Pirates (1986 film)
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| Directed by | Roman Polanski |
| Written by | Gérard Brach John Brownjohn Roman Polanski |
| Produced by | Tarak Ben Ammar |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Witold Sobocinski |
| Edited by | Hervé de Luze William Reynolds |
| Music by | Philippe Sarde |
Production companies | Cathargo Films Accent-Cominco |
| Distributed by | Cannon Film Distributing (US) |
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Running time | 112 minutes |
| Countries | France Tunisia Poland |
| Languages | English French Spanish |
| Budget | $40 million |
| Box office | $1,641,825 (US) $6,341,825 (Worldwide) |
Pirates is a 1986 adventure comedy film written by Gérard Brach, John Brownjohn and Roman Polanski, and directed by Polanski. It was inspired by Polanski's love of classic pirate films, as well as Disneyland's Pirates of the Caribbean attraction. Polanski began planning the film in 1976 as a follow-up to Chinatown, but production was delayed several times due to lack of funding and Polanski's fleeing the United States to avoid sentencing for his confessed rape of a minor.
It was screened out of competition at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival, and was a box-office bomb, although the costume design was nominated for an Academy Award.