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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)

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• So locations wouldn't have to be revisited by the crew, some scenes were filmed during the filming of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006).
  
  
• The character, Tai Huang, the leader of Captain Sao Feng's crew was played by actor Reggie Lee. This was not Reggie's first role in the 'Pirates' trilogy, however. He was first seen as "Headless", the cone-shell headed member of Davy Jones' crew in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006). Best remembered as the pirate/creature whose head is knocked off by a coconut thrown by Jack Sparrow. After which we see the decapitated head trying to direct it's body around by telling it which way to "look". "Headless" makes a short appearance in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) during the Maelstrom battle scene; Jack shoots the chest out of Davy Jones' hand. The chest then falls on "Headless's" head, and he stumbles backwards and falls overboard. This places both of Reggie Lee's characters on two different ships that are both present at the final battle.
  
  
• They started filming without a finished script.
  
  

• Keith Richards agreed to appear as Jack Sparrow's father and the keeper of the pirate code. He had been pursued for an appearance since the first installment of the series.
  
  
• The crew built a sixty foot replica of the front half of the Black Pearl on the back of a semi trailer in the salt flats of Utah for a shoot with the Shadow of the Pearl. The shoot was scheduled for 19 days, it took 4.
  
  
• The cast and crew filmed off of the coast of Southern California in the South Bay Area around the last week of August 2006. The Black Pearl could be seen sailing to and from port from the Palos Verdes Estates and Redondo Beach pier. The stars of the film would take time off from shooting to meet fans and sign autographs.
  
  
• The series has a rather inconsistent naming concept in Germany: The first film was named "Fluch der Karibik" (lit. "Caribbean's Curse"), the second "Pirates of the Carribean - Fluch der Karibik 2" (although early posters showed the more literal "Fluch der Karibik - Die Truhe des Todes") and this one "Pirates of the Carribean - Am Ende der Welt".
  
  
• Release prints were delivered to theaters with the fake title "Rummy 3".
  
  
• Has the second highest box-office weekend opening ever at the time of its release (behind Spider-Man 3 (2007)).
  
  
• Set the record for opening in the most theaters with 4,362. Former record holder was Spider-Man 3 (2007). The record was then broken by The Dark Knight (2008).
  
  
• The scene in which Barbossa, Elizabeth, and Jack confront the representatives of the East India Company just prior to the ship battle is an homage to the "spaghetti western" style of director Sergio Leone, particularly in the gradual approach and use of alternating extreme closeups of the characters' faces, as well as the choice of music, which is reminiscent of the Harmonica theme from C'era una volta il West (1968).
  
  
• The character of the pirate lord Mistress Ching is likely inspired by the real-life Chinese pirate Cheng I Sao (or Ching Yih Saou), who controlled the South China Sea with her large pirate fleet in the early 1800s.
  
  
• The scene in which Jack the Monkey is shivering was accomplished by the concerted efforts of the special effects and animal training departments. The effects guys made a small wooden barrel with a vibrating plate on top. The animal trainers taught the monkey to sit with her arms crossed on the plate.
  
  
• There was an actual council of pirates at one time in history.
  
  
• When the pirates bring out the book of the Pirate Code, Ragetti says they are the rules first set down by "Morgan and Bartholomew." This is a reference to the great pirates Henry Morgan and Bartholomew "Black Bart" Roberts. Henry Morgan was a pirate renowned in his day for the taking and sacking of several supposedly impenetrable treasure towns, including Portobello, which was the Fort Knox of its day. Roberts, though less famous, was on a par with Blackbeard and Captain Kidd for successful ventures, and known for his fondness for fine clothes and jewelry (thus serving as an archetype of the pirate image popular today); he was also one of the first known pirates to develop a code of honour to be followed by his crew on pain of death. The Pirate Code referenced throughout the trilogy features some of the precepts from this article. However, as Roberts was just six years old when Morgan died, the likelihood of their having been acquainted is somewhat small.
  
  
• Captain Barbossa can be seen wearing an Eagle Scout ring in several sequences. This ring signifies that some one in Boy Scouts has earned the highest rank known as Eagle.
  
  
• The flags hoisted by the pirate fleet are based on actual flags of real-world pirates. We see (in no particular order) the flags of: Christopher Moody (red flag with a winged chalice, arm & knife, and skull on crossbones), Thomas Tew (an arm with a cutlass), De Vranck (a man clubbing a skull & crossbones), Bartholomew "Black Bart" Roberts (a man dancing with a skeleton who holds a spear), and Edward Low (a red skeleton). The flag hoisted by the Black Pearl is that of John "Calico Jack" Rackham (a skull and crossed cutlasses).
  
  
• This is the first ‘Pirates’ movie where Ragetti and Pintel actually have their names said.
  
  
• Is the only one of the three movies to portray that common pirate stereotype; the eye patch.
  
  
• In Italy, the first movie was named "La maledizione della prima luna" (meaning "Curse of the First Moon"). The second taking partially the original brand was named "Pirati dei Caraibi: la maledizione del forziere fantasma" (meaning "Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the ghost Chest"). The third movie finally translated correctly "Pirati dei Caraibi: ai confini del mondo".
  
  
• WILHELM SCREAM: During the battle in the maelstrom one is heard during an explosion.
  
  
• WILHELM SCREAM: Heard in the Singapore battle when the fireworks shack explodes
  
  
• The Jolly Roger Jack flies from his dinghy at the end of the film is a variation on the one flown by historical pirate Henry Every.
  
  
• The Green Flash is a real but very rare optical phenomenon during sunrise or sunset that is best observed at sea. It is caused by the refraction of light in the atmosphere, amplified by a mirage.
  
  
• The name "Barbossa" might have been derived from the real Turkish pirate "Barbarossa". Barbarossa, also known as "Redbeard" was once a pirate in the Aegean and the Mediterranean seas before he became a fleet admiral of the Ottoman Empire navy.
  
  
• When the screen goes black as the crew fall over World's End, the ghostly music and voices heard are directly from the Disneyland ride. Most noticeable is Paul Frees' voice of the skull and crossbones that infamously warns passengers "Dead men tell no tales!"
  
  
• The film is the first in the series in which Capt. Barbossa's first name, Hector, is said. Interestingly, the writers did not initially plan on giving the character a first name: on the commentary for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), Johnny Depp jokingly said that Barbossa's name was Hector; this comment was misinterpreted by fans to be the character's actual name, and thus left the writers to feel that they had no choice but to include it in the series.
  
  
• Jack the Monkey was played by two monkeys - Chiquita and Pablo who replace the two monkeys from the first film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003). Tara and Levi played the part of "Jack the Monkey" in the first Pirates film.
  
  
• The Black Pearl itself, while docked in San Pedro Harbor, was used to film an ad for the movie and a contest called "Party on the Pearl". Using some of the movie's cast, the ad starred Martin Klebba, Spencer the monkey, David Blue and Jeremiah Hu.
  
  
• During Jack Sparrow's monologue to the pirate council, he is heard to remark "Res ipsa loquitur", a term used frequently in the writings of the late Hunter S. Thompson, a close friend of Johnny Depp.
  
  
• Jack Sparrow, Johnny Depp's character, waits a whole 33 minutes before making his on-screen entrance.
  
  
• Hans Zimmer stated in an interview that he wrote the music for the films as if he was scoring a "biker movie", and that during the process he substituted the ships for motorcycles in his mind when viewing the film.
  
  

• SPOILER: At the end of the film, Barbossa suggests to his crew that they go looking for the Fountain of Youth, but is prevented from doing so since the relevant portion of the map has been stolen. Next we see Jack Sparrow, in his dinghy, turning the rings of the map to form a chalice and the location of the Fountain of Youth marked by an X. The X marks Florida, where ironically, Captain Jack Sparrow lives to this day at Disney World. Another reason why it marks Florida is because St. Augustine, Florida (the nation's oldest city) is the host city to what Spanish explorers (specifically Juan Ponce de Leon) believed to be the Fountain of Youth. Tourists still visit the site to this day.
  
  
• SPOILER: In the scene toward the end back at Tortuga when Jack figures out that Barbossa stole his ship and gets slapped by the two women, Scarlet and Giselle, look at Jack’s waist. He has his "mum" tied around his belt (the shrunken head).
  
  

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