The Pirates! The Pirates! The Pirates! is a series of five comedy books following a group of pirates on their adventures. It is written by British author Gideon Defoe and was published starting in 2004 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. The fifth book "The Pirates! in an Adventure with the Romantics" was released in 2012, and was published by Bloomsbury Publishing. Aardman Animations in partnership with Sony Pictures Animation loosely adapted "The Pirates! in an Adventure with Scientists " into a 3D stop-motion animated film internationally titled "The Pirates! Band of Misfits". Released on 28 March 2012, and directed by Peter Lord, the
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates Davy Crockett and the River Pirates Davy Crockett and the River Pirates is a 1956 adventure film produced by Walt Disney Productions. It is an edited compilation of the last two episodes of the "Davy Crockett" television miniseries, "Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race" and "Davy Crockett and the River Pirates", starring Fess Parker as Davy Crockett. The film was shot in Cave-In-Rock, Illinois. It is a prequel to "Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier", which consists of the previous three episodes of the "Davy Crockett" series. Tennessee frontiersman Davy Crockett and his best friend Georgie Russell are transporting pelts to