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 Pirates of Penzance (film) The Pirates of Penzance (film) The Pirates of Penzance is a 1983 British-American romantic musical comedy film written and directed by Wilford Leach based on Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera of the same name. The film, starring Kevin Kline, Angela Lansbury, Linda Ronstadt, George Rose, and Rex Smith, is an adaptation of the 1980 Joseph Papp production of "Pirates". The original Broadway cast reprised their roles in the film, except that Lansbury replaced Estelle Parsons as Ruth. The minor roles used British actors miming to their Broadway counterparts. Choreography was by Graciela Daniele. It was produced by Papp and filmed