Pirates of the Plain

Pirates of the Plain (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
89 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1999 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
John R. Cherry III

Written By:
John R. Cherry III

Actors:
Tim Curry ..... Jezebel Jack
Seth Adkins ..... Bobby
Jeffrey Pillars ..... DeGroot
Jeffrey Buckner Ford ..... Skinner (as Buck Ford)
Charles Napier ..... Grandpa
Dee Wallace ..... Glenna (as Dee Wallace-Stone)
Sean Higgs ..... Suey
Danny Keogh ..... Murzol
Peter Butler ..... Ship's Medic
Jeroen Kranenburg ..... Ross
Farouk Valley-Omar ..... Makaka
Andre Jacobs ..... Thurston (as André Jacobs)
David Müller ..... Boatswain
Rick Rogers ..... One-Eyed
Michael Müller ..... Big Pete

Synopsis:

A young boy with a habit of daydreaming discovers that reality has caught up with his imagination -- with a vengence -- in this comedy-adventure for the whole family. Bobby (Seth Adkins) is an eight-year-old boy growing up on a remote community in the rural Midwest with his mother (Dee Wallace Stone) and grandfather (Charles Napier), who are struggling to keep the family farm afloat. With few friends and not much to do besides his chores, Bobby entertains himself by retreating into a world of fantasy, where he battles cowboys and spacemen and can always outsmart the bad guys. One day, the town looks as if it's about to be hit with a freak storm, as dark red clouds fill the sky, but it turns out that a portal in time has appeared in the atmosphere, and who should drop through but Jezebel Jack (Tim Curry), a swaggering pirate (or, as Jack prefers to put it, "an adventurer of independent means") from the 17th century. Bobby rescues Jack and gives him a place to stay in their house; the boy is happy to have an interesting new friend. However, where pirates go, trouble follows, and it's not long before the ship of a gang of rival pirates follows Jack through the window in time, and Bobby must join forces with Jack as they defend Bobby's home against a pirate ship sailing through the wheatfields.

Bobby is a young boy living with his grandpa and mother in rural Nebraska. Bobby's family and surroundings are poor, but his imagination is extremely active. Captain Jezebel Jack is a seventeenth century pirate, forced to walk the plank by his own mutinous crew. When a supernatural storm arrises, throwing both worlds into disarray, a bridge is formed, connecting these two times and places, and allowing Bobby and Jack to meet.

Bobby Jennings lives in two worlds. First, as an only child on an isolated farm in Nebraska. Second, in a vivid fantasy world where Gunslingers and Space Aliens rule the day.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 16 May, 2009.