gavin6942
On the Carolina coast, Godolphin College's new track coach lodges at Blackbeard's Inn, run by the Daughters of the Buccaneers who claim to be descendants of the notorious pirate and who risk losing their hotel to the local mobster.While I ultimately enjoyed the film and found it to be pretty funny, it does take a while to get going. For the first 20 to 30 minutes, I was rather bored. And that is a shame, because if I am not alone it would turn other people off to it.Also, the version I watched was on an official Disney DVD. But it was fullscreen and clearly not cleaned up, at least not much. I do not know the original aspect ratio, but it seemed to fit the screen strangely as fullscreen.
Irie212
The chronology of Disney movies that I saw growing up are almost a record of the stages of girlhood: "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," "Lady and the Tramp," "Greyfriars Bobby," "The Moon-Spinners" and lastly, at 14, "The Fighting Prince of Donegal"—a satisfying transition out of puberty, with Peter McEnery swashbuckling his way into my adolescent heart. Three years later, I was buying tickets to "Bonnie and Clyde," "The Graduate," and "In the Heat of the Night," as well as imports from "Bedazzled" to "Closely Watched Trains." By 1968, I didn't even notice the release of "Blackbeard's Ghost." Today I appreciate vintage Disney movies not only for the purity of the nostalgia, but for the durability of the formula, and the skillful choice (if not use) of talent. I recently re-watched several, just because of the casts: "Moon-Spinners" for Eli Wallach, Joan Greenwood, Irene Papas, and (yes) Pola Negri. "Pollyanna" for Donald Crisp, Adolph Menjou, Agnes Moorehead. "Kidnapped" for Finlay Currie and the Peters O'Toole and Finch. "Swiss Family Robinson" for John Mills and Sessue Hayakawa.Family pictures, all, as is Blackbeard's Ghost. But while the others have logical plots, Blackbeard pushes the bounds of absurdity and actually becomes boring.And "Blackbeard's Ghost" for Peter Ustinov and Elsa Lanchester. There's barely a glimpse of her after the first half hour or so, but he is in almost every scene, buttressing a silly plot with his inventive light physical comedy, and managing to sell a truly ridiculous role. Beyond, ridiculous, really: as the plot hurtles forward, he develops preternatural powers more associated with superheroes than with fat drunken ghosts.Ustinov, unfortunately, is the only reason to dedicate 106 minutes to this movie. Its few other qualities lag far behind: the wildly creative sets for Blackbeard's Inn do look like they were assembled of jetsam (as the dialog says), and though Dean Jones is no Laurence Olivier (he's not even Fred Macmurray), he does a fine job as the dauntless straight man to Ustinov's spectral pirate.
atinder
I saw this movie on Easter Monday this year, I loved it, it has so many great jokes, mostly ghost jokes which were great.One of the most funniest movie, I have seen, I could not stop laughing.Blackbeard's Inn, a small hotel on the Carolina coast, is run by the Daughters of the Buccaneers, a group of little old ladies all claiming to be descendants of the notorious Edward Teach, known as Blackbeard. When Steve Walker. The new track coach for Godolphin College, registers at the inn, he learns that the Daughters are desperately trying to pay off their mortgage in order to prevent a takeover by the local gambling czar, Silky Seymour. Encouraged by Jo Anne Baker, a college instructor, Steve helps the old ladies' cause by buying an antique bed warmer at a charity auction and discovers that it was once owned by Blackbeard's 10th wife. Before being burned as a witch, she had condemned her philandering husband to wander in limbo until he performed one good deed. By accident, Steve conjures up the devilish pirate's spirit and persuades him to help the Daughters.After that he life is being turn upside down by this ghost, it some very funny scenes, then people starting to thinking that Steve is the one who is going crazy.Great comedy for the whole family.
khushrul
The movie is is a great all around, has a good storie and the characters are absolutely perfect, specially peter Ustinov, is absolutely fantastic in the movie, haven't seen a more funny picture ever!!!.A truly funny picture dosen't try to be funny but it just is. Recommend every one to see it.This is the story of black beard the ghost, whose wife put a curse on him, causing him to be stuck in limbo between the world of the living and dead i.e a Ghost, to be free of his curse he has to do a good deed which for Blackbeard is extremely difficult and all through the film goes wrong.
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