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"Swashbuckler" Movie Review

80. Swashbuckler

Here is a film that missed it's date. If it had been made about the time of
"The Three Musketeers," it would have been huge. It could have been released
the same weeks as "Pirates of the Caribbean" and it would have smashed
records. Unfortunately, like so many on this list, it was released when no
one was looking for just this kind of film.

The Errol Flynn era had passed and no one had yet picked up that gauntlet.
But it is a fine little bon bon, for those who like their pirate stories
full of memorable characters and beautiful locations.

Dazzling lady swordfighters, limerick spouting Captains, foolish authority
figures and evil men in charge, all these things that have forever made the
action adventure genre successful.
With Robert Shaw as the pirate captain, James Earl Jones as his first mate,
Peter Boyle (about as far from "Everybody Loves Raymond" as living in the same universe would allow) as the maniacal man in black who tortures more
easily than he loves Anjelica Huston at his side. Here's that cast: Robert Shaw. . . . "Red" Ned Lynch James Earl Jones. . . .  Nick Debrett Peter Boyle. . . .  Durant Geneviève Bujold. . . .  Jane Barnet Beau Bridges. . . .  Maj. Folly Geoffrey Holder. . . . Cudjo Quadrill Avery Schreiber. . . .  Polonski Tom Clancy. . . . Mr. Moonbeam Anjelica Huston. . . .  Woman of Dark Visage Bernard Behrens. . . .  Sir James Barnet Dorothy Tristan. . . .  Alice Mark Baker. . . .  Lute player Kip Niven. . . .  Willard Culverwell Tom Fitzsimmons. . . .  Corporal Louisa Horton. . . .  Lady Barnet Yes, there are time when the people on screen are having more fun than you are, but, all in all, that's okay.
There is a lot of fun untapped here. Tap a keg of it and enjoy.

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--posted by Wayne Sunday, March 26, 2006

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