Pirates: 3D Show (1999)

Director:

Keith Melton

Writer:

Eric Idle (writer)

Genre:

Comedy | Short

Tagline:

Takes Comedy to a new dimension!

Plot:

Cast

Leslie Nielsen	...	Captain Lucky
Eric Idle	...	Pierre
Adam Wylie	...	Davey
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Isaac C. Singleton Jr.	...	Black pirate
Rodney Dangerfield	...	Crewman Below Deck (uncredited)
Fred Gloor	...	Crabtrap Pirate (uncredited)
Dave Phillips	...	Bath Tub Pirate (uncredited)

Directed by
Keith Melton

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Eric Idle		writer

Produced by
John Binkowski	....	senior producer
Eric Miles	....	executive producer
Brian Rogers	....	producer

Cinematography by
Peter Anderson

Makeup Department
Martha Callender	....	assistant makeup artist

Production Management
Ellen Gordon	....	location production manager
Jim Timon	....	executive in charge of production

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Rod Smith	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Dutch Merrick	....	property master

Sound Department
Dan Gleich	....	sound mixer
Frank Smathers	....	supervising sound editor

Visual Effects by
Martin Foster	....	digital effects artist
Alan G. Markowitz	....	visual effects supervisor: IMAGICA USA
Tim Sassoon	....	digital effects artist

Stunts
Tom Edelston	....	stunt coordinator
Dave Phillips	....	stunt double: Leslie Nielsen

Editorial Department
David Bartholomew	....	supervising 3-D editor
Randy Trager	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Rica Groennou	....	location manager
Katalin Kovacs Rogers	....	script supervisor
Karen S. Uphoff	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Busch Entertainment Corporation

Also Known As:

Pirates 4D (UK) (alternative title)

Runtime:

17 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Company:

Busch Entertainment Corporation

Trivia:

And this movie, under the Dutch name "Piraten" is also used as part of an attraction at the sea-animal park Dolfinarium Harderwijk, in the Dutch place called Harderwijk. The movie has been dubbed in Dutch by a unknown cast.

Awful, terrible, annoying Short

When I saw this movie in a german theme park recently I just wanted to scream. Not because of amazement as the 4 and 5 year olds behind me did, but because of disgust. This movie is as funny as every Leslie Nielsen that was released in the last 5 years. Which means: not at all. I mean, okay it is a 3D (or 4D they can't really decide) movie and isn't supposed to write movie history and delight critics. It exists to have some fun while you're in a theme park, but this is no fun if you're older than 5. You know right from the start that you get wind in your face, buzzing from your seat and water from the ceiling. How exciting. The 3D effects are so rare that most of the time nothing happens in the movie. Except Leslie Nielsen being not funny.

It's not that I am against such 3D movies. I have seen good ones too. But this is just dumb and boring.