pirates of the caribbean at world's end was made on june 28, 2003.
pirates of the caribbean at world's end was made on june 28, 2003.
when was pirates of the caribbean at world's end made?
june 28, 2003
pirates of the caribbean: at world's end is a 2007 american epic fantasy swashbuckler film directed by gore verbinski, the third installment in the "pirates of the caribbean" film series and the sequel to "" (2006). the plot follows will turner, elizabeth swann, hector barbossa, and the crew of the "black pearl" rescuing captain jack sparrow from davy jones' locker, then preparing to fight the east india trading company, led by cutler beckett, who controls davy jones and plans to extinguish piracy forever. it is the last film in the series to be directed by verbinski. it was filmed in two shoots during 2005 and 2006, the former simultaneously with "dead man's chest". with an estimated production budget of $300 million, "pirates of the caribbean: at world's end" was the most expensive film ever made at the time of its release, even after adjusting for inflation. it is currently the fifth most expensive film ever made.
pirates of the caribbean: at world's end
due to a high degree of tension among the colonial powers, most of the ships stationed in the caribbean were more concerned with engaging each other than they were with engaging the pirates of the time. however, this same time period saw a resurgence of piracy in the caribbean due to the growth of the slave trade. pirates saw the slave trade as a new lucrative source of income. they could easily capture a crew and ransom the valuable slaves that were their cargo. as the piracy increasingly interfered with the lucrative slave trade come from the caribbean, colonial powers had a changing attitude towards piracy. military presence had been growing in caribbean waters for some time, but now the royal navy especially was more concerned with the growing issue of slavery, increasing the number of ships dedicated to policing slavery from two in 1670 to twenty-four by 1700. despite increasing military power, piracy saw a brief resurgence between the end of the war of the spanish succession in 1713 and around 1720, as many unemployed seafarers took to piracy as a way to make ends meet when a surplus of sailors after the war led to a decline in wages and working conditions. at the same time, one of the terms of the treaty of utrecht that ended the war gave to great britain's royal african company and other british slavers a thirty-year asiento, or contract, to furnish african slaves to the spanish colonies, providing british merchants and smugglers potential inroads into the traditionally closed spanish markets in america and leading to an economic revival for the whole region. this revived caribbean trade provided rich new pickings for a wave of piracy. also contributing to the increase of caribbean piracy at this time was spain's breakup of the english logwood settlement at campeche and the attractions of a freshly sunken silver fleet off the southern bahamas in 1715. this last large resurgence of piracy saw a change in attitude of the colonial powers towards piracy. it had once been seen as a somewhat minor offense only punishable if suspects and evidence were taken back to europe for formal proceedings. now, the english parliament set the system of courts of vice-admiralty, appointing seven commissioners in the colonies to carry out the legal proceedings. these commissioners were chosen from naval and colonial officers who already contained a certain amount of bias towards the local pirates, instead of civilian judges. pirates were given no representation in the new courts and were, therefore, often sentenced to hang. between 1716 and 1726 approximately 400 to 600 pirates were executed. another major attitude change was the policy that if one's ship was attacked by pirates, then one must fight back and attempt to resist to the capture of their ship lest they receive six months imprisonment.
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