plastic sword picks
One IMDb member noted that the tiny angel-like figurine on the front of Jones' organ (in front of the lighted orange background) is similar or possibly identical to the figurine on the front of the Black Pearl.
One person on Parley noted an interesting detail about Jones' tentacles. When the Flying Dutchman submerges here, the view is from the deck of that ship, viewed from immediately behind Jones' head. Several of Jones' tentacles can be seen curling upwards to hold his hat on as the water rushes in. The tentacles are still hanging onto his hat when the scene changes to an underwater view.
Note that when Will pulls the sword from the crewman's belt, there is the sound of metal scraping against metal, even though the sword was merely tucked into a band of leather.
The crunching sound as Cotton bites Gibbs' fingers is one of many overdone sound effects in the movie. If Gibbs' fingers were really being bitten hard enough to make that sound, his fingers would be be badly broken.
Note that there are about six flies buzzing around in front of Beckett when Norrington tosses Jones' heart down on Beckett's desk. Presumably these flies were buzzing around the heart in the bag that was brought in by Norrington.
When the monkey drops Ragetti's wooden eye from the rigging, there is the sound of whooshing air as the eye falls. This is another sound effect that in real life would be unrealistic.
Note that there is a black-and-white Jolly Roger flag inside the hut just before Jack leaves. It is near the ceiling, over the doorway.
No. Jack's feet are never seen leaving the deck of the ship as he attacks the Kraken, therefore the theory that Jack lived by jumping into the Kraken's mouth is not sound, according to the visual evidence.
The time on the small clock in the background behind Beckett's desk is 4:10.
Note the large metal chandelier hanging from the ceiling behind Beckett here.
Note that Beckett has a small statue of a horse and rider on his desk, about 10" tall, partly visible in the foreground.
According to IMDb's goofs section for this film, there is a continuity error on the waterwheel scene. Early on, Jack hits his head on a metal bar inside the wheel, then falls off the wheel, but later this bar is missing.
Note that Ragetti's Bible is upside-down. The larger portions of print can be seen as upside down when the text side of the Bible is visible at the beginning of this scene.
Two people report that in the jar of eyeballs hanging inside Tia's shack there is one eyeball skewered with a tiny plastic martini sword. This sword might be the vertical white streak with a semicircular loop on its left that is seen towards the bottom of the jar. However, that streak might just be a reflection, since the white streak continues past the handle-like loop.
"Martini swords" are also called "sword picks," "swordpicks," or "drink swords."
plastic sword picks
As Beckett is talking to Will outside, overlooking the dock, note in the background that a large clock is being loaded with the time reading approximately 10:10. (10:08, to be exact.) The time 10:10 is significant because today advertisers of clocks and wristwatches usually set their clocks to 10:10 before photographing or selling them because the upwards "V" pattern of the hands suggests a smile and has been found to have a positive psychological effect on potential buyers. It's unlikely this fact would have been known in the 1700s, though.
dock scene with Beckett and Will
typical clock photographs, showing the time at 10:10
How many crab claws does Tia throw down? There are exactly nine, as shown in the photo below.
Tia's crab claws as thrown on the table
According to the trivia on IMDb [8-23-06] for this film, the fiery letters that spell "TortugA" on the deck of the Edinburgh Trader are in Disney font. This is difficult to believe, however, since crude letters written in oil would lack sufficient detail to clearly implement fonts, and the result doesn't much look like Disney font, anyway.
In Disney font?
Created: July 13, 2006
Updated: April 19, 2007