Product Details

• Actors: Gene Kelly, Judy Garland, Walter Slezak
• Directors: Vincente Minnelli
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC, Original recording remastered, Subtitled
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 1.0)
• Subtitles: English, French
• 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: Warner Home Video
• DVD Release Date: July 24, 2007
• Run Time: 101 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (61 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005JNA9
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,161 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• Learn more about "The Pirate" on IMDb

Editorial Reviews

A girl is engaged to the local richman, but meanwhile she has dreams about the legendary pirate Macoco. A traveling singer falls in love with her and to impress her he poses as the pirate.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

43 of 47 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A Forgotten Jewel In The Crown November 28, 2001

By Gary F. Taylor HALL OF FAMETOP 500 REVIEWERVINE™ VOICE

Format:VHS Tape

One of Hollywood's most entertaining yet most frequently overlooked "golden age" musicals, The Pirate is the story of a naive young woman (Garland) who fantasizes about being kidnapped and ravished by a dashing pirate--and who is duped by a traveling player (Kelly) into believing that he is himself the pirate of her dreams.

The complex script is extremely witty, and both Garland and Kelly play their roles with sly and often truly neurotic humor. While the script would hold up on its own, Cole Porter's score adds considerable excitement with such standards as "Be A Clown" and "You Can Do No Wrong," as well as number of lesser-known but no less entrancing songs. The choreography, largely created by Kelly, is remarkably inventive, and director Vincent Minnelli's visuals are fascinating, rich, and often startling in their unexpected beauty.

At present The Pirate is out of print--find it if you can, for if you're a fan of "golden age" musicals, you'll call it a keeper.

42 of 49 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Pirate(ed) September 19, 2005

By Michael Thomas

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Have been a keen purchaser of all remastered MGM releases, I was eager to obtain a copy of this film. Alas I should have saved my money. The picture quality is poorer than my 20 year old video verson (it looks even more dreadful when screened through a home projector), sound quality is not much better. Unfortunatly no effort has been made to clean this classic up. There are no menus, and about 5 or so chapters inserted without any prior thought. Would suggest you wait until Warners get around to releasing this one and have been given the proper attention this Judy and Gene musical deserves. Can only face watching after a bottle or two of chardonney and a case of retinal!

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars The Pirate Should Be On DVD! August 23, 2005

A Kid's Review

Format:DVD

The Pirate starring Judy Garland and Gene Kelly is a wonderful musical and the singing and dancing by the two leads is excellent and I wonder why this movie hasn't been put on DVD yet and I think it's about time it got the DVD treatment! I have this movie on video but the tape is in really bad condition with several scenes that are so worn out they are unwatchable so a DVD would be very appreciated!