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Dead Man's Chest (2006)

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest is a 2006 American fantasy swashbuckler film. It is
the second installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean film series and the sequel to Pirates of the
Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003). It was directed by Gore Verbinski, written by Ted
Elliott and Terry Rossio, and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. In the film, the wedding of
Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley) is interrupted by
Lord Cutler Beckett (Tom Hollander), who wants Turner to acquire the compass of Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp)
in a bid to find the Dead Man's Chest. Sparrow discovers his debt to Davy Jones (Bill Nighy) is due.

Two sequels to Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl were conceived in 2004, with Elliott and
Rossio developing a story arc that would span both films. Filming took place from February to September 2005 in
Palos Verdes, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, and The Bahamas, as well as on sets constructed at Walt
Disney Studios. It was shot back-to-back with the third film of the series, At World's End (2007). Dead Man's Chest
was released in the United States on July 7, 2006, and received mixed reviews, as the film received praise for its
special effects, direction, action sequences, Hans Zimmer's musical score, humor, and performances, particularly
those of Depp and Nighy, but criticism for its running time and plot. The film broke several records at the time,
including the opening-weekend record in the United States with $136 million, the fastest film to gross over $1 billion
at the worldwide box office (63 days), became the highest-grossing film of 2006, and was the highest-grossing film
produced by Disney until it was surpassed by Toy Story 3 in 2010. The film received four nominations at the 79th
Academy Awards (winning Best Visual Effects).

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Plot

The wedding of Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann is halted when Lord Cutler Beckett, chairman of the East India Trading Company,
arrives with arrest warrants for them, and also for Commodore James Norrington, who allowed Captain Jack Sparrow to escape.
Norrington has resigned and disappeared after losing the Navy's flagship, HMS Dauntless, in a hurricane while pursuing Jack.
Meanwhile, Jack is visited by Will's father, Bootstrap Bill Turner, aboard the Black Pearl. Bootstrap is a crewman on the
Flying Dutchman, captained by Davy Jones. Jack previously bartered a deal with Jones to raise the Pearl from the depths, and
must now join the Dutchman's crew or be dragged to Davy Jones' Locker by the Kraken. Meanwhile, Beckett promises to free
Elizabeth if Will brings him Jack's magical compass, which points to whatever the holder wants most. Will finds Jack and the
crew on an island and frees them from cannibals. After escaping the cannibals, Jack and the crew visit voodoo priestess
Tia Dalma, who reveals Jones' weakness is his heart, locked within the Dead Man's Chest; Jack intends to find it and free
himself from Jones' service. Locating the Dutchman, Will makes a deal with Jack to find the key to the chest in return for
Jack's compass, but is tricked into joining Jones' crew in Jack's stead. Jones agrees to release Jack from their bargain
in exchange for ninety-nine more souls. Will meets his father aboard the Dutchman and learns that Jones possesses the
key to the chest. Despite losing a game of Liar's Dice to Jones, Will escapes with the key and is taken aboard the same
ship Elizabeth was on. Jones sends the Kraken after him and sinks the ship, but Will again escapes.

Meanwhile, Elizabeth's father Governor Swann frees her from jail but is captured himself. Elizabeth bargains with
Beckett to find the compass herself and makes her way to Tortuga, where she finds both Jack and a drunken Norrington.
Jack hires a new crew, including Elizabeth and Norrington, and Elizabeth uses the compass to find the chest.
All parties arrive on Isla Cruces, where the chest is buried, but a three-way sword fight breaks out between Jack,
Will, and Norrington, who all want the heart for their respective goals: Jack wants to call off the Kraken and
negate his debt to Jones; Will wants to release his father from the Dutchman; and Norrington wants to regain his
life as a Navy officer. In the chaos, Norrington secretly steals the heart and runs off, pretending to lure away
the Dutchman's crew. Jones attacks the Pearl with the Kraken, which kills most of the crew and destroys all but
one of the Pearl's lifeboats, but Jack, who briefly fled the battle, returns and wounds the Kraken with a net
full of gunpowder and rum.

Jack orders the survivors to abandon ship, but Elizabeth, realizing the Kraken only wants Jack, tricks him and chains
him to the mast so that the crew can escape. The Kraken drags Jack and the Pearl to Davy Jones' Locker, but Jones opens
the chest and discovers his heart is gone. In Port Royal, Norrington gives Beckett the heart and the Letters of Marque
meant for Jack, allowing him back into the navy, as well as allowing Beckett to gain control of Davy Jones and the seas.
The Pearl's crew takes shelter with Tia Dalma, where they all agree to rescue Jack. Tia Dalma introduces the captain who
will guide them: the resurrected Hector Barbossa.

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Cast

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