Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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[ken]

First movie in the franchise to portray that common pirate stereotype, the eye patch.

[kyle]

Hans Zimmer stated in an interview that he wrote the music for the films as if he was scoring a "biker movie", and that during the process, he substituted the ships for motorcycles in his mind when viewing the film.

[dustin]

According to Gore Verbinski, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) was a character-driven film and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) was a plot-driven film, so to make the whole saga work he wanted to make this third film a combination of both plot and character.

[lynn]

A "piece of eight" is a silver coin used as currency in eighteenth century Spain. In the film, the "piece of eight" is a relic that identifies a Captain as one of the nine Pirate Lord of the Brethren Court.

[harry]

This is the first "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie where Ragetti and Pintel actually have their names said.

[norma]

The animators completed the visual effects in five months.

[jeffrey]

In the novelization, there is no mention of the multiple Jacks trying to run the Black Pearl in Davy Jones' locker.

[clayton]

The sword that Will made for Commodore Norrington in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) has an interesting role throughout this one: Becket returns it to Norrington upon his assignment as Admiral. Norrington stabs Davy Jones with it, as his answer to Jones' question "Do you fear death?" Jones takes it ("Nice sword!") and uses it in the final battle. Sparrow knocks it from Jones' hand during the battle, to the deck of the Dutchman, where it is found by one of Beckett's soldiers. While admiring it, this soldier is killed by Jones, who takes it back, and later uses it to stab Will Turner through the heart. The sword is last seen in Will's chest as his father goes to remove his heart for the Dutchman's chest, but it has been rumored that when Will and the Dutchman return, Will has this sword at his waist, and this is the sword in the sand on the beach (along with Elizabeth's) at the end.

[clayton]

Keira Knightley has stated that she has never seen Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) and has no plans to do so.

[caroline]

At 2 hours and 49 minutes, it was the longest running Disney film until it was replaced by Avengers: Endgame (2019) at 3 hours and 1 minute.

[chad]

The Singapore city was constructed out of 40 buildings within a tank that was 24 meters (78.7 feet) long, 40 meters (131.2 feet) wide, and one meter (3.2 feet) deep. Not much is known, historically, about 18th century Singapore, so the filmmakers based the set design on Chinese and Malaysian cities of the same period, in an Expressionist style.

[kenneth]

In the locker, Jack Sparrow says, "We shall have a magnificent garden party, and you're not invited." In Alice in Wonderland (2010) and Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016), Johnny Depp played the Mad Hatter, a character known for his garden parties.

[richard]

The novelization mentions the pirate executions, but doesn't depict them like the film does.

[gerald]

Several times during the film, sugar cubes are seen being used when drinking tea. The plot assumes the currency of the East India Trading Company, which places the timescale pre-1858. Sugar cubes were invented in 1841 by Jakub Krystof Rad, and the depiction of their use in this film is therefore correct.

[duane]

At the end of the film, when Jack looks at the navigational charts, he reads about "Aqua de Vida" and "Ponce de León". These leads are picked up on in the main story line in the fourth film (Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)).

[linda]

The waterfall scene was filmed at Niagara Falls.

[jesus]

As all the shooting required in the Caribbean had been conducted in 2005, filming went on at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah and the Californian coast.

[ken]

The novelization calls Shipwreck Cove "Shipwreck Island" instead.

[oscar]

The series has a rather inconsistent naming concept in Germany: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) was named "Fluch der Karibik" (lit. "Caribbean's Curse"), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) was "Pirates of the Carribean - Fluch der Karibik 2" (although early posters showed the more literal "Fluch der Karibik - Die Truhe des Todes") and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) was "Pirates of the Carribean - Am Ende der Welt".