Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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[janice]

In the novelization for Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007), Elizabeth lost some respect for Norrington after he gave the heart of Davy Jones to Lord Cutler Beckett to regain his standing in the Navy, but he never stopped loving her, despite her love of the pirate's life.

[melinda]

The crew had four tall ships at their disposal, to populate the backgrounds, which were painted differently on each side for economy.

[toni]

A popular pirate punishment was marooning. The pirate who was being punished was put on an island and left, sometimes for a few days, sometimes permanently. The "dead man's chest" is a small rocky island, so-called, because the rocks reminded pirates of a ribcage. It has no water or shade, and is so low, that waves frequently wash over it. To be marooned on the "chest" was to be given a death sentence under the broiling Caribbean sun.

[kenneth]

The writers considered using the Fountain of Youth as a plot device. It was later used in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011).

[leo]

Filming on Grand Bahama Island was a tumultuous period, starting with the fact that the tank had not actually been finished. Hurricane season caused many pauses in shooting, and Hurricane Wilma damaged many of the accessways and pumps, though no one was hurt, nor were any of the ships destroyed.

[duane]

This is the first film to feature Disney's new logo, a computer-generated model of the Magic Kingdom, replacing the blue and white silhouette.

[wallace]

The ship, The Black Pearl, was built in Bayou La Batre, Alabama, at Steiner Shipyard, just a couple of blocks from Bayou La Batre City Hall.

[manuel]

Martin Landau was considered for the role of Davy Jones.

[kenneth]

Rolling Stone Keith Richards was set to make a cameo appearance as the father of Captain Jack Sparrow, but Richards had to pull out of the project, due to his commitment with The Rolling Stones world tour. Johnny Depp had previously said that his performance as Jack Sparrow was based on Richards. Keith makes a cameo appearance in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007).

[wallace]

Maccus (Dermot Keaney) the first mate on the Flying Dutchman is Celtic for 'hammer' regarding his hammerhead like appearance.

[kylie]

The Kraken was the last of its kind, according to Greek myth.

[jesse]

In June 2006, the "Flying Dutchman" set ship was towed to Castaway Cay, Disney Cruise Line's private island, where it was displayed in promotion release of the movies.

[ruby]

This movie contains three actors from Game of Thrones (2011), including Jonathan Pryce (High Sparrow), Mackenzie Crook (Orell), and Andy Beckwith (Rorge).

[wallace]

(at around 18 mins) The two sailors quarreling over Jack's hat on the boat, which is then sunk by the Kraken, are from Cyprus. The sailor on the left is Turkish-Cypriot while the other on the right is Greek-Cypriot, and speaks the Greek-Cypriot dialect.

[camila]

Second short appearance in a Pirate movie for French Comedian Georges Trillat. Georges appeared in Pirates (1986).

[manuel]

Keira Knightley had to wear hair extensions, because she had cut her hair short for her role in Domino (2005).

[sylvia]

Shooting in Dominica proved problematic. The government were completely unprepared for the scale of a Hollywood production, as while the five hundred-strong crew occupying around ninety percent of the roads on the island, they had trouble moving around on the underdeveloped surfaces. The weather also alternated between torrential rainstorms, and hot temperatures, the latter of which was made worse for the cast, who had to wear period clothing.

[elmer]

Release prints were delivered to theaters with the fake title "Rummy 2".

[tom]

Jack the Monkey was played by two monkeys - Chiquita and Pablo, who replace the two monkeys from the first film. Tara and Levi played the part of "Jack the Monkey" in the first film.