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Prison | Spain
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Budget 10,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 4,300,000 USD
Final theatrical movie of Marty Feldman (Gilbert). He died during production on December 2, 1982 of a heart attack.
This movie was inspired by Keith Moon, drummer of the British rock band The Who, who was a personal friend of Graham Chapman. Moon wanted to play Yellowbeard, but could not due to ailing health. (Moon died in 1978). Chapman once recalled that Moon lived like a pirate with his wild ways. The character in this movie called Moon (Peter Boyle) was named after him as a tribute.
Eric Idle said that this is one of the worst movies he'd ever done, but later said "the best times can be on the worst movies and vice versa, e.g., Yellowbeard, which I wouldn't have missed for the world."
According to the book "Yellowbeard: Highjinks on the high seas", Sting wanted to play the lead role of Dan, but Hollywood executives thought the movie was becoming too English and mandated an American actor be cast and in the end this was Martin Hewitt who said, "Sting should have had my part. For crying out loud, I would have hired Sting over me any day."
John Cleese called this movie "One of the six worst films made in the history of the world."
"Narrator: The pirate Yellowbeard captured many other galleons, killing over five-hundred men in cold blood. He would tear the captains hearts out and swallow them whole. Often forcing his victims to eat their own lips, he was caught and imprisoned... for tax evasion."
"Yellowbeard: Dying's the easy way out. You won't catch me dying. They'll have to kill me before I die!"
