....	supervising dialogue editor
Ken Fischer	....	sound effects editor
Erik Flockoi	....	sound recordist
Nick Foley	....	adr recordist
Geoff Foster	....	score recording
Jessica Gallavan	....	adr supervisor
Peter Gleaves	....	adr mixer
David Holmes	....	boom operator: second unit
Ian Honeyman	....	technical score assistant
Kenneth Karman	....	music editor: temp music
Steve Kohler	....	dubbing recordist
Malcolm Luker	....	scoring mixer
Melissa Lytle	....	assistant sound editor
Alan Meyerson	....	music scoring mixer
Jo Mion	....	assistant sound editor
Melissa Muik	....	apprentice music editor
Timothy Nielsen	....	sound effects editor
Dan O'Connell	....	foley artist
Lee Orloff	....	production sound mixer
David Parker	....	sound re-recording mixer
Daniel Pinder	....	assistant music editor
Keith Rogers	....	additional sound mixer
Victoria Rose Sampson	....	sound editor
Larry Scharf	....	sound mixer
Solange S. Schwalbe	....	foley editor
Gregg Silk	....	assistant scoring engineer
Gregg Silk	....	protools operator
Karen Spangenberg	....	sound editor
Jeanette Surga	....	music editor
Ted Swanscott	....	adr mixer
Jacqueline Tager	....	assistant music editor: temp music
Addison Teague	....	sound effects editor
George Watters II	....	supervising sound editor
Dave Whitehead	....	sound effects recordist
Nick Wollage	....	additional engineering
Keenan Wyatt	....	sound technician
Hans Zimmer	....	music editor
Hans Zimmer	....	score producer
Aren Downie	....	assistant sound editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Donald T. Black	....	special effects technician
Danny Cangemi	....	special effects
Eugene Crum	....	special effects foreman
Michael Deak	....	special effects technician
Michael Del Rossa	....	special effects makeup
Ken Estes	....	special effects foreman
Terry D. Frazee	....	special effects coordinator
Don Hasting	....	special effects technician
Eric Hellie	....	special effects technician
Jay M. Hirsch	....	special effects technician
R.J. Hohman	....	special effects technician
Grady Holder	....	mold/technical department: K.N.B. EFX Group
Rod M. Janusch	....	special effects crew
Jim Jolly	....	special effects
Jeffrey Knott	....	special effects technician
Scott Lingard	....	special effects technician
Dave T. MacDonald	....	special effects
Ian C. McArthur	....	special effects technician
Gary Monak	....	special effects foreman
Rick Monak	....	special effects technician
Daniel P. Murphy	....	special effects technician
James Nagle	....	special effects
Michael O'Brien	....	mold/lab technician: Captive Audience Prod. Inc.
Joe Pancake	....	special effects foreman
Edward V. Pannozzo	....	special effects estimator
Samuel E. Price	....	special effects technician
Ron Rosegard	....	construction: welding
Kai Shelton	....	special effects technician
Keith Suzuki	....	special effects technician
Brian Van Dorn	....	effects technician
Brian Van Dorn	....	mold maker
Paul Vigil	....	special effects technician
Ray L. Wilkerson	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Lauren Abrams	....	modelmaker: ILM
Al Bailey	....	digital compositor (as Alan Bailey)
Charles Bailey	....	model supervisor: ILM
Michael Balog	....	lead digital cloth simulation artist: ILM
Travis Baumann	....	Inferno artist: CIS Hollywood
Dugan Beach	....	creature development lead: ILM
Joel Behrens	....	visual effects: Asylum
Don Bies	....	modelmaker: ILM
Minky Billups	....	digital effects artist
Duncan Blackman	....	matchmove artist
Stella Bogh	....	compositor: ILM
Kim Boyle	....	visual effects producer: CIS Hollywood
Timothy Brakensiek	....	creature technical director
Jill Brooks	....	visual effects producer
Jason Brown	....	technical director: ILM
Dhyana Brummel	....	digital cloth simulation artist: ILM
David C. Bryant	....	digital artist
David Bullock	....	research and development: ILM
Randy Cartwright	....	animator: ILM
John Cassella	....	CG artist: CIS Hollywood
Eric D. Christensen	....	digital artist: ILM
Paul Churchill	....	digital cloth simulation artist
Robbie Clot	....	stage technician: ILM
Brian Connor	....	digital compositor: ILM
Michael Conte	....	digital compositor: ILM
Catherine Craig	....	viewpaint artist
Gregory Creaser	....	digital timing supervisor
Lee Croft	....	digital paint and rotoscope artist: ILM
Sean C. Cunningham	....	digital artist: Gray Matter Effects
Sean Curran	....	animator: ILM
Karin Derlich	....	digital cloth simulation artist: ILM
Andrew Doucette	....	character animator: ILM
Nika Dunne	....	digital paint and roto artist: ILM
Travis Dutch	....	scanning and recording
Robert Edwards	....	modelmaker: ILM
Leigh Ann Fan	....	visual effects production coordinator
Jon Foreman	....	modelmaker: ILM
Christian Foucher	....	digital effects artist
Aidan Fraser	....	digital paint and roto artist: ILM
Jammie Friday	....	digital supervisor: Gray Matter FX
Joe Fulmer	....	stage technician: ILM
Gonzalo Garramuno	....	digital artist
Dawn Gates	....	digital roto/paint artist
Richard Gentner	....	digital imaging operator
Charles Gibson	....	visual effects consultant
Kimberly Headstrom	....	digital paint/rotoscope artist
Geoff Heron	....	stage/pyrotechnic supervisor: ILM
Neil Herzinger	....	sequence supervisor: ILM
Hal T. Hickel	....	animation supervisor
Shawn Hillier	....	compositor: ILM
Bryan Hirota	....	visual effects supervisor: CIS Hollywood
Sherry Hitch	....	digital compositor: ILM
Dennis Hoffman	....	visual effects producer
Simon Holden	....	Inferno artist: CIS Hollywood
Heather Hoyland	....	digital compositor: ILM
Jill E. Hughes	....	visual effects production assistant: ILM
Sarahjane Javelo	....	digital paint/rotoscope artist: ILM
Mike Jobe	....	modelmaker: ILM
Darren Jones	....	digital imaging engineer
Rimas Juchnevicius	....	digital compositor
Brad Kalinoski	....	compositor
Patrick Kavanaugh	....	digital compositor: CIS Hollywood
Patrick Keenan	....	digital artist: Pacific Title Digital
Stephen Kennedy	....	digital compositor
Amber Kirsch	....	visual effects production
Paul Kirwan	....	digital compositor
John Knoll	....	visual effects supervisor: ILM
Todd Krish	....	creature wrangler
Tim Landry	....	visual effects supervisor: BWVFX
Jessica Laszlo	....	digital compositor
Jennifer Law-Stump	....	digital effects artist: Pacific Title Digital
Jennifer Lee	....	digital intermediate
Gregory D. Liegey	....	digital effects supervisor: CIS Hollywood
Victoria Livingstone	....	senior character animator
Wayne Lo	....	visual effects conceptual designer
Bob Lyss	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
Sean MacKenzie	....	digital compositor: ILM
Margaux Mackay	....	visual effects supervising producer: Gray Matter FX
Robert Marinic	....	technical director
Gray Marshall	....	visual effects supervisor: Gray Matter
Marcel Martinez	....	compositor
Jake Maymudes	....	digital artist
Aaron McBride	....	art director
Vicky McCann	....	digital cloth simulation artist (as Vicky McCann Snyder)
Mark 'Crash' McCreery	....	creature designer
John McLeod	....	stage technician: ILM
Diana Miao	....	lead CG artist: CIS Hollywood
Carl Miller	....	visual effects photography: ILM
Wendy Morton	....	modelmaker: ILM
Michelle Motta	....	digital paint & rotoscope artist
Michael Muir	....	digital artist: ILM
Dave Murphy	....	modelmaker: ILM
Marc Nanjo	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
Timothy Naylor	....	creature technical director
Patrick Neary	....	technical director
Paula Nederman	....	visual effects coordinator
Ben Nichols	....	pyro
Brett Northcutt	....	digital matte artist
Marc Ostroff	....	visual effects accountant: ILM
Nicolas Popravka	....	research and development: ILM
Bob Powell	....	technical director: cloth simulation
Chris Putnam	....	technical support staff
Arkell Rasiah	....	research and development: ILM
Marta Recio	....	concept artist: CIS Hollywood
Gayle Reznik	....	visual effects producer: Gray Matter
Magali Rigaudias	....	digital character animator
Dennis Rogers	....	first assistant camera: ILM
Alan Rosenfeld	....	digital effects artist
Robert Rowles	....	digital artist
Chris Ryan	....	CG artist: CIS Hollywood
Juan-Luis Sanchez	....	lead digital clothing simulation artist: ILM
Gunther Schatz	....	digital visual effects artist
Durant Schoon	....	digital cloth simulation: ILM
Victor Schutz	....	technical director: lighting
P. Kevin Scott	....	animator: ILM
Wesley Sewell	....	visual effects editor
John Sigurdson	....	assistant technical director: ILM
Kim Smith	....	modelmaker: ILM
Jason H. Snell	....	matchmove supervisor
Brian Sorbo	....	digital compositor
Mary Stuart-Welch	....	visual effects executive producer: Digiscope
Russ Sueyoshi	....	digital compositor
Jeff Sutherland	....	digital compositor
Pat Sweeney	....	visual effects photography: ILM
Bridget M. Taylor	....	digital artist: Asylum VFX
Paul Theren	....	modeler
James D. Tittle	....	digital visual effects coordinator: Pacific Title
Alex Tropiec Jr.	....	sabre artist
Pat Tubach	....	digital compositor: ILM
Todd Vaziri	....	compositor: ILM
Eric Voegels	....	digital cloth simulation artist: ILM
Lauren Vogt	....	modelmaker: ILM
Danny Wagner	....	modelmaker: ILM
Dan Walker	....	trailer visual effects editor
Bob Wiatr	....	digital compositor: Pacific Title
Ronnie E. Williams Jr.	....	digital compositor
Ivy Williams	....	digital plate restoration
Jeff Wozniak	....	digital compositor: ILM
Susumu Yukuhiro	....	digital matte artist
Dean Yurke	....	digital artist