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- "Ah! Nouvelle-Orleans! How I have missed you!"
- ―Jean Magliore
New Orleans, also known as Nouvelle-Orleans, was a port located at the mouth of the Mississippi River in southern Louisiana. The city was founded by the French in the early 18th century and soon became a prosperous port. Even though New Orleans was officially under French administration, it would be known for its charitable and practical leaning towards piracy by being home to many pirates and a large number of mystics.
History[]
- "Last glittering city I saw was New Orleans."
- ―Jack Sparrow
Soon after its foundation, New Orleans attracted many visitors, the British and the Spanish among them.[3] The city was protected by a French police unit.[4] Due to its non-stop activities, New Orleans became known as the glittering city.[5] The city's population was a mix of a merchants, tradesmen, sailors, businessmen, dockworkers, pesky French officials, priests, street-corner magicians, mystics, and tea-leaf readers.[6]
By the early 1700s, New Orleans became a port known for its charitable and practical leaning towards piracy.[2] Even if they openly flew the Jolly Roger, pirate ships could safely dock in New Orleans.[citation needed]
Jean Magliore and Constance Magliore have visited the city several times before they joined the crew of the Barnacle under Captain Jack Sparrow, a young adventurer not much older than them. Around the 1710s, the mystic known as Madame Minuit settled in New Orleans. From there she started her quest to procure the legendary Sun-and-stars amulet. At the same time, Jack and his crew, who were searching for the amulet as well, visited the city, and had to fight against a horde of Minuit's zombie-like servants. However, they managed to escape, and rescued Tim Hawk from slavery.
After the failure of their mutiny on the Fleur de la Mort, the infamous pirates Left-Foot Louis and Silverback went to New Orleans, which was, thanks to the combined power of the Sun-and-stars amulet and the Silver Bullet, turned into silver. They made an alliance with Madame Minuit, organized their private police force called the Pirate Guard, and took control of the city. With the entire New Orleans turned into precious metal, they intended to tear the city apart and sell it in pieces to Europe.[7]
For several days, Minuit, Louis, Silverback, and their pirates forced the city's inhabitants to work as slaves on breaking up the city. However, Jack Sparrow and his crew returned to the city in search of their missing friend, Arabella Smith. Soon, when they got into trouble, Arabella and her mother Laura appeared to save them. Later, the young adventurers fought against Madame Minuit and her minions at their headquarters. Though Madame Minuit transformed herself and her two allies into a giant, three-headed serpent, Jack and his friends ultimately won the battle, turning the city to its original state.[7]
A few years after the battle of New Orleans, during Jack Sparrow's quest for the Shadow Gold, the Black Pearl docked in New Orleans, where Jack's old friend, Jean Magliore, and his cousin Marcella joined the ship's crew. Some time later, the city became a home port to a pirate crew led by Gentleman Jocard, the Pirate Lord of the Atlantic Ocean.
Behind the scenes[]
- New Orleans would first be mentioned through a section of Disneyland known as New Orleans Square, which served as the location of Walt Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean. Disneyland: From the Pirates of the Caribbean to the World of Tomorrow, an episode that aired in 1968, featured Walt showing Disneyland's inaugural ambassador Julie Reihm a behind the scenes look at New Orleans Square and the Pirates attraction. Hostess Marcia Miner detailing how New Orleans was once home of real-life pirates, like the notorious Jean Lafitte,[8] who had Laffite's Landing named after.[9] In 2006, New Orleans would make its first in-universe appearance in Jack Sparrow: The Age of Bronze,[1] where it was also identified as "Nouvelle-Orleans" by Jean Magliore.[10]
- One of the ideas for the plots of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest and At World's End was a stop in the Disneyland-inspired Port of New Orleans but it was rejected.[11]
- New Orleans was mentioned in the "Inside the Brethren Court" special feature of the At World's End DVD/Blu-ray release.[2]
- According to Jim Hill Media's report on The Art of Pirates of the Caribbean, following Gore Verbinski's film trilogy, there was some preliminary info on the proposed storyline for the fourth film, which would have Jack Sparrow and Hector Barbossa "initially reconnecting in the just-founded city of New Orleans before they then join forces and head off to Florida in search of the Fountain of Youth."[12] However, by June 2010, production spokesman Michael Singer debunked this by saying, "That's not a synopsis supplied by us, and it's not correct." The fourth film, titled On Stranger Tides, also had pre-production work underway in Hawaii.[13] In addition, the film featured a much different storyline, such as taking place in London, and with an island being the true location of the Fountain.[14]
- On June 2013, producer Jerry Bruckheimer responded to reports that at least part the fifth film, later titled Dead Men Tell No Tales, would be set in America, specifically New Orleans, Louisiana. Bruckheimer said, "We're certainly going to be filming in Louisiana because of the tax breaks and I think there might be a sequence there."[15] On January 2014, directors Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg stated that the film would be shot in Puerto Rico and New Orleans by the end of the year.[16] However, pre-production began in Australia by late 2014, and it was confirmed that filming was to take place in 2015 exclusively in Queensland, Australia, as the largest production to ever shoot in the country.[17][18][19]
- In real-world history New Orleans was founded in 1718. However, the timeline established in the films On Stranger Tides and Dead Men Tell No Tales sets the events of the Pirates of the Caribbean: Jack Sparrow book series around 1706.
Appearances[]
- Jack Sparrow: The Age of Bronze (First appearance)
- Jack Sparrow: Silver (Mentioned only)
- Jack Sparrow: City of Gold
- Jack Sparrow: The Timekeeper (Mentioned only)
- Jack Sparrow: The Tale of Billy Turner and Other Stories
- The Price of Freedom (Mentioned only)
- Legends of the Brethren Court: The Caribbean
- Legends of the Brethren Court: Rising in the East (Mentioned only)
Sources[]
- Disneyland: From the Pirates of the Caribbean to the World of Tomorrow (First mentioned)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: From the Magic Kingdom to the Movies
- Inside the Brethren Court
External links[]
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Jack Sparrow: The Age of Bronze
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End "Inside the Brethren Court" featurette
- ↑ Jack Sparrow: The Age of Bronze, p. 65
- ↑ Jack Sparrow: The Age of Bronze, p. 46
- ↑ Legends of the Brethren Court: The Caribbean, p. 53
- ↑ Jack Sparrow: The Age of Bronze, p. 53
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Jack Sparrow: City of Gold
- ↑ Disneyland: From the Pirates of the Caribbean to the World of Tomorrow
- ↑ Pirates of the Caribbean: From the Magic Kingdom to the Movies
- ↑ Jack Sparrow: The Age of Bronze, p. 44
- ↑ Disney Insider Yearbook: 2005 Year in Review, p. 102
- ↑ "The Art of the Pirates of the Caribbean" pays tribute to this film trilogy's talented production design team - Jim Hill Media - Archived
- ↑ 'Pirates of the Caribbean' spokesman lets the wind out of the sails of New Orleans fans | NOLA.com - Archived
- ↑ Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
- ↑ Exclusive: Jerry Bruckheimer Talks Status Of 'Pirates Of The Caribbean 5' & 'Top Gun 2' | The Playlist - Archived
- ↑ Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg Contract 'Amnesia' As Possible Post-'Pirates' Project: Video - Archived
- ↑ Pirates of the Caribbean 5 gets green light to shoot in Australia | Film | theguardian.com - Archived
- ↑ Pirates of the Caribbean movie confirmed to film in Queensland - The Sydney Morning Herald - Archived
- ↑ Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Begins Production - IGN - Archived
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