This swash-buckling tale follows the quest of Captain Jack Sparrow, a savvy pirate, and Will Turner, a resourceful blacksmith, as they search for Elizabeth Swann. Elizabeth, the daughter of the governor and the love of Will’s life, has been kidnapped by the feared Captain Barbossa. Little do they know, but the fierce and clever Barbossa…
Category: Period Films
Gods and Generals (2003)
Taglines: The nations heart was touched by…. The film centers on the life of Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson, the God-fearing and militarily brilliant yet eccentric Confederate general, from the outbreak of the American Civil War until its halfway point when Jackson, while on a night ride with his staff to plan the next day’s battle,…
Shanghai Knights (2003)
Taglines: A royal kick in the arse. Shanghai Knights is an action-comedy film. It is the sequel to Shanghai Noon. It was directed by David Dobkin and written by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar. In 1887, Chon Lin (Fann Wong) is drinking tea with her father (Kim Chan), the Keeper of the Imperial Seal of…
Big Fish (2003)
Taglines: An adventure as big as life itself. In the heartwarming film “Big Fish,” director Tim Burton (“Batman,” ‘Edward Scissorhands”) brings his inimitable imagination on a journey that delves deep into a fabled relationship between a father and his son. Edward Bloom (Finney) has always been a teller of tall-tales about his oversized life as…
Cold Mountain (2003)
1860s America — In a country torn in two by war, it will take an extraordinary journey for people to come together as one. This journey is at the heart of Cold Mountain, Charles Frazier’s National Book Award-winning novel about love, friendship, nature, survival and the changing of America at the end of the Civil…
Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)
Set in 17th century Holland, “Girl with a Pearl Earring” tells the imagined, intriguing and highly seductive story behind one of Vermeer’s greatest and most enigmatic paintings. Griet (Johansson), a tilemaker’s daughter, is forced by tragedy to become a maid for the master painter (Firth). Fascinated by his craft, she soon shows an aptitude for…