Pirates (porn film)
Encyclopedia
Pirates is an adult action-adventure
film produced by Digital Playground
and Adam & Eve
. Released in 2005, it stars Jesse Jane
, Carmen Luvana
, Janine Lindemulder
, Devon
, Jenaveve Jolie
, Teagan Presley, and Evan Stone
. The film was directed by Joone
and features many references to the mainstream Hollywood film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
.
The producer stated in an interview that Pirates was the most expensive pornographic film made to date, with a reported budget of up to 1 million U.S. dollars
and featuring unusually high production values for a pornographic film.
, or at least trying to do so. He does not consider himself a great commander, and neither does most of his crew. Only his first officer Jules believes in him. When they save a young woman named Isabella from drowning, she tells them that her husband's ship has been destroyed by the feared Captain Victor Stagnetti and his crew of cutthroat pirates.
Reynolds and his crew go hunting for Stagnetti, who tries to find a map that leads to a powerful secret on an island somewhere in the Caribbean Sea. Stagnetti finds the secret "staff" unlocked by Isabella's husband Manuel.
After the crew escapes the spawn of darkness summoned by Stagnetti, their ship engages Stagnetti's in battle, ending Stagnetti's reign as a pirate.
The New York Times described the film as "a relatively high-budget story of a group of ragtag sailors who go searching for a crew of evil pirates who have a plan for world domination. Also, many of the characters in the movie have sex with one another."
5.1 surround sound
. Several scenes were shot on board the Bounty II
, a replica of the HMS Bounty
, in St. Petersburg, Florida
. The owners of the ship were not aware of the true nature of the film as they were advised that the film being made was a "Disney-type pirate film for families", a mistaken notion that would continue in video stores after its release.
The film was initially released as a three-disc DVD
set (the movie on a standard video DVD, the movie again in a high definition Windows Media
format, and a special features disc) priced as high as $70. An R-rated version of the film was released on DVD on July 11, 2006. Digital Playground also released an Original Motion Picture Soundtrack CD, a rarity among adult video releases.
The film was also released on Blu-ray Disc
and HD DVD
as one of the first high-definition
adult releases on an optical disc
format.
was presented during the 2007 AVN Adult Entertainment Expo
in Las Vegas
, Nevada
.
In March 2008, Digital Playground announced that the sequel would star Belladonna
along with Jesse Jane, Evan Stone and many other performers from the first movie, and that it would be released in September 2008.
The second movie was released on September 26, 2008 under the title Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge
.
The film set a record by winning 11 AVN Awards
.
XRCO awards
:
Adult DVD Empire Awards:
Action film
Action film is a film genre where one or more heroes is thrust into a series of challenges that require physical feats, extended fights and frenetic chases...
film produced by Digital Playground
Digital Playground
thumb|right|250px|Digital Playground's 2010 Contract Girls at the [[AVN Adult Entertainment Expo]] at the [[Sands Expo]], [[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]] on January 7, 2010...
and Adam & Eve
Adam & Eve (business)
Adam & Eve is a marketer of adult products that sells sex toys and produces pornographic films, as well as funding non-profit social marketing organizations that address issues such as population growth, disease control and sex education in developing countries. In 2006 it was described by Reuters...
. Released in 2005, it stars Jesse Jane
Jesse Jane
Jesse Jane is an American pornographic actress and model.-Early life:Jane was a military brat who grew up on various military bases in the Midwestern United States. She did extensive dance training and was a varsity cheerleader at her high school in Rose Hill, Kansas...
, Carmen Luvana
Carmen Luvana
Carmen Luvana is the stage name of a former American pornographic actress.- Biography :Born in Brooklyn, New York on 23 August 1981, Luvana's family moved to Puerto Rico when she was five. She moved to Miami, Florida, at the age of 18 and got her start as a dancer in Miami strip clubs.Luvana...
, Janine Lindemulder
Janine Lindemulder
Janine Marie Lindemulder , also known as Janine Marie James, is an American exotic dancer and adult film actress, best known for her work in American pornographic films during the mid-1990s and a 2004–2005 comeback...
, Devon
Devon (porn star)
Devon is an American pornographic actress.-Porn and acting career:Devon was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania.She began her career at age 19 as a stripper at Al's Diamond Cabaret in Reading, Pennsylvania. As a young girl, her dream was to become a gymnast...
, Jenaveve Jolie
Jenaveve Jolie
Jenaveve Jolie is an American pornographic actress, nude model and exotic dancer. She is also known as Jenaveve Joli or Jenevieve.She worked as a waitress at a steak house, before beginning her adult film career in around 2004...
, Teagan Presley, and Evan Stone
Evan Stone
Evan Stone is an American pornographic actor. In 2002 he married Jessica Drake whom he has since divorced.Stone's occasional work outside the pornography industry includes his role as "Jimmy" in the 2007 original series The Lair...
. The film was directed by Joone
Joone (director)
Ali Joone is the founder and half-owner of the American pornographic movie studio Digital Playground.-Career:Joone founded the Digital Playground company in 1993, initially making adult CD-ROM computer games....
and features many references to the mainstream Hollywood film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl is a 2003 adventure fantasy film based on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disney theme parks. It was directed by Gore Verbinski and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer...
.
The producer stated in an interview that Pirates was the most expensive pornographic film made to date, with a reported budget of up to 1 million U.S. dollars
United States dollar
The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies....
and featuring unusually high production values for a pornographic film.
Plot
In 1763, Captain Edward Reynolds is hunting piratesPiracy
Piracy is an act of robbery or criminal violence at sea. The term can include acts committed on land, in the air, or in other major bodies of water or on a shore. It does not normally include crimes committed against persons traveling on the same vessel as the perpetrator...
, or at least trying to do so. He does not consider himself a great commander, and neither does most of his crew. Only his first officer Jules believes in him. When they save a young woman named Isabella from drowning, she tells them that her husband's ship has been destroyed by the feared Captain Victor Stagnetti and his crew of cutthroat pirates.
Reynolds and his crew go hunting for Stagnetti, who tries to find a map that leads to a powerful secret on an island somewhere in the Caribbean Sea. Stagnetti finds the secret "staff" unlocked by Isabella's husband Manuel.
After the crew escapes the spawn of darkness summoned by Stagnetti, their ship engages Stagnetti's in battle, ending Stagnetti's reign as a pirate.
The New York Times described the film as "a relatively high-budget story of a group of ragtag sailors who go searching for a crew of evil pirates who have a plan for world domination. Also, many of the characters in the movie have sex with one another."
Cast
- Jesse JaneJesse JaneJesse Jane is an American pornographic actress and model.-Early life:Jane was a military brat who grew up on various military bases in the Midwestern United States. She did extensive dance training and was a varsity cheerleader at her high school in Rose Hill, Kansas...
as Jules - Carmen LuvanaCarmen LuvanaCarmen Luvana is the stage name of a former American pornographic actress.- Biography :Born in Brooklyn, New York on 23 August 1981, Luvana's family moved to Puerto Rico when she was five. She moved to Miami, Florida, at the age of 18 and got her start as a dancer in Miami strip clubs.Luvana...
as Isabella - Janine LindemulderJanine LindemulderJanine Marie Lindemulder , also known as Janine Marie James, is an American exotic dancer and adult film actress, best known for her work in American pornographic films during the mid-1990s and a 2004–2005 comeback...
as Serena - DevonDevon (porn star)Devon is an American pornographic actress.-Porn and acting career:Devon was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania.She began her career at age 19 as a stripper at Al's Diamond Cabaret in Reading, Pennsylvania. As a young girl, her dream was to become a gymnast...
as Madelyn - Teagan PresleyTeagan PresleyTeagan Presley is an American pornographic actress. Her stage name in part comes from her parents initially wanting to call her "Teagan" and in part as an homage to Lisa Marie Presley.- Career :...
as Christina - Evan StoneEvan StoneEvan Stone is an American pornographic actor. In 2002 he married Jessica Drake whom he has since divorced.Stone's occasional work outside the pornography industry includes his role as "Jimmy" in the 2007 original series The Lair...
as Captain Edward Reynolds - Tommy GunnTommy Gunn (porn actor)Tommy Gunn is the stage name of a male American pornographic actor.-Biography:Beginning his career in pornographic films in 2004, Gunn was soon recognized as the 2005 AVN Best Male Newcomer award...
as Captain Eric Victor Stagnetti - Kris Slater as Manuel Venezuela
- Austyn MooreAustyn MooreAustyn Moore is the stage name of a pornographic actress.- Awards :*2006 FAME Award finalist – Rookie Starlet of the Year*2007 AVN Award nominee – Best Actress in a Video - Partial filmography :...
as Angelina - Jenaveve JolieJenaveve JolieJenaveve Jolie is an American pornographic actress, nude model and exotic dancer. She is also known as Jenaveve Joli or Jenevieve.She worked as a waitress at a steak house, before beginning her adult film career in around 2004...
as the Pirate Dancer - Steven St. CroixSteven St. CroixSteven St. Croix is a pornographic actor and director.He has been in more than 600 films, and has won multiple AVN awards. He was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame in 2005....
as Marco - Nhan as Wu Chow
Production
The production was shot using high definition digital video cameras and featured over 300 special effects shots. It also included an original music score, later released on a separate soundtrack CD, and was mastered in Dolby DigitalDolby Digital
Dolby Digital is the name for audio compression technologies developed by Dolby Laboratories. It was originally called Dolby Stereo Digital until 1994. Except for Dolby TrueHD, the audio compression is lossy. The first use of Dolby Digital was to provide digital sound in cinemas from 35mm film prints...
5.1 surround sound
Surround sound
Surround sound encompasses a range of techniques such as for enriching the sound reproduction quality of an audio source with audio channels reproduced via additional, discrete speakers. Surround sound is characterized by a listener location or sweet spot where the audio effects work best, and...
. Several scenes were shot on board the Bounty II
Bounty II
This article is about the replica ship. See for information on the original ship.The Bounty II is a reconstruction of the original sailing ship HMS Bounty, which served in the Royal Navy....
, a replica of the HMS Bounty
HMS Bounty
HMS Bounty , famous as the scene of the Mutiny on the Bounty on 28 April 1789, was originally a three-masted cargo ship, the Bethia, purchased by the British Admiralty, then modified and commissioned as His Majesty's Armed Vessel the...
, in St. Petersburg, Florida
St. Petersburg, Florida
St. Petersburg is a city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. It is known as a vacation destination for both American and foreign tourists. As of 2008, the population estimate by the U.S. Census Bureau is 245,314, making St...
. The owners of the ship were not aware of the true nature of the film as they were advised that the film being made was a "Disney-type pirate film for families", a mistaken notion that would continue in video stores after its release.
The film was initially released as a three-disc DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
set (the movie on a standard video DVD, the movie again in a high definition Windows Media
Windows Media
Windows Media is a multimedia framework for media creation and distribution for Microsoft Windows. It consists of a software development kit with several application programming interfaces and a number of prebuilt technologies, and is the replacement of NetShow technologies.The Windows Media SDK...
format, and a special features disc) priced as high as $70. An R-rated version of the film was released on DVD on July 11, 2006. Digital Playground also released an Original Motion Picture Soundtrack CD, a rarity among adult video releases.
The film was also released on Blu-ray Disc
Blu-ray Disc
Blu-ray Disc is an optical disc storage medium designed to supersede the DVD format. The plastic disc is 120 mm in diameter and 1.2 mm thick, the same size as DVDs and CDs. Blu-ray Discs contain 25 GB per layer, with dual layer discs being the norm for feature-length video discs...
and HD DVD
HD DVD
HD DVD is a discontinued high-density optical disc format for storing data and high-definition video.Supported principally by Toshiba, HD DVD was envisioned to be the successor to the standard DVD format...
as one of the first high-definition
High-definition video
High-definition video or HD video refers to any video system of higher resolution than standard-definition video, and most commonly involves display resolutions of 1,280×720 pixels or 1,920×1,080 pixels...
adult releases on an optical disc
Optical disc
In computing and optical disc recording technologies, an optical disc is a flat, usually circular disc which encodes binary data in the form of pits and lands on a special material on one of its flat surfaces...
format.
Sequel
Evan Stone reported on the extra DVD that there was going to be a sequel. In January 2007 it was reported that a sequel would be produced, directed by Joone and entitled Pirates II. A first teaser trailerTeaser trailer
A teaser campaign is an advertising campaign which typically consists of a series of small, cryptic, challenging advertisements that anticipate a larger, full-blown campaign for a product launch or otherwise important event. These advertisements are called "teasers" or "teaser ads"...
was presented during the 2007 AVN Adult Entertainment Expo
AVN Adult Entertainment Expo
The AVN Adult Entertainment Expo is a trade show held each January in Las Vegas, Nevada, and is sponsored by the Adult Video News Magazine . The 2010 AVN Awards show was held during the Expo at the nearby Palms Casino Resort. The AEE is the largest pornography industry trade show in the United...
in Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...
, Nevada
Nevada
Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...
.
In March 2008, Digital Playground announced that the sequel would star Belladonna
Belladonna (porn star)
Belladonna is an American pornographic actress and producer.-Early life:Michelle Anne Sinclair was born in Biloxi, Mississippi as the second of seven children. The family had German, Scottish, and Cherokee roots. She experienced her first kiss at age twelve, got her first tattoo at thirteen, and...
along with Jesse Jane, Evan Stone and many other performers from the first movie, and that it would be released in September 2008.
The second movie was released on September 26, 2008 under the title Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge
Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge
Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge is the 2008 American sequel to the 2005 pornographic film Pirates.Again written and directed by Joone, it stars Belladonna, Sasha Grey, Jenna Haze, and Ben English, as well as Tommy Gunn, Jesse Jane, Steven St. Croix, and Evan Stone, who reprise their roles from the...
.
Reviews
RogReviews called it "the most talked about adult movie of the year".The film set a record by winning 11 AVN Awards
AVN Awards
The AVN Awards are movie awards sponsored and presented by the American adult video industry trade magazine AVN to honor exceptional performance in various aspects of the creation and marketing of American pornographic movies. They are called the "Oscars of porn"...
.
Awards
AVN Awards:- Best Video Feature
- Best DVD
- Best Director - Video (Joone)
- Best Actress - Video (Janine Lindemulder)
- Best High-Definition Production
- Best All-Girl Sex Scene - Video (Janine Lindemulder and Jesse Jane)
- Best Special Effects
- Best Actor - Video (Evan Stone)
- Best Music
- Best Supporting Actor - Video (Tommy Gunn)
- Best On-Line Marketing Campaign
XRCO awards
XRCO awards
The XRCO Awards are given by the X-Rated Critics Organization annually to people working in adult entertainment. Some of the works and workers are inducted into the XRCO Hall of Fame during the awards.The XRCO online archive is missing results prior to 1993...
:
- Best Release (2005)
- Epic (2005)
Adult DVD Empire Awards:
- 2005 Editor's Choice
- 2005 Best Overall DVD
- 2005 Best DVD Menu Design
- 2005 Best DVD Video Quality
- 2005 Best DVD Audio Quality
- 2005 Viewer's Choice