Captain Jack Sparrow is unfurling his sails for a fourth time this weekend in "
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides." The movie brings back several characters from the original trilogy, but it tells a standalone story about Jack's quest for the Fountain of Youth. And it's different from the earlier movies in that it weaves in real historical figures as characters. But it does play around with the dates when those actual people were alive. ...
more Captain Jack Sparrow is unfurling his sails for a fourth time this weekend in "
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides." The movie brings back several characters from the original trilogy, but it tells a standalone story about Jack's quest for the Fountain of Youth. And it's different from the earlier movies in that it weaves in real historical figures as characters. But it does play around with the dates when those actual people were alive. In the movie, Ian McShane plays Blackbeard, who was a real pirate -- his given name was Edward Teach -- and commanded the ship "Queen Anne's Revenge" in Caribbean waters. Also depicted in the movie in King George II (played by Richard Griffiths) and his Prime Minister Henry Pelham. But Blackbeard was killed off the coast of North Carolina in 1718, and George II did not take the throne until 1727, nine years later. Plus, Pelham was not in office until 1743, 25 years after Blackbeard's death. Still, you can't really fault a movie that has zombies, mermaids, and hero who was once eaten by a sea monster for not sticking closely to the historical record. Click ahead to read more tidbits about "On Stranger Tides."
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