The real pirates were behind the camera, and the treasure was chaos.
Special feature documentary following the cast and crew through the making of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.
Production
Three simultaneous units filming one movie, somehow
Practical Effects
Davy Jones' crew: actual nightmares built by actual humans
Direction
Verbinski's calm amid the most expensive storm ever filmed
Director
Sandrine Orabona
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was shot during production of what became, at the time, the most expensive movie ever made.
The documentary's title 'According to Plan' is deeply ironic—almost nothing went to plan.
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I really appreciate them showing all the realistic problems and headaches that go along with filmmaking instead of just showing the rainbows and butterflies.
@HappilyInduced 2
I think this documentary is worth 100 filmmaking lessons and lectures Thank you very much for posting it!
@alexandersmirnov7861 3
7:55 Incredible when they talk about the real ships in the background of Becket's office. There's no way that wouldn't be accomplished with a greenscreen today
@jmwilliams88 4
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