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Tales of the Black Freighter: Directed by Daniel DelPurgatorio, Mike Smith. With Gerard Butler, Jared Harris, Lori Tritel, Siobhan Flynn. A mariner survives an attack from the dreaded pirates of the Black Freighter, but his struggle to return home to warn it has a horrific cost.
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- Animation, Short, Action
- Daniel DelPurgatorio, Mike Smith
- 2009-03-24
Mar 3, 2009 · From the director of Watchmen and 300 come two tales from the celebrated graphic novel that do not appear in the extraordinary Watchmen Theatrical Feature.
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Aug 25, 2018 · Tales of the Black Freighter. Diego Bareno. 3.09K subscribers. 699K views 5 years ago. ...more. © Owned by Warner Bros. Pictures and Paramount Pictures.
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- Diego Bareno
Jul 29, 2013 · Watchmen: Tales of the Black Freighter (Trailer) DC. 4.48M subscribers. Subscribed. 580. 72K views 10 years ago #DCUniverse #DC #DCComics.
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Shying away from mainstream adventures, Tales of the Black Freighter's radical and innovative stories show a disturbing reality against metaphysical terrors and perverse comments on the human condition. They narrate the dark and sinister tales of the Black Freighter (named after a song in The Threepenny Opera). It is a hellish phantom ship that col...
Tales of the Black Freighter was first published May 1960 by National Comics and the first six issues included the back-up feature Galapagos Jones (which was not drawn by Orlando). Although it never topped the critically acclaimed Piracy and Buccaneers by EC Comics, it made a lasting impression and its early success was thanks to Joe Orlando's maje...
1: Published in May 1960, it has the frame story of three sailors of different origins who meet in an abandoned tavern and narrate how they got there. Each narration is a tale of treachery with a p...3: Between Breaths: A man is drowning, his viewpoint alternating between flashbacks of his previous life and the experience of drowning, with horrific descriptions that create a suffocating effect....6: Last issue featuring Galapagos Jones.7: The Shanty of Edward Teach: The most famous collaboration between Shea and Joe Orlando, it has the undead Blackbeardreminiscing his life in rhyme. The story ends with a memorable close-up of Bla...Tales of the Black Freighter alludes to the song "Seeräuberjenny" ("Pirate Jenny") from Bertolt Brecht's The Threepenny Opera.In the world of Watchmen, Tales of the Black Freighter and other swashbuckling pirate adventure stories serve as a substitute for superhero stories since the existence of actual costumed vigilantes...Tales of the Black Freighter is featured throughout Watchmen. Its covers of discarded issues are seen all around the background. It includes the title Marooned, which is partially seen by Bernie, a...A pirate comic book was conceived by Alan Moore because he and Dave Gibbons thought that since the inhabitants of the Watchmen universe experience superheroes in real life, "they probably wouldn't...The real-life artist Joe Orlando is credited in Watchmen as a major contributor to Tales of the Black Freighter.Tales of the Black Freighter was adapted as a direct-to-video animated feature from Warner Premiere and Warner Bros. Animation, released on March 24, 2009 as a tie-in to the Watchmen movie.
Watchmen: Tales of the Black Freighter is a 2009 direct-to-video animated feature from Warner Premiere and Warner Bros. Animation, released on March 24, 2009 as a tie-in to the Watchmen film. It is based on the fictional pirate comic within the Watchmen limited series.
Apr 5, 2009 · The animated excellence of this pirate tragedy, which tells the story of a sailor struggling to make it home in time to warn his family of the ghost pirates who slaughtered...
