Films Directed by Gore Verbinski (Study Guide) - The Mexican, the Ring, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Paperback)

This is nonfiction commentary. Chapters: The Mexican, the Ring, Pirates of the Caribbean: at World's End, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Pirates of the Caribbean: the Curse of the Black Pearl, Mousehunt, the Weather Man. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 66. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End is a 2007 action-adventure fantasy film, the third film in the Pirates of the Caribbean series. The plot follows Will Turner, Elizabeth Swann and the crew of the Black Pearl rescuing Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp), from Davy Jones's Locker, and then preparing to fight the East India Trading Company, led by Cutler Beckett (Tom Hollander) and Davy Jones (Bill Nighy), who plan to extinguish piracy. Gore Verbinski directed the film, as he did with the previous two. It was shot in two shoots during 2005 and 2006, the former simultaneously with the preceding film, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. The film was released in English-speaking countries on May 24, 2007 after Disney decided to move the release date to a day earlier than originally planned. Critical reviews were mixed, but At World's End was a box office hit, becoming the most successful film of 2007, grossing approximately $960 million worldwide, and making it the second most successful in the series, behind Dead Man's Chest. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Makeup and the Academy Award for Visual Effects. A fourth installment, On Stranger Tides, is currently in development. To control the oceans, Lord Cutler Beckett (Tom Hollander) executes anyone associated with piracy. Beckett, who possesses Davy Jones' (Bill Nighy) heart, orders Jones to destroy all pirate ships. Condemned prisoners sing "Hoist the Colours" to compel the nine pirate lords comprising the Brethren Court to co...http: //booksllc.net/?id=1689394