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- "Ah! Nouvelle-Orleans! How I have missed you!"
- ―Jean Magliore
New Orleans, also known as Nouvelle-Orleans[1], 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.[2] The city was protected by a French police unit.[3] Due to its non-stop activities, New Orleans became know as the glittering city.[4] 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.[5]
By the early 1700s, New Orleans became a port known for its charitable and practical leaning towards piracy.[6] Even if they openly flew the Jolly Roger, pirate ships could safely dock in New Orleans.
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 La 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 the New Orleans pirates, led by Gentleman Jocard, the Pirate Lord of the Atlantic Ocean.
Behind the scenes[]
- Walt Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean is located within a section of Disneyland known as New Orleans Square. An episode from The Wonderful World of Disney anthology television series, titled Disneyland: From the Pirates of the Caribbean to the World of Tomorrow, featured Walt showing Disneyland's inaugural ambassador Julie Reihm a behind the scenes look at New Orleans Square and the Pirates attraction.
- Laffite's Landing in Pirates ride is named after Jean Lafitte, a historical pirate who operated from New Orleans.
- 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.[8]
- New Orleans was mentioned in the "Inside the Brethren Court" special feature of the At World's End DVD/Blu-ray release.[6]
- According to Jim Hill Media's report on The Art of Pirates of the Caribbean, the proposed story for the fourth film, On Stranger Tides was for Jack Sparrow and Hector Barbossa to meet up in the newly-founded city of New Orleans, before they sail to find the Fountain of Youth together.[9] However, production spokesman Michael Singer debunked the rumor, "That's not a synopsis supplied by us, and it's not correct."[10]
- On January 15, 2014, directors Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg stated that filming for the fifth film, Dead Men Tell No Tales, may take place in Puerto Rico and New Orleans.[11] Whether those plans have changed or not, because of production taking place in Australia, is unknown.
- 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)
- The Price of Freedom (Mentioned only)
- Legends of the Brethren Court: The Caribbean
- Legends of the Brethren Court: Rising in the East (Mentioned only)
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Notes and references[]
- ↑ Jack Sparrow: The Age of Bronze, p44
- ↑ Jack Sparrow: The Age of Bronze, p65
- ↑ Jack Sparrow: The Age of Bronze, p46
- ↑ Legends of the Brethren Court: The Caribbean, p53
- ↑ Jack Sparrow: The Age of Bronze, p53
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End "Inside the Brethren Court" featurette
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Jack Sparrow: City of Gold
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 'Pirates of the Caribbean' spokesman lets the wind out of the sails of New Orleans fans
- ↑ Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg Contract ‘Amnesia’ As Possible Post-’Pirates’ Project: Video
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