Blackbeard (miniseries)
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| Blackbeard | |
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| Network | Hallmark Channel |
| 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
In the first quarter of the 18th century,
Cast
- Angus Macfadyen as Blackbeard[3]
- Mark Umbers as Lieutenant Robert Maynard[3]
- Richard Chamberlain as Governor Charles Eden[3]
- Jessica Chastain as Charlotte Ormand[3]
- Stacy Keach as Captain Benjamin Hornigold[3]
- Clement von Franckenstein as Admiral Joseph Pennington[3]
- Rachel Ward as Sally Dunbar[3]
- Anthony Green as Israel Hands
- Jasper Britton as William Howard
- Niko Nicotera as Moses Hobbs
- Robin Strasser as Felice Richmond[3]
- Nicholas Farrell as Tobias Knight
- David Winters as Silas Bridges
- Dom Hetrakul as Seng
- Nigel Terry as Calico Billy
- Steven Elder as Lt. Jack Spector
- Paul Brightwell as Captain Ellis Brand
- Andrew Smith as Benjamin Dow
- Love Nystrom as Captain William Kidd
- Stuart Lounton as Cordingly
- Wendy Mae Brown as Lulu
- Jake Curran as Joseph Prescott
- Robert Willox as Snake Leavitt
- Patrick Regis as Thatch
- Alan Shearman as Enoch Sanborn
- Danny Midwinter as Elias Ransom
- Bill Fellows as Dr Peter Bruce
- Christopher Clyde-Green as Black Caesar
- Ken Forge as Phillips
- Marion Valtas as Maddy
- Greg Jorgensen as Panhandler
- Jonathan Samson as Woodward
- James Moody as Two-Face Askin
- David Ismalone as Captain Jean D'Ocier
- Jake Anthony as Minister
- Greg Stefaniuk as Merchant Captain
- Shaun Delaney as John Noble
- James David McClurg as Shiny
- Keith Lounton as Carlton
- Johann Bento as French First Mate
- Thomas Kollon as Big John
- Emma Passos as Mother
- Damian Mavis as First Robber
Production
Despite being about the miniseries, the series is largely a remake of
Home media
It was released on DVD by Echo Bridge Entertainment on July 11, 2006. It was later released in an international DVD edition re-titled Pirates: The True Story of Blackbeard, though by the writer's own admission little of the screenplay was actually true.[4]
References
- ISBN 9780810876590.
- ^ Fries, Laura (2006-06-14). "Blackbeard". Variety. Archived from the original on 2019-04-12. Retrieved 2019-04-12.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Vincent Terrace, Encyclopedia of Television Miniseries, 1936-2020 (2021), p. 23
- ^ 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 at Echo Bridge Entertainment's website
- Blackbeard at IMDb
- Blackbeard at AllMovie
- Blackbeard on https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallmark_Channel
- Blackbeard: Sail Ho! – review & behind-the-scenes information
- Out to sea, Elite Magazine
