Product Details

• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Questar
• DVD Release Date: August 19, 2003
• Run Time: 193 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 1.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000AYLJV
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #364,020 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

For centuries they plundered merchant ships and pillaged coastal towns, and now the most famous pirates of all return to action in this high-seas docu-drama! Seeking to pierce the distorting veil of legend, this unique program reenacts the real-life stories of such pirates as the fiendish Blackbeard, who didn’t just raid and rob: his style was to personally frighten and intimidate as well. The program also captures the considerably gentler Captain William Kidd, who became a pirate during a mid-life crisis; the fearsome "Black Bart" Roberts, who - - in a nasty pique - - burned down a slave ship with 80 people aboard; and two hard-nosed women, Mary Reed and Anne Bonny, who out-plundered and outfought most men - - and then used their gender to escape the hangman’s noose. The stories unfold as exciting and authentic dramas, told in some of the same settings where these colorful scoundrels lived and died.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not as advertised., March 4, 2004

By 

James Slacum (MD United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pirates of the High Seas (DVD)

This is not a serial, nor was it produced in 1950. The Editorial Review is an accurate description of the disc, but that is at odds with the title header. So, buyer beware.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Feel ripped off, February 18, 2004

By 

Harry R. Keller "Harry" (TUCKER, GA USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Pirates of the High Seas (DVD)

Amazon advertised this as being a 'serial'. Unfortunately, this is NOT the same 'Pirates of the High Sea's' that starred Buster Crabbe. Probably will try to send this back.