the pirates and the galleon neptune by roman polansky
The Movie:
PIRATES
Riding on the success of the highly acclaimed Chinatown, Roman Polanski began to write a screenplay for a swashbuckling adventure film called Pirates.
Originally, Polański intended for Jack Nicholson to play the central role of Captain Thomas Bartholomew Red, a grizzled old pirate, but complications arose partially due to the enormous fees Nicholson was demanding (according to Polanski, when Nicholson was asked what exactly he wanted, he replied, "I want more.") Following this, the production was delayed for a number of years when Polanski was arrested for statutory rape, which caused him to flee the country to avoid sentencing. Production restarted later in Europe, this time with a different production company. The role of Captain Red went to Walter Matthau and the film finally came out in 1986, years after it was first conceived.
The original ship used in the film, named the Neptune, a reproduction of an actual historic Spanish galleon, is on permanent display in the Italian port city of Genoa. Tourists to this city can tour the ship for a price of 5 Euros per person.
Movie scenes and more in the next pages- GO
the firepower of a galleon the pirates ship
the cannons at sunset
the ship a pirates in a act
ship view from the top
the beautiful wood and construction of the pirates ship

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