The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! of the title and listed several theories. One of them is that the British audience is more tolerant for the eccentricity of the British animators. Another is that the film makers did not want to challenge the United States viewers who do not accept the theory of evolution. He also developed his own explanation, in which he notes that the word "scientist" is rarely used in the Hollywood films due to it not being "cool," representing "the mad scientist or the dweeby nerd that dress funny, have no social skills, play video games, long for unattainable women." In January 2012,
Pirates (1986 film) seem real. Most films have a counterfeit quality to them." Despite the film's financial failure, it was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Costume Design. "Pirates" received a mostly negative to mixed critical reception and currently holds a 33% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 9 reviews. Pirates (1986 film) Pirates is a 1986 Franco-Tunisian adventure comedy film written by Gérard Brach, John Brownjohn, and Roman Polanski and directed by Polanski. It was screened out of competition at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival. The Atlantic Ocean, the year 1659. The infamous English pirate Thomas Bartholomew Red (Walter Matthau), known