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Sir Michael Caine appeared in [Jaws: The Revenge](/category/4334/Jaws-the-revenge) (1987), the third sequel to Peter Benchley's Jaws (1975), giving Caine two appearances in Benchley-related movies, both of which were "paycheck movies".
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This movie featured the most famous of all pirate flags, the Jolly Roger, which was said to have been first flown by French pirate Emanuel Wynne during the eighteenth century.
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One of thirteen productions from 1980, in which Ennio Morricone was credited as Composer.
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Second adaptation of a Peter Benchley novel involving pirates. The first had been The Deep (1977).
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Only received its first DVD release in the U.K. in 2014.
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Producers Richard Zanuck and David Brown reputedly paid 2.16 million dollars for the movie rights.
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This movie was the second sea-related movie that Sir Michael Caine made in back-to-back consecutive years, the first being Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979).
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The German import DVD has a Super-8 version (German language only) as a special feature on the disc.
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Despite this movie's initial poor showing at the box-office, it has since developed a cult following.
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The movie was nominated for two Razzie Awards at the inaugural Golden Raspberry Awards in 1981, for Worst Actor (Sir Michael Caine) and Worst Director (Michael Ritchie).
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This movie was the second adaptation from a Benchley novel, made by Jaws (1975) Producers David Brown and Richard D. Zanuck, that movie having been the first. That movie had been a box-office hit, but this one was a box-office flop. This was the third and final Benchley-related movie that Zanuck and Brown produced, as the pair had previously also made Jaws 2 (1978).
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Very early on in the development stages, Steven Spielberg was asked to direct, but he turned down so he could direct 1941 (1979) instead.
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As of 2020, this is the final (theatrical) movie adaptation of a Peter Benchley story.
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Frank Middlemass (Dr. Windsor) was disappointed with the finished movie.
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The disappearances of vessels occur in The Bermuda Triangle. When this movie was made and released, the topic of the real-life disappearances in The Bermuda Triangle was of high topical interest during the mid to late 1970s. Other movies of the period which treated The Bermuda Triangle in their storylines included Airport '77 (1977); The Bermuda Triangle (1978); Beyond The Bermuda Triangle (1975), and Mystery in The Bermuda Triangle (1979), as well as the documentary Secrets of The Bermuda Triangle (1978).
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When buying a handgun, Blair Maynard (Sir Michael Caine) says to the store owner "I was in Korea." In real-life, Caine served in the British Army during the Korean War.
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One of two movies released in 1980 that were directed by Michael Ritchie. The other being the concert movie Divine Madness (1980).
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The name of the leisure craft seen in the beginning of this movie was called "The Lady", while the name of the three-masted schooner was the "St. Croix".
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As the island setting of this movie is a secluded uncharted island off the coast of Florida in the Carribean Sea, this makes the modern day buccaneers in this movie literally "Pirates of the Carribean".
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