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Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

★ 7.8 · 22,129 ratings on TMDB

Prepare to be blown out of the water.

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl poster★ 7.8

When wily pirate Captain Barbossa seizes Jack Sparrow’s beloved ship, the Black Pearl, and kidnaps the governor’s daughter, Elizabeth Swann, blacksmith Will Turner reluctantly teams up with the unpredictable pirate Jack to rescue her—only to uncover a terrifying curse that turns Barbossa’s crew into the undead.

DirectorGore Verbinski
CastDamian O'Hare, Geoffrey Rush, Giles New, Jack Davenport, Johnny Depp, Jonathan Pryce
GenresAction, Adventure, Fantasy
The emergence reading

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E11 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same subject, different rung

The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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