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Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead man's chest - Johnny Depp, Kiera Knightly, Orlando Bloom, Gore Verbinski

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Movie propaganda

Johnny Depp returns as Captain Jack Sparrow and is caught in yet another tangled web of supernatural intrigue. It turns out, Captain Jack owes a blood debt to the legendary Davey Jones (Bill Nighy), ruler of the ocean depths and captain of the ghostly Flying Dutchman. If Jack can't figure a crafty way out of this one, he'll be cursed to an afterlife of eternal servitude and damnation. And as if that weren't enough, Captain Jack's problems throw a huge wrench into the wedding plans of the blissful Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley), who quickly find themselves thrust into Jack's misadventures.

Theatrical propaganda posters

Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead man's chest image

Target demographic movie keyword propaganda

Film adventure pirate swashbuckling ship sword fight action sail sea treasure

Persons of interest

Johnny Depp .... Captain Jack Sparrow
Orlando Bloom .... Will Turner
Lee Arenberg .... Pintel
Peter Donald Badalamenti II .... Penrod
Max Baker .... Burser
Andy Beckwith .... Clacker
Vanessa Branch .... Giselle
Mackenzie Crook .... Ragetti
Jack Davenport .... Commodore James Norrington
Buddy Dolan .... Henge
Sammi Hanratty .... Cora Sparrow
Naomie Harris .... Tia Dalma
Martin Klebba .... Marty
Keira Knightley .... Elizabeth Swann
Lauren Maher .... Scarlett
Barry McEvoy .... Fitzgerald
Kevin McNally .... Joshamee Gibbs
Bill Nighy .... Davey Jones
Alex Norton .... Captain Bellamy
Derrick O'Connor .... Old Ben Gunn
Jonathan Pryce .... Governor Weatherby Swann
Geoffrey Rush .... Captain Barbossa
San Shella .... Leach
Stellan Skarsgård .... "Bootstrap" Bill Turner
Ho-Kwan Tse .... Ho Kwan
Ted Elliott .... Screenwriter
Terry Rossio .... Screenwriter
Gore Verbinski .... Director

Cinematic intelligence sources

Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead man's chest official movie site
Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead man's chest film production notes
Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead man's chest QuickTime movie trailers
Awards and film festivals:

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS - Oscars) 2007: Won: Visual effects; Nominated: Art direction, Sound editing, Sound mixing
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) 2007: Won: Achievement in Special Visual Effects (John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson, Allen Hall); Nominated: Production Design (Rick Heinrichs, Cheryl A Carasik), Costume Design (Penny Rose), Sound (Christopher Boyes, George Watters II, Paul Massey, Lee Orloff), Make-up & Hair (Ve Neill, Martin Samuel)
Hollywood Foreign Press Association (Golden Globes) 2006: Nominated: Best Actor In A Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical (Johnny Depp)
MTV Movie Awards 2007: Won: Best Movie, Best Performance (Johnny Depp); Nominated: Best Performance (Keira Knightley), Best Villain (Bill Nighy)

See also Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl, Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At world's end, Pirates of the Caribbean 4: On stranger tides
Studios and distributors:

Buena Vista International

Intelligence analyst

Special Agent Matti

Theatrical report

Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum!

Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead man's chest is a ride-and-a-half of swords, monsters, action, intrigue, sailing ships, swashbuckling and derring-do. It's one of the few Hollywood sequels that is as good as its originator. Jonny Depp is the Pirate Queen from Hell, Orlando Bloom is the dashing hero and Keira Knightly is the feisty heroine. The boats! The fights! The cannibals! Woo hoo!

And that isn't even mentioning the CGI: it's damned near seamless.

Climb on board for the ride of yer life, me hearties!

[BTW: "Caribbean" rhymes with "Namibian" - Director of Intelligence.]