Blackbeard (miniseries)

Blackbeard
Blackbeard
	DVD cover art
Genre	Adventure, drama
Written by	Bryce Zabel
Directed by	Kevin Connor
Starring	Angus Macfadyen; Richard Chamberlain
Theme music composer	Elia Cmiral
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producers	H. Daniel Gross; Robert Halmi; Larry Levinson
Cinematography	Alan Caso
Running time	169 minutes; (DVD version)
Production companies	Larry Levinson Productions; Hallmark Entertainment
Release
Original network	Hallmark Channel
Original release	June 17, 2006

Blackbeard is a 2006 American adventure-drama television miniseries based on the pirate Blackbeard, directed by Kevin Connor from a screenplay written by Bryce Zabel.^[1] It premiered on Hallmark Channel on June 17, 2006. The miniseries was shot on location in Thailand and the town of New Providence was built on a coconut plantation, and includes many factual names and places, but it is essentially a fictional story since Blackbeard's most notable exploits took place in North Carolina.^[2]

Plot[]

The 18th century notorious pirate Blackbeard wreaks havoc on the high-seas looking for Captain Kidd's treasure. His dark presence causes controversy in the local port town of New Providence, especially among Gov. Charles Eden and his adopted daughter Charlotte, who is being wooed by Lt. Robert Maynard.

Cast[]

Angus Macfadyen as Blackbeard
Mark Umbers as Lt. Robert Maynard
Richard Chamberlain as Governor Charles Eden
Jessica Chastain as Charlotte Ormand
Rachel Ward as Sally Dunbar
Stacy Keach as Captain Benjamin Hornigold
Christopher Clyde-Green as Black Caesar
Anthony Green as Israel Hands
Nicholas Farrell as Tobias Knight
David Winters as Silas Bridges
Dom Hetrakul as Seng

Home media[]

It was released on DVD by Echo Bridge Entertainment on July 11, 2006.

The miniseries was later released in an international DVD edition re-titled Pirates: The True Story of Blackbeard, though by the writers own admission little of the screenplay was actually true.^[3]

References[]

^ Marill, Alvin H. (2010-10-11). Movies Made for Television: 2005-2009. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810876590.
^ Fries, Laura (2006-06-14). "Blackbeard". Variety. Archived from the original on 2019-04-12. Retrieved 2019-04-12.
^ Zabel, Bryce. "The (True) "True Story of Blackbeard"". Movie Smackdown. Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2016.

External links[]

Blackbeard^{[permanent dead link]} at Echo Bridge Entertainment's website
Blackbeard at IMDb
Blackbeard at AllMovie
Blackbeard on HallmarkChannel.tv
Blackbeard: Sail Ho! – review & behind-the-scenes information
Out to sea, Elite Magazine

[1] Marill, Alvin H. (2010-10-11). Movies Made for Television: 2005-2009. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810876590.

[2] Fries, Laura (2006-06-14). "Blackbeard". Variety. Archived from the original on 2019-04-12. Retrieved 2019-04-12.

[3] Zabel, Bryce. "The (True) "True Story of Blackbeard"". Movie Smackdown. Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2016.

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