Blackbeard's Ghost
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Movie Reviews of Blackbeard's Ghost
Movie Review: Blackbeard's Ghost
Summary: 4 Stars
This movie is so funny. It will keep you on the edge of your seat wondering what Blackbeard will be up to next.Movie Review: Fun disney movie
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a warm hearted movie about widows in danger of losing their home to gangsters.Movie Review: A fun Disney favorite
Summary: 3 Stars
UPDATE: My review of the movie is 5 star, the DVD release that is listed on this page at the time of my review is 1 star. The web site will not allow me to change my stars. My total stars would be higher except for the DVD.
DVD REVIEW - 1 star
At the time of my review the DVD released has no widescreen. The DVD is in pan and scan rather than its original theatrical format. Also no extras? Not even Some outakes, gallery stuff, theatrical trailers, behind the scenes, or interviews. The picture or sound has not been remastered or improved over the VHS version, so until you see a better version released you may want to hang on to your VHS copy or buy one until then.
FILM REVIEW - 5 stars
A new college track coach arives in the seaside fisshing village of Godolphin and accidentaly summons the ghost of infamous pirate Captain Blackbeard Teach. The pirate turns out to be full of mischief and trouble. In order to earn some eternal rest he helps the coach win the big meet, outfox some gangsters, and win the heart of his girl. This film has comedy, romance, action, drama, and some supernatural hijinks.
BEHIND THE SCENES: This project had been approved to go into production by Walt after reading the book by Ben Stahl. Released in theatres on February 8, 1968 it had been in production while Walt was alive (he passed away in 1967). Directed by Robert Stevenson, one of Disney's most favorite and prolific directors, who had directed some of their best movies of all time including "Bedknobs and Broomsticks", "That Darn Cat!", "Herbie the Love Bug", "Swiss Family Robinson", "Old Yeller", "Kidnapped", "Mary Poppins", "The Absent-Minded Professor", and many more.
Dean Jones as the guy that brings back the ghost, Suzanne Pleshete co-stars as the girl he falls for. Their chemistry is really good together and they also teamed up to make "The Ugly Dachsund" for Disney, another great movie. Blackbeard is played perfectly and to rave reviews by Peter Ustinov. It is a bit longer than most Disney comedies at 107 minutes. The film did very well at the box office and was re-released in theatres in 1976. It aired on the "Wonderful World of Disney" television show in 1982. It was released on video for the first time in 1982, and again in 1990.
Trivia: If you ride the "Pirates of the Carribbean" attraction at Disneyland, there is a painting of Blackbeards Ghost (Peter Ustinov) at the place near the end of the ride where the pirates died trying to take out their loot uphill. It was an idea of imagineer Tony Baxter during a recent rehab of the ride.
Movie Review: Great movie, bad DVD.
Summary: 3 Stars
Much thanks to Disney for releasing this classic family favorite, but the DVD is so lacking. First, my biggest gripe is that the movie is in full screen. So much is cut off in some scenes that it cannot be missed. For example, in one scene, Dean Jones is sitting in a car talking with one of his co-stars sitting next to him. Only half or even as little as one third of the actors face is visible. Very annoying to watch. Another glitch is the audio. For some reason the audio is terribly low on this DVD. Usually DVD sound is crystal clear and sometimes in surround sound, however, while watching the movie I had to raise the audio on my television to a very high setting just to hear it. I do appreciate the release of this movie on DVD, but this movie that was such an ejoyable part of many viewers childhoods really deserved much more respect and should have had more attention when being put onto DVD. Hopefully Disney will put forth more effort when releasing their classics in the future.
Movie Review: Video quality? Expected better...
Summary: 3 Stars
This of course is an excellent movie - Ustinov is excellent as well as Dean. However, I honestly expected better quality video from a re-released classic movie from Disney. The opening credits are truncated on the left side - it almost appeared that the opening credis were done with a hand-held video camera (someone with the wiggles of course). Tons of video artifacts exist throughout the movie (white dust, contrast problems, scratches, blooming, and washed out color etc.). It doesn't seem to have been given the "Snow White" treatment that other released products have gone through.