Pirates of the Plain

Pirates of the Plain (1999)

Never was a treasure so sought after, an adventure so unforgettable, a friendship so unexpected.

"Pirates of the Plain" details the adventure of Jezebel Jack, a pirate with a heart of gold that is sent to the future where he meets Bobby, a young boy with an overactive imagination.

Date of release
1999-11-18
TMDB
5.3 / 10 (10)
Runtime
1h 33m
Genres
Family, Adventure, Fantasy
Director
John Cherry

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: South Africa

Pirates of the Plain is a 1999 independent family adventure film, directed and written by John R. Cherry III, and starring Tim Curry and Seth Adkins.

Production

The role of Jezebel Jack was originally written for Jim Varney. Varney had previously worked with Cherry on the Ernest P. Worrell films, and a pirate named Laughing Jack, one of Varney's early characters, had previously appeared in Dr. Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Beam; his proposed role in Pirates of the Plain was an explicit effort to help distance Varney from his typecasting as Ernest.

The film crew spent months in Africa's veld, constructing a full-size pirate ship and growing wheat on a hundred acres of land to resemble Nebraska, as the script required that the ship sail across waves of grain. The ship was built on a tractor-trailer frame.

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