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Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (released internationally as Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge)
is a 2017 American swashbuckler fantasy film directed by Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg and written by Jeff
Nathanson, from a story by Nathanson and Terry Rossio. Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and distributed by Walt Disney
Studios Motion Pictures, the film is the sequel to On Stranger Tides (2011) and the fifth installment in the Pirates
of the Caribbean film series. It stars Johnny Depp, Javier Bardem, Geoffrey Rush, Brenton Thwaites, Kaya Scodelario,
and Kevin McNally.

The filmmakers cited the series' first installment, The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), as inspiration for the script
and tone of the film, with critics describing the film as a "requel". Pre-production for the film started shortly
before On Stranger Tides was released in early 2011, with Terry Rossio writing the initial script. In early 2013,
Jeff Nathanson was hired to write a new script for the film, with Depp being involved in Nathanson's writing process.
Initially planned for a 2015 release, the film was delayed to 2016 and then to 2017, due to script and budget issues.
Principal photography started in Australia in February 2015, after the Australian government offered Disney $20
million in tax incentives, and ended in July 2015. Dead Men Tell No Tales premiered in Shanghai on May 11, 2017,
and was released in the United States on May 26. The film received generally negative reviews from critics and
grossed $795 million worldwide against a production budget between $230 and 320 million.

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Plot

Thirteen years after the battle of Calypso's maelstrom, a twelve-year-old Henry Turner boards the Flying Dutchman
and informs his father, Will, that the curse which binds Will to the Dutchman and only permits him to step on land once
a decade can be broken by the Trident of Poseidon. Henry intends to recruit Captain Jack Sparrow to help find it, but
Will believes this is impossible and orders Henry to leave. Will and the Dutchman then disappear into the sea, but Henry
vows to find Jack and the Trident. Nine years later, Henry is a sailor in the Royal Navy. The ship sails into the
supernatural Devil's Triangle and stumbles upon the wreck of the Silent Mary, whose ghostly crew led by Spanish
pirate-hunter, Captain Armando Salazar, attacks, sparing Henry's life so that he can deliver a message to Jack,
who killed Salazar and his crew decades ago by leading them to the Devils Triangle and inadvertently cursed them.

On Saint Martin, a young astronomer named Carina Smyth is sentenced to death for witchcraft but escapes and crosses paths
with Jack as he and his crew botch a bank robbery, suffering from a spell of bad luck. Jack later trades his
compass for a drink, an act which destroys the Devil's Triangle and frees Salazar and his crew once more. Carina
learns Henry is looking for the Trident's location and offers to help him using her unknown father's diary. Carina
and Jack stall the execution process, but they escape with the help of Henry and Jack's crew, setting sail on the
Dying Gull. Carina deciphers the clues in her diary, discovering that the stars will lead to an island where the
Trident is hidden. Meanwhile, Captain Hector Barbossa hears from his pirate crew that the revived Captain Salazar
has killed several pirates at sea and is destroying Barbossa's fleet. Barbossa talks his way out of being killed
by offering to help find Jack and learns that the Trident could lead him to a "treasure". Salazar agrees, wanting
revenge on Jack. Salazar pursues the Dying Gull, forcing Jack, Henry, and Carina to flee to an island, discovering
that Salazar's crew cannot go on land. Barbossa allies himself with Jack, returning his compass and restoring the
miniaturized Black Pearl to its original size. They continue their journey to the island, with Barbossa taking
command of the Pearl once more. During the voyage, Jack and Barbossa realize Carina is the latter's long-lost daughter.

The Pearl approaches the Trident's island and evades a Royal Navy warship until it is destroyed by the Silent Mary
before the Pearl runs aground on the island. Jack, Barbossa, and Carina use the island's magic to part the ocean which
opens a path to the Trident on the ocean floor. Salazar captures Henry and possesses him to walk on the ocean
floor and seize the Trident. Once he does so, Henry is given his body back, and Jack distracts Salazar, allowing
Henry to destroy the Trident, breaking all curses upon the sea and restoring Salazar's crew to life. However, the
Trident's destruction causes the divided sea to close in on them. The Pearl lowers its anchor to lift the group to
safety, but Salazar pursues them, still hell-bent on killing Jack. Carina realizes that Barbossa is her father when
she spots a tattoo on his arm identical to the diary's cover, a trident star formation. Barbossa sacrifices himself
to kill Salazar, allowing the others to escape. Sometime later, Henry and Carina reach Port Royal, where Will
appears, free from the Dutchman. His wife, Elizabeth Swann, appears moments later and the Turner family reunites.
Henry and Carina kiss. Jack watches from the Pearl before sailing away into the horizon, captain once again,
while also adopting Captain Barbossa's monkey.

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Cast

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