This swash-buckling tale follows the quest of Captain Jack Sparrow, a savvy pirate, and Will Turner, a resourceful blacksmith, as they search for Elizabeth Swann. Elizabeth, the daughter of the governor and the love of Will's life, has been kidnapped by the feared Captain Barbossa. Little do they know, but the fierce and clever Barbossa has been cursed.
He, along with his large crew, are under an ancient curse, doomed for eternity to neither live, nor die. That is, unless a blood sacrifice is made.
Quotes [ first lines]: [ singing] Yo, ho, yo, ho/ a pirate's life for me/ Yo, ho, yo, ho/ it's a pirate's life for me/drink up me hearties, yo, ho.: [ surprises her by coming up from behind her] Quiet, missy! Cursed pirates sail these waters.
You want to call them down on us?: [ sharply] Mr. Gibbs, that will do!: She was singing about pirates. Bad luck to sing about pirates, with us mired in this unnatural fog. Mark my words!: Consider them marked.: 'Aye, Lieutenant.
[ as he moves off]: Bad luck to have a woman on. Alternate Versions Disk 2 of the DVD features 19 deleted/extended scenes: • The full version of the scene where Will accidentally 'takes' a candle off the wall. • In the carriage on the way to Commodore Norrington's promotion, Governor Swann tells Elizabeth that he hopes she will demonstrate a little more decorum in front of Commodore Norrington, and that it's only through his efforts that Port Royal has become civilized. • Extended scene of Port Royal when the wind makes a sudden change when the Aztec Gold 'calls'. • Extended scene of when Will helps Jack escape from Jail. Will asks Jack why to bother with the pistol, and that he could've killed him before with the single shot the pistol had if he was willing to use it.
Jack then tells Will that when you've only got one shot it's best to wait for the opportune moment to use it. • Before dining with Captain Barbossa, Elizabeth is putting on the purple dress and Pintel and Ragetti are spying on her through a hole in the wall. Elizabeth soon realizes this and knocks Ragetti's eye out with a poker. • Extra scene of Jack and Will walking through the streets of Tortuga where continuous fighting is taking place. • At Tortuga Tavern, Jack brings two drinks to Mr. Gibbs, he hesitates on which one to give him and tells him, 'Just the one,' and Gibbs responds, 'Let's make it last then, huh?'