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Blackbeard's Ghost (1968)

Starring: Peter Ustinov, Dean Jones Director: Robert Stevenson Rating: G (General Audience) Format: DVD

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Actors: Peter Ustinov, Dean Jones, Suzanne Pleshette, Elsa Lanchester, Joby Baker
Directors: Robert Stevenson
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number of discs: 1
Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: Walt Disney Video
DVD Release Date: June 4, 2002
Run Time: 107 minutes

Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (56 customer reviews)

ASIN: B00006472U
Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,442 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
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In the moody prologue, amid a raging storm that evokes Hollywood golden-age high-seas swashbucklers, a foreboding scroll recounts the legend of one of the bloodiest pirates in the history of the Caribbean. Leave it to Disney to turn him into a fun-loving old prankster with a whimsical side. Peter Ustinov mugs shamelessly as the bombastic but harmless apparition who renounces his wicked ways to become the mischievous school spirit of the local college, much to the annoyance of straight-arrow track coach Dean Jones. Made in the heyday of Disney’s live-action family comedies, Blackbeard's Ghost is all haphazard but high-energy slapstick and squeaky-clean romance (courtesy of contemporary schoolmarm Suzanne Pleshette) performed with more gumption than grace, but there’s a nostalgic innocence to the whole overplayed affair. --Sean Axmaker

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Award-winning actor Peter Ustinov stars in this hilarious fantasy as the ghost of the legendary pirate Blackbeard. The once blackhearted scoundrel materializes in a small New England town, cursed to wander in limbo until he performs a good deed. He gets his chance when he decides to help a local college track team--that hasn't a ghost of a chance of winning! Blackbeard finds himself full of team spirit, and dispensing his own brand of invisible coaching--in this warmhearted comedy that will have you laughing from his first fade-in to his final fade-out!

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67 of 69 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great movie, bad DVD., September 23, 2002

By	Spoiledbrat (Southern California, United States) - See all my reviews

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.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Blackbeard's Ghost Should Have Stayed Away, June 3, 2002

By	John W. Yocum (Lawrence, Kansas United States) - See all my reviews

While not a great moment in movie history, Blackbeard's Ghost is a fun film for families and stars the always-great Peter Ustinov. I had been looking forward to it's release on DVD as the print I had on VHS was so terrible, I felt surely that the DVD would offer a better print (and based on the quality of the prints on the recently-released Vault Disney titles I had purchased, I felt even more assured that it would). I was sooooo disappointed today when I received my copy of Blackbeard's Ghost. Of all of the DVDs I have purchased from a name studio, this has to be the worst I have ever seen. The print used seems to be the same as the one used for the old VHS I have. The picture contrast is terrible. The print itself is full of scratches and blemishes and the picture is very grainy. Worst of all it is presented in full screen (I seem to remember reading it would be widescreen when it was first announced), which leaves parts of the picture lopped off. An example of this is when Dean Jones' character is talking to a student while driving and the right half of Jones' face is missing while the left half of the student's is gone. The biggest example of the low quality of the print used is the opening titles. Since the film was not presented in widescreen (although it wouldn't have been too wide, I'm sure), the opening credits are "squished" up, with the picture being presented slightly off-center, leaving about a 1 1/2 inch black space up the left side of my screen. I know this film is not considered a classic by most, but I was hoping Disney would have thought it was and done better than this. Maybe some day they will.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Video quality? Expected better..., September 3, 2003

By	Michael J. Johnson (Rocklin, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.

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I liked it and found it to be well-paced compared to some of its contemporaries (although it is still a bit slow compared to many modern movies). Read more

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4.0 out of 5 stars Great fun
I have read other reviews complaining about the quality and sound on this dvd. We have experienced no problems in that regard on the DVD we have received. Read more

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great movie!
As enjoyable as I remembered it as a kid. My son loves it now too!

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1.0 out of 5 stars Doesn't work
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good Vintage Disney
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Published 13 months ago by Quinn Wyatt

5.0 out of 5 stars a great twist into the "life" of a ruthless pirate
This has been one of my favorite movies since I was a small child. My husband is a huge pirate finatic and Edward Teach "Blackbeard" is one of his favorites. Read more

Published 17 months ago by Meagan Cameron

5.0 out of 5 stars Another title: "How a comedy movie should be"
This is just a masterpiece of comedy movies! In the same words of Peter
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Published 21 months ago by Ricardo

5.0 out of 5 stars Lots of fun!!!
This is one of my all time favorites by Disney. If you like the type of fun found in the original "Absent Minded Professor", you'll love this one.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Blackbeards Ghost VHS
I love this movie and I wanted to order it. After reading the reviews about the DVD version I decided to just order the VHS.

Published 24 months ago by Ramona L. Hayes

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