The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie on DVD (Oct 14)

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A FUN AND FRESH PIRATE ADVENTURE STARRING THE BELOVED VEGGIETALES PALS!

Complete with their trademark humor and silly songs! Features all of kids' favorite things: heroes, monsters, a princess and pirates! Filled with meaningful life lessons and safe, non-scary images.

"A gentle adventure-comedy... PIRATES relies more on classical and pop culture-driven references to deliver its worthwhile message." -Kevin Crust, Los Angeles Times

THE PIRATES WHO DON'T DO ANYTHING
(A VeggieTales Movie)

On Tuesday October 14, Universal Studios and Big Idea Productions releases the DVD of the second full-length "VeggieTales" children's animated film (86 min., Rated G).

Widely praised by both fans and critics as outstanding entertainment for the whole family, the latest adventure was again produced and voiced by creators Mike Nawrocki and Phil Vischer, the team behind the classic first "VeggieTales" film, 2002's Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie, and also the many shorter video episodes previously released on VHS (and later DVD) since the mid-1990s.

The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: A VeggieTales Movie is available on two DVD editions, allowing you to choose for viewing in either Widescreen (anamorphic 16x9), or the traditional Full-screen (4x3) ratio that children's cartoons are normally seen in (SRP $29.95).

Both editions include the same "pirate's bounty" of great Bonus Features, including:

* All New Extended Ending: Deja Grape
* Family Activities:
-What Makes a Hero?
-Out to Sea
-Family Treasure Adventure
-Parents Guide
-Computer DVD Features
* Behind the Scenes:
-Making a Veggie Pirate Movie
-Why We Do It
-Art Gallery
-How to Draw
-Character Commentary
-Studio Commentary
* Fun & Games:
-Pirate Singalong
-Treasure Detector Game
-Pirates Trivia
-Pirates 101 with Willroy
-Fashion Plank Game
-Interactive Storybook

> View Film-Image Stills (on Amazon.com)

Film Synopsis:
Larry the Cucumber, Mr. Lunt and Pa Grape help a princess rescue her brother from a pirate villain!

A FUN AND FRESH PIRATE ADVENTURE STARRING THE BELOVED VEGGIETALES PALS! Complete with their trademark humor and silly songs! Features all of kids' favorite things: heroes, monsters, a princess and pirates! Filled with meaningful life lessons and safe, non-scary images.

Three lazy misfits - very timid Elliot (Larry the Cucumber), lazy Sedgewick (Mr. Lunt) and no self-confident George (Pa Grape) - dream of the day of putting on a show about pirates. With their own problems of might not having this dream come true, they soon find themselves traveling back in time into the 17th century and begin a quest to rescue a royal family from an evil tyrant, and learn about being pirates.

For THE PIRATES WHO DON'T DO ANYTHING, the second big-screen VeggieTales adventure, everyone's favorite computer-animated talking edibles embark on a time-traveling, seafaring journey. Voiced by co-creators Phil Vischer and Mike Nawrocki, George (aka Pa Grape), Sedgewick (Mr. Lunt), and Elliot (Larry the Cucumber) work in mundane jobs at a pirate-themed dinner theater. Longing for more but too lazy to change, the unmotivated threesome get their wish when a strange object transports them back to the 17th century, and they have to rise to the challenge of being real pirates.

Riffing off of the general themes of The Wizard of Oz and clearly sharing similarities with the Pirates of the Carribeans films, this movie, which is actually based on a VeggieTales song of the same name, uses its silly produce protagonists and their high-seas hijinks to instill themes of courage and assertiveness in its young viewers. Those looking for the blatant Biblical themes that are usually present in the popular video series (see the earlier JONAH film) may be slightly disappointed by their absence, but the VeggieTales characters still manage to convey plenty of positive messages amidst their exploits. While PIRATES doesn't hit Pixar levels of mass appeal, the movie is sure to entertain small children.

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