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* TechnologyMarchesOn: When Peter Lord firth pitched the movie in 2001, the script deemed unfilmable for stop-motion due to its water-based setting (real water would have damaged the puppets and digital compositing wasn't yet advanced enough), so ''WesternAnimation/FlushedAway'' was made as a compromise. By the time Aardman had moved to Sony, the technology had caught up to better suit Lord's vision.
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: When Peter Lord firth first pitched the movie in 2001, the script was deemed unfilmable for stop-motion due to its water-based setting (real water would have damaged the puppets and digital compositing wasn't yet advanced enough), so ''WesternAnimation/FlushedAway'' was made as a compromise. By the time Aardman had moved to Sony, the technology had caught up to better suit Lord's vision.
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: When Peter Lord firth pitched the movie in 2001, the script deemed unfilmable for stop-motion due to it's water-based setting (real water would have damaged the puppets and digital compositing wasn't yet advanced enough), so ''WesternAnimation/FlushedAway'' was made as a compromise. By the time Aardman had moved to Sony, the technology had caught up to better suit Lord's vision.
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: When Peter Lord firth pitched the movie in 2001, the script deemed unfilmable for stop-motion due to it's its water-based setting (real water would have damaged the puppets and digital compositing wasn't yet advanced enough), so ''WesternAnimation/FlushedAway'' was made as a compromise. By the time Aardman had moved to Sony, the technology had caught up to better suit Lord's vision.
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: When Peter Lord firth pitched the movie in 2001, it was deemed that the script required too much water to me made into a stop-motion film (real water would have damaged the puppets and CGI was still in it's relative infancy), with ''WesternAnimation/FlushedAway'' being the compromise. By the time Aardman had moved to Sony, the technology had caught up enough to suit Lord's vision.
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: When Peter Lord firth pitched the movie in 2001, it was deemed that the script required too much water to me made into a deemed unfilmable for stop-motion film due to it's water-based setting (real water would have damaged the puppets and CGI was still in it's relative infancy), with digital compositing wasn't yet advanced enough), so ''WesternAnimation/FlushedAway'' being the was made as a compromise. By the time Aardman had moved to Sony, the technology had caught up enough to better suit Lord's vision.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: Dear lord.
** Besides the title change, the American release cuts out a few of the more risque jokes and redubs the Albino Pirate's lines with Anton Yelchin for apparently no reason.
** This was also the movie that caused ''WesternAnimation/FlushedAway'' to end up being released in 2006 as it was planned that the next movie after ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun'' would be a pirate movie. Creator/DreamWorks nicked it claiming at the time, they weren't marketable.
** Besides the title change, the American release cuts out a few of the more risque jokes and redubs the Albino Pirate's lines with Anton Yelchin for apparently no reason.
** This was also the movie that caused ''WesternAnimation/FlushedAway'' to end up being released in 2006 as it was planned that the next movie after ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun'' would be a pirate movie. Creator/DreamWorks nicked it claiming at the time, they weren't marketable.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: Dear lord.
CreatorKiller: The film's failure ended Aardman's distribution deal with Sony after only two films.
* ExecutiveMeddling
**Besides The entire reason Aardman had to wait until their partnership with Sony to produce the title change, film, rather than during their partnership with Dreamworks in the early 2000s, was because Dreamworks head Jeff Katzenberg felt pirate movies weren't marketable at the time.
** The American release not only changed the title but cuts out a few of the more risque jokes andredubs redubbed the Albino Pirate's lines with Anton Yelchin an American actor (Anton Yelchin) for apparently no reason.
** This was also the movie that caused ''WesternAnimation/FlushedAway'' to end up being released in 2006 as it was planned that the next movie after ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun'' would be a pirate movie. Creator/DreamWorks nicked it claiming at the time, they weren't marketable.reason.
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** The American release not only changed the title but cuts out a few of the more risque jokes and
** This was also the movie that caused ''WesternAnimation/FlushedAway'' to end up being released in 2006 as it was planned that the next movie after ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun'' would be a pirate movie. Creator/DreamWorks nicked it claiming at the time, they weren't marketable.
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* MissingTrailerScene: The leper boat [[spoiler:is a subversion. Though the offending joke is redubbed, the footage itself remains]].
* NoExportForYou: Live in the States and want to see the original UK version? Unless you have Hulu, tough luck.
* StillbornFranchise: Aardman wanted to make a sequel and even had a story prepared for it. However, the people at Creator/SonyPicturesAnimation felt the first one didn't gross enough money and thus choose to not provide support for the sequel, leading it to be cancelled.
* TechnologyMarchesOn: Aardman previously switched ''WesternAnimation/FlushedAway'' to an AllCGICartoon due to the amount of water required. Come the announcement of a stop-motion film, and there's a lot of water to be seen.
* NoExportForYou: Live in the States and want to see the original UK version? Unless you have Hulu, tough luck.
* StillbornFranchise: Aardman wanted to make a sequel and even had a story prepared for it. However, the people at Creator/SonyPicturesAnimation felt the first one didn't gross enough money and thus choose to not provide support for the sequel, leading it to be cancelled.
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* MissingTrailerScene: The Subverted with the leper boat [[spoiler:is a subversion. Though boat. The scene remains in the offending joke is redubbed, film, but the footage itself remains]].
word "leper" was dubbed with "plague" after audiences complained.
* NoExportForYou:Live The UK cut is only available in the States and want to see the original UK version? Unless you have Hulu, tough luck.
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* StillbornFranchise:Aardman wanted to make Poor ticket sales in the US put a sequel kibosh on Aardman's plans for a sequel, for which they'd already written a story, and even had a story prepared for it. However, the people at ended their partnership with Creator/SonyPicturesAnimation felt the first one didn't gross enough money and thus choose to not provide support for the sequel, leading it to be cancelled.
after only two films.
* TechnologyMarchesOn:Aardman previously switched When Peter Lord firth pitched the movie in 2001, it was deemed that the script required too much water to me made into a stop-motion film (real water would have damaged the puppets and CGI was still in it's relative infancy), with ''WesternAnimation/FlushedAway'' to an AllCGICartoon due to being the amount of water required. Come compromise. By the announcement of a stop-motion film, and there's a lot of water time Aardman had moved to be seen.Sony, the technology had caught up enough to suit Lord's vision.
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** A sequel was planned but was not giving financial backing due to the disappointing box office results of the film.
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* NoExportForYou: Live in the States and want to see the original UK version? Tough luck. Amazon's UK store won't charge any non-regional cards. You're stuck with the American cut.
** However, it is available on Hulu.
** However, it is available on Hulu.
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* NoExportForYou: Live in the States and want to see the original UK version? Tough luck. Amazon's UK store won't charge any non-regional cards. You're stuck with the American cut.
** However, it is available on Hulu.Unless you have Hulu, tough luck.
** However, it is available on Hulu.
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** As mentioned above, Peter Lord wanted this to be the follow up to ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun'', but Jeff Katzenberg rejected it because he didn't think a pirate movie was a good investment at the time.
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* BeamMeUpScotty: The {{memetic|mutation}} quote "Well yes, but actually no" is actually a {{mondegreen}} of the quote "Good guess, but actually no".
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* AcclaimedFlop: In the US at least. It received very strong reviews for an animated film in 2012, even having a higher Website/RottenTomatoes rating than [[{{WesternAnimation/Brave}} Pixar's film that year]], yet is Aardman's lowest-grossing film in the U.S. to date. Opening sandwiched between ''Film/TheHungerGames'' and ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' probably didn't help its cause much either....
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* AcclaimedFlop: In the US at least. It received very strong reviews for an animated film in 2012, even having a higher Website/RottenTomatoes rating than [[{{WesternAnimation/Brave}} Pixar's film that year]], yet is it was Aardman's lowest-grossing film in the U.S. to date.up until the WesternAnimation/ShaunTheSheep movie came out. Opening sandwiched between ''Film/TheHungerGames'' and ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' probably didn't help its cause much either....
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** At one point, Surprisingly Curvaceous Pirate was going to be black.
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** In the US at least. It received very strong reviews for an animated film in 2012, even having a higher RottenTomatoes rating than [[{{WesternAnimation/Brave}} Pixar's film that year]], yet is Aardman's lowest-grossing film in the U.S. to date. Opening sandwiched between ''Film/TheHungerGames'' and ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' probably didn't help its cause much either....
** In the US at least. It received very strong reviews for an animated film in 2012, even having a higher RottenTomatoes rating than [[{{WesternAnimation/Brave}} Pixar's film that year]], yet is Aardman's lowest-grossing film in the U.S. to date. Opening sandwiched between ''Film/TheHungerGames'' and ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' probably didn't help its cause much either....
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* AcclaimedFlop:
**AcclaimedFlop: In the US at least. It received very strong reviews for an animated film in 2012, even having a higher RottenTomatoes Website/RottenTomatoes rating than [[{{WesternAnimation/Brave}} Pixar's film that year]], yet is Aardman's lowest-grossing film in the U.S. to date. Opening sandwiched between ''Film/TheHungerGames'' and ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' probably didn't help its cause much either....
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* HeyItsThatVoice:
** [[Film/TheHobbit Bilbo Baggins]] is The Pirate with a Scarf.
** [[Series/DoctorWho The Tenth Doctor]] is Charles Darwin.
** [[Film/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix Dolores Umbridge]] is Queen Victoria.
** [[Film/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire Mad-Eye Moody]] is Pirate with Gout.
** [[WesternAnimation/PussInBoots Softpaws]] is Cutlass Liz.
** The Albino Pirate is [[Series/BeingHumanUK George Sands]] in the UK and [[Film/StarTrek Chekov]] in the US.
** And Brian Blessed is...[[ShapedLikeItself Brian Blessed]]
** [[Film/TheHobbit Bilbo Baggins]] is The Pirate with a Scarf.
** [[Series/DoctorWho The Tenth Doctor]] is Charles Darwin.
** [[Film/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix Dolores Umbridge]] is Queen Victoria.
** [[Film/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire Mad-Eye Moody]] is Pirate with Gout.
** [[WesternAnimation/PussInBoots Softpaws]] is Cutlass Liz.
** The Albino Pirate is [[Series/BeingHumanUK George Sands]] in the UK and [[Film/StarTrek Chekov]] in the US.
** And Brian Blessed is...[[ShapedLikeItself Brian Blessed]]
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** In the US at least. It received very strong reviews for an animated film in 2012, even having a higher RottenTomatoes rating than [[{{WesternAnimation/Brave}} Pixar's film that year]], yet is Aardman's lowest-grossing film in the U.S. to date. Opening sandwiched between ''Film/TheHungerGames'' and ''Film/TheAvengers'' probably didn't help its cause much either....
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** In the US at least. It received very strong reviews for an animated film in 2012, even having a higher RottenTomatoes rating than [[{{WesternAnimation/Brave}} Pixar's film that year]], yet is Aardman's lowest-grossing film in the U.S. to date. Opening sandwiched between ''Film/TheHungerGames'' and ''Film/TheAvengers'' ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' probably didn't help its cause much either....
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That thing about \"Charles Darwin as a character in a country with widespread Christian values\" is more YMMV territory. After all, Christian is not the same thing as Creationist.
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** Nor did featuring CharlesDarwin as a character in a country with widespread Christian values.
** Nor did featuring CharlesDarwin as a character in a country with widespread Christian values.
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** In the US at least. It received very strong reviews for an animated film in 2012, even having a higher RottenTomatoes rating than [[{{WesternAnimation/Brave}} Pixar's film that year]], yet is Aardman's lowest-grossing film in the U.S. to date. Opening sandwiched between ''Film/TheHungerGames'' and ''Film/TheAvengers'' probably didn't help its cause much either...
** Nor did featuring CharlesDarwin as a character in a country with widespread Christian values.either....
** Nor did featuring CharlesDarwin as a character in a country with widespread Christian values.
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** The Albino Pirate is [[Series/BeingHuman George Sands]] in the UK and [[Film/StarTrek Chekov]] in the US.
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** [[Film/PussInBoots Softpaws]] is Cutlass Liz.
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* AcclaimedFlop: AcclaimedFlop:
** In the US at least. It received very strong reviews for an animated film in 2012, even having a higher RottenTomatoes rating than [[{{WesternAnimation/Brave}} Pixar's film that year]], yet is Aardman's lowest-grossing film in the U.S. to date. Opening sandwiched between ''Film/TheHungerGames'' and ''Film/TheAvengers'' probably didn't help its cause much either...
** In the US at least. It received very strong reviews for an animated film in 2012, even having a higher RottenTomatoes rating than [[{{WesternAnimation/Brave}} Pixar's film that year]], yet is Aardman's lowest-grossing film in the U.S. to date. Opening sandwiched between ''Film/TheHungerGames'' and ''Film/TheAvengers'' probably didn't help its cause much either...
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* AllStarCast: Pretty much everyone with a speaking part is voiced by somebody big in the UK.
* ExecutiveMeddling: Dear lord.
** Besides the title change, the American release cuts out a few of the more risque jokes and redubs the Albino Pirate's lines with Anton Yelchin for apparently no reason.
** This was also the movie that caused ''WesternAnimation/FlushedAway'' to end up being released in 2006 as it was planned that the next movie after ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun'' would be a pirate movie. Creator/DreamWorks nicked it claiming at the time, they weren't marketable.
* ExecutiveMeddling: Dear lord.
** Besides the title change, the American release cuts out a few of the more risque jokes and redubs the Albino Pirate's lines with Anton Yelchin for apparently no reason.
** This was also the movie that caused ''WesternAnimation/FlushedAway'' to end up being released in 2006 as it was planned that the next movie after ''WesternAnimation/ChickenRun'' would be a pirate movie. Creator/DreamWorks nicked it claiming at the time, they weren't marketable.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: TechnologyMarchesOn: Aardman previously switched ''WesternAnimation/FlushedAway'' to an AllCGICartoon due to the amount of water required. Come the announcement of a stop-motion film, and there's a lot of water to be seen.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** The project was originally envisioned as an AllCGICartoon, but when Sony executives saw the models of the Pirate Captain and his cabin that had been created as references for the animators, they requested that it be made in stop-motion.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** The project was originally envisioned as an AllCGICartoon, but when Sony executives saw the models of the Pirate Captain and his cabin that had been created as references for the animators, they requested that it be made in stop-motion.
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** [[Film/TheHobbit Bilbo Baggins]] is The Pirate with a Scarf.
** [[DoctorWho The Tenth Doctor]] is Charles Darwin.
** [[Film/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix Dolores Umbridge]] is Queen Victoria.
** [[Film/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire Mad-Eye Moody]] is Pirate with Gout.
** [[PussInBoots Softpaws]] is Cutlass Liz.
** The Albino Pirate is [[Series/BeingHuman George Sands]] in the UK and [[Film/StarTrek Chekov]] in the US.
** And Brian Blessed is...[[ShapedLikeItself Brian Blessed]]
** [[Film/TheHobbit Bilbo Baggins]] is The Pirate with a Scarf.
** [[DoctorWho The Tenth Doctor]] is Charles Darwin.
** [[Film/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix Dolores Umbridge]] is Queen Victoria.
** [[Film/HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire Mad-Eye Moody]] is Pirate with Gout.
** [[PussInBoots Softpaws]] is Cutlass Liz.
** The Albino Pirate is [[Series/BeingHuman George Sands]] in the UK and [[Film/StarTrek Chekov]] in the US.
** And Brian Blessed is...[[ShapedLikeItself Brian Blessed]]
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The project was originally envisioned as an AllCGICartoon, but when Sony executives saw the models of the Pirate Captain and his cabin that had been created as references for the animators, they requested that it be made in stop-motion.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The project was originally envisioned as an AllCGICartoon, but when Sony executives saw the models of the Pirate Captain and his cabin that had been created as references for the animators, they requested that it be made in stop-motion.stop-motion.
** An early version of the film would have followed the plot of the book much more closely. The Bishop of Oxford was going to be the main villain, and Polly would have belonged to a minor character instead of the Pirate Captain.
** Some concept art included an additional crew member, the Pirate in Green, who went unused.
** At one point, Surprisingly Curvaceous Pirate was going to be black.
** An early version of the film would have followed the plot of the book much more closely. The Bishop of Oxford was going to be the main villain, and Polly would have belonged to a minor character instead of the Pirate Captain.
** Some concept art included an additional crew member, the Pirate in Green, who went unused.
** At one point, Surprisingly Curvaceous Pirate was going to be black.
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** Nor did featuring Darwin as a character in a country with widespread Christian values.
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* AcclaimedFlop: In the US at least. It received very strong reviews for an animated film in 2012, even having a higher RottenTomatoes rating than [[{{WesternAnimation/Brave}} Pixar's film that year]] yet is Aardman's lowest-grossing film in the U.S. to date. Opening sandwiched between ''Film/TheHungerGames'' and ''Film/TheAvengers'' probably didn't help its cause much either...
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* AcclaimedFlop: In the US at least. It received very strong reviews for an animated film in 2012, even having a higher RottenTomatoes rating than [[{{WesternAnimation/Brave}} Pixar's film that year]] year]], yet is Aardman's lowest-grossing film in the U.S. to date. Opening sandwiched between ''Film/TheHungerGames'' and ''Film/TheAvengers'' probably didn't help its cause much either...
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* AcclaimedFlop: In the US at least. It received very strong reviews for an animated film in 2012, even having a higher RottenTomatoes rating than [[{{Brave}} [[{{WesternAnimation/Brave}} Pixar's film that year]] yet is Aardman's lowest-grossing film in the U.S. to date. Opening sandwiched between ''Film/TheHungerGames'' and ''Film/TheAvengers'' probably didn't help it's its cause much either...
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* FanNickname: "Peanut Head" for Darwin, courtesy of the fans at {{Deviantart}}.Website/DeviantArt.
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* FanNickname: "Peanut Head" for Darwin, courtesy of the fans at {{Deviantart}}.{{Deviantart}}.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The project was originally envisioned as an AllCGICartoon, but when Sony executives saw the models of the Pirate Captain and his cabin that had been created as references for the animators, they requested that it be made in stop-motion.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The project was originally envisioned as an AllCGICartoon, but when Sony executives saw the models of the Pirate Captain and his cabin that had been created as references for the animators, they requested that it be made in stop-motion.
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** Nor did featuring Darwin as a character in a country where 'Christian values' are more important than human life.
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** Nor did featuring Darwin as a character in a country where 'Christian values' are more important than human life.with widespread Christian values.
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