Taking Hugh for Granted

The Pirates! Band of Misfits

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Ahoy there Hugh Grant fans! Come walk the plank with Oscar and Diggory as they strike gold in this treasure chest of a film, The Pirates! Band of Misfits (Peter Lord, 2012). 

A Pirate Captain (voiced by Hugh Grant) sets out on a mission to defeat his rivals Peg Leg Hastings (voiced by Lenny Henry), Cutlass Liz (voiced by Salma Hayek) and Black Bellamy (voiced by Jeremy Piven) for the Pirate of the Year Award. The quest takes the Pirate Captain and his crew from the shores of Blood Island to the foggy streets of Victorian London where a pirate-hating Queen Victoria (voiced by Imelda Staunton) vows to put the crew at the bottom of the ocean. With the help of Charles Darwin (voiced by David Tennant) and a special flightless friend, find out whether the Pirate Captain's daring bid to rule the seven seas is successful or not.......Arrrrr!

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For those of you that want to skip disclaimers, opening theme tunes, salutations, synopses and go straight to the film analysis, head to 3:37.