Pirates (2005 film)
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| Directed by | Joone |
| Produced by | Samantha Lewis Joone |
| Starring | Jesse Jane Carmen Luvana Janine Teagan Presley Devon Jenaveve Jolie Evan Stone |
| Cinematography | Joone |
| Editing by | Joey Pulgadas |
| Release date(s) | 2005 |
| Running time | 129 min |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $ 1,000,000 |
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Pirates (also known as Pirates XXX) is a 2005 pornographic film produced by Digital Playground and Adam & Eve. It stars Jesse Jane, Carmen Luvana, Janine Lindemulder, Devon, Jenaveve Jolie, and Evan Stone. The film was directed by Joone and features many references to the 2003 film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.
The producer stated in an interview that Pirates was the most expensive pornographic film made to date,[1] with a reported budget of over 1 million U.S. dollars[2] and featuring unusually high production values for a pornographic film.
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[edit] Plot
In 1763, Captain Edward Reynolds (Evan Stone) is hunting pirates, or at least trying to do so. He does not consider himself a great commander, and neither do most of his crew. Only his first officer, Jules (Jesse Jane), believes in him. When they save a young woman named Isabella (Carmen Luvana) from drowning, she tells them that her husband's ship has been destroyed by the feared Captain Victor Stagnetti (Tommy Gunn) and his crew of cutthroat pirates.
Reynolds and his crew go hunting for Stagnetti, who tries to find a map that leads to a powerful secret on an island somewhere in the Caribbean Sea. Stagnetti finds the secret staff unlocked by Isabella's husband Manuel (Kris Slater).
After the crew escapes the spawn of darkness summoned by Stagnetti, their ship engages Stagnetti's in battle, ending Stagnetti's reign as a pirate.
[edit] Cast
- Jesse Jane as Jules
- Carmen Luvana as Isabella
- Janine Lindemulder as Serena
- Devon as Madelyn
- Teagan Presley as Christina
- Evan Stone as Captain Edward Reynolds
- Tommy Gunn as Captain Eric Victor Stagnetti
- Kris Slater as Manuel Valenzuela
- Austyn Moore as Angelina
- Jenaveve Jolie as the Pirate Dancer
- Steven St. Croix as Marco
- Nhan as Wu Chow
[edit] Production details
The production was shot using high definition digital video cameras and featured over 300 special effects shots.[3] It also included an original music score, later released on a separate Soundtrack CD, and was mastered in Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound. Some scenes were shot on a real life sailing ship, a St. Petersburg, Florida-based replica of the HMS Bounty.[4] The owners of the ship were not aware of the true nature of the film as they were advised that the film being made was a "Disney-type pirate film for families."[5]
Unusually, the film was only released in a three-disc DVD set (in standard digital video and high definition Windows Media format[6] with a special features disc) costing up to US$70. A cut, R-rated version of the film was released on DVD on July 11, 2006.[7] Digital Playground also released an Original Motion Picture Soundtrack CD, a rarity among adult video releases.
Pirates is also being released on Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD as one of the first high-definition adult releases on an optical disc format.
[edit] Sequel
Evan Stone reported on the extra DVD that there was going to be a sequel in which he would become a pirate. In January 2007 it was reported that a sequel will be produced, directed by Joone and entitled Pirates II. A first teaser trailer[8] was presented during the 2007 AVN Adult Entertainment Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada.[9]
In March 2008, Digital Playground announced that the sequel would star Belladonna along with Jesse Jane, Evan Stone and many characters from the first movie, and that it would be released in September 2008. Riley Steele, Shay Jordin and Gabriella Fox will star in the film as well, and this is fox's first major adult movie.[10]
[edit] Reviews
RogReviews called it "the most talked about adult movie of the year".[11]
[edit] Awards
AVN Awards: (record of 11 awards)
- Best Video Feature
- Best DVD
- Best Director - Video (Joone)
- Best Actress - Video (Janine)
- Best High-Definition Production
- Best All-Girl Sex Scene - Video (Janine and Jesse Jane)
- Best Special Effects
- Best Actor - Video (Evan Stone)
- Best Music
- Best Supporting Actor - Video (Tommy Gunn)
- Best On-Line Marketing Campaign
- Best Release (2005)
- Epic (2005)
Adult DVD Empire Awards:
- 2005 Editor's Choice
- 2005 Best Overall DVD
- 2005 Best DVD Menu Design
- 2005 Best DVD Video Quality
- 2005 Best DVD Audio Quality
- 2005 Viewer's Choice
[edit] Popular Culture
In the HBO television series Entourage a poster for Pirates can be seen in an X-rated store visited by the boys during episode 6 of season 3, "Three's Company".
[edit] Notes
- ^ Daniel McGinn (2005-11-28). Porn: XXX Blue, Spending Green. Newsweek. Retrieved on 2007-09-18.
- ^ 'Pirates' pic unbuckled. Variety (2005-09-14). Retrieved on 2007-09-19.
- ^ Steve Javors (2006-09-21). 'PIRATES' Opens Pennsylvania Film Festival. XBiz.com. Retrieved on 2007-08-02.
- ^ Charles Mandel (2007-07-13). Scandal-ridden Tall Ships arrive in Halifax harbour. National Post. Retrieved on 2007-12-21.
- ^ Famed ship sails in skin flick. Halifax Chronicle-Herald (2007-05-14). Archived from the original on 2007-05-14. Retrieved on 2007-12-10.
- ^ Michael Blacky Ritter (2006-02-05). Pirates XXX WMV-HD-DVD. HDTVTotal.com. Retrieved on 2007-10-17.
- ^ David McCutcheon (2006-05-23). Adult Film Pirates Sails Home With R Rating. IGN.com. Retrieved on 2007-08-02.
- ^ Digital Playground's Pirates 2 Teaser
- ^ Bob Preston (2007-01-31). Digital Playground Releases 'PIRATES II' Teaser. XBiz.com. Retrieved on 2007-08-02.
- ^ Digital Playground (2008-03-06). DIGITAL PLAYGROUND ANNOUNCES BELLADONNA TO STAR IN "PIRATES II: STAGNETTI'S REVENGE". Retrieved on 2008-05-31.
- ^ DVD Review Pirates (English). RogReviews.com (July 2005). Retrieved on 2007-08-02.
