Blackbeard's Ghost

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Good Vintage Disney, 2008-05-23
I enjoyed this movie, as it is Disney in its golden era (60's and 70's). Ustinov as Blackbeard was a bit over-the-top in his acting, but Dean Jones and Suzanne Pleshette were wonderful, as always. I would recommend this film for the kids of today; they just don't make 'em like this anymore.

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a great twist into the "life" of a ruthless pirate, 2008-01-27
This has been one of my favorite movies since I was a small child. My husband is a huge pirate finatic and Edward Teach "Blackbeard" is one of his favorites. When I first showed him this movie he loved this Disney twist on one of the most greusom pirates ever to sail the Spanish maine. Without stripping any of his authorotative persona Disney found a kid friendly (young or old) way to portray one of my favorite "villans" of all time.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

Classic Disney Comedy - DVD Below Par, 2007-12-29
Peter Ustinov shows such range where he's a comedic, slapstick loveable pirate, trapped by a curse to roam the shores of New England and haunt Dean Jones until Blackbeard can make a good man of himself. The losing track team makes some inroads, thanks to the pirate cheating. The bad guys want the bank mortgage to run out and take over an old hotel for their gambling center. Dean Jones was well known in Disney circles in the sixties, with the Love Bug and others. This film is on a similar vein and quite funny with innocent romance -- the kissing booth was fun to watch.

DVD: Very barebones, just the film and the set-up, looks like a VHS transfer, yuk.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

Another title: "How a comedy movie should be", 2007-10-02
This is just a masterpiece of comedy movies! In the same words of Peter
Unistov as Blackbeard, it seems that people don't know how to have fun
anymore nowadays. I think that's the reason why I never saw many
excellent comedies like that anymore. I love to see a great piece in the
big screen, one of those who give us some reflection of life, some
outstanding lines, epic portrayals of great men of our history and
everything. But I also LOVE to strike a great laugh as well! And this
movie delivers!! You just blow your head off of laughing, from the very
beginning 'till the very end! The jokes are some of the best of all
times!! Every single frame of this movie is a turbulence of nonstop
laughing!! I just can't find words to say something bad about this
movie, I mean it.

How can one not give a single good laugh after seeing Blackbeard (Peter
Unistov) put Steve Walker (Dean Jones) into trouble with a police
officer? Or even, in the olympics where Blackbeard helps poor Godolphin
team to win, specially when he messes up with the final competition,
where he confuses every other runner simply using a hot-dog, a flag and
a bottle of rum! THIS FOLKS, IS HOW EVERY COMEDY MOVIE SHOULD BE MADE!!
I mean it! This is first class comedy! I first saw this movie when I
had 8 years. I'm 26 now. And I continue to love this as much as I loved
when I was a boy.

This is, without a doubt a 5 star movie! And even giving this 5 stars is
not enough, because it deserves much more! Perhaps, shouting the magic
words (kree kru vergo gebba kalto kree) out loud can make some other
picture like that appears around. While this isn't happen, get this one
and have fun beyond your imagination!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

Lots of fun!!!, 2007-08-31
This is one of my all time favorites by Disney. If you like the type of fun found in the original "Absent Minded Professor", you'll love this one.