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So You Want to Be a Pirate!

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  • 2012
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So You Want to Be a Pirate! (2012)
AnimationComedyFamilyShort

With the help of his trusted dodo Polly, the Pirate Captain presents fun-loving and hilarious tips and advice on pirating. Learn how to remember where you buried your treasure, the secrets o... Read allWith the help of his trusted dodo Polly, the Pirate Captain presents fun-loving and hilarious tips and advice on pirating. Learn how to remember where you buried your treasure, the secrets of navigating winds, get an inside look at pirate recruiting and even a PirateÂ's recipe fo... Read allWith the help of his trusted dodo Polly, the Pirate Captain presents fun-loving and hilarious tips and advice on pirating. Learn how to remember where you buried your treasure, the secrets of navigating winds, get an inside look at pirate recruiting and even a PirateÂ's recipe for a giant squid with lemon. Featuring special guests like Charles Darwin and the Pirate Ki... Read all

  • Director
    • Jay Grace
  • Writer
    • Gideon Defoe
  • Stars
    • Hugh Grant
    • Martin Freeman
    • David Tennant
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.5/10
    560
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Jay Grace
    • Writer
      • Gideon Defoe
    • Stars
      • Hugh Grant
      • Martin Freeman
      • David Tennant
    • 3User reviews
    • 1Critic review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Hugh Grant
    Hugh Grant
    • The Pirate Captain
    • (voice)
    Martin Freeman
    Martin Freeman
    • The Pirate with a Scarf
    • (voice)
    David Tennant
    David Tennant
    • Charles Darwin
    • (voice)
    Brian Blessed
    Brian Blessed
    • The Pirate King
    • (voice)
    Russell Tovey
    Russell Tovey
    • The Albino Pirate
    • (voice)
    Brendan Gleeson
    Brendan Gleeson
    • The Pirate with Gout
    • (voice)
    Sophie Laughton
    • Matilda
    • (voice)
    • …
    Ben Whitehead
    Ben Whitehead
    • Announcer
    • (voice)
    Randolph Matthews
    • The Pirate Who Likes Sunsets and Kittens
    • (voice)
    • Director
      • Jay Grace
    • Writer
      • Gideon Defoe
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    8mahojakotic

    My childhood favorite.

    I must say i have never seen the "full movie" but this short was and is really good i saw it back in circa 2014 when was a 8/9 year old boy and i was in love with this short i used to Watch it quite often with my grandma aswell who also liked it. This short is really well made beautiful looking and actually kind of funny. Music is really good i remember the last song was soooo catchy i loved that song seriously! This is definetly a nostalgic flick for me one that will always be in my heart. The DVD it came on also includes a trailer,making of and i believe other things aswell so it is worth buying on DVD despite the short being 18 minutes long. However seems like a user named "horst in translation" didnt like this film and that i respect but still he should understand that some people grew up with this and i did, and as a respectful response to him i have to say Thumbs up for this nostalgic flick.
    bob the moo

    Feels like it needed to be made for the DVD rather than being made from a good idea

    The trend with animated films since Pixar has been to produced short films with the same characters – either for a DVD release, to feature in cinemas with other films from the studio or in many cases, both. For many films this is a very welcome thing but not always and I must admit that for Pirates, as much as I liked the film, I didn't love it to the point where I was falling over myself for more. So having this short film on the DVD didn't do much for me other than make me curious.

    The film is in the style of a late night chat show where the Pirate Captain presents various pirate-related features and adverts; from cooking, beard-maintenance, the importance of treasure maps and other such topics are all covered here. The end result is an amusing short film but not one that really needed to be made other than the need for a short film to go with the film. This shows since it feels like a film in search of an idea rather than the other way around; the concept is decent enough but fragmented and as a result quite sporadic in terms of laughs. The voice cast has some good names in there as the film did but nobody is really used too well. Perhaps it didn't help that I wasn't massively in love with the main film, but to be this short film just felt like it needed to be made, not that it was really crying out to be.

    Amusing if you liked the film, but otherwise this is just a so-so short film despite the occasional decent laugh.

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    • Trivia
      Included as an extra on the DVD of Les Pirates ! Bons à rien, mauvais en tout (2012). It has the same characters and takes place after the movie.
    • Quotes

      The Pirate Captain: Good guess, but actually no.

    • Crazy credits
      There's a brief scene after the end credits.
    • Connections
      Featured in Animation Lookback: The Best of Stop Motion - Aardman (2014)

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • August 13, 2012 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Тож ти хочеш бути піратом!
    • Production companies
      • Aardman Animations
      • Sony Pictures Animation
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    • Runtime
      18 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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