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
The Beautiful Adventure (1942 film) The Beautiful Adventure (1942 film) The Beautiful Adventure (French: La Belle aventure) is a 1942 French romantic comedy film directed by Marc Allégret and starring Claude Dauphin, Micheline Presle and Louis Jourdan. It is based on a play by Gaston Arman de Caillavet, Robert de Flers and Étienne Rey. The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul Bertrand. On her wedding day, a young brie takes off with her cousin, whom she has always been in love with. The film was shot in September–October 1942 in Nice. However it was not released until after the Liberation of France