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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest is a junior novelization of the film of the same name. It was published on June 1, 2006 by Disney Press, and was written by Irene Trimble. The book contains eight pages of full-color stills from the film.

Publisher's description[]

Calling all young pirates! Jack Sparrow and his friends are back and ready for another adventure. But this time, it looks like they might be in over their heads. In The Pirates of the Caribbean 2 Early Reader, aspiring pirates will get a chance to re-live the action and see stills from the movie.

Back cover[]

Legend has it that a tortured soul called Davy Jones lives beneath the sea, his still-beating broken heart locked away in a chest, and a terrible sea beast at his command. Unfortunately for the notorious pirate, Captain Jack Sparrow, this particular legend is very real. Years ago, Jack made a deal with Davy Jones, who is now expecting him to make good on his promise by handing himself over to Jones's servitude. But Jack will not give in without a fight, which is especially bad news for Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann, who always seem to get caught up in Jack's mishaps. If Jack can't find a way to rid himself of Davy Jones once and for all, it may just spell the end for the three adventurers.

Differences between the film and the book[]

  • The book begins with Jack Sparrow's escape from the Turkish Prison, before following Lord Cutler Beckett's arrival at Port Royal and Jack's encounter with Bootstrap Bill Turner—the latter taking place not below decks onboard the Black Pearl, but in Jack's cabin. Screenwriters Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio confirm in the DVD commentary this was the timeline used in early versions of the script, and was still in the 2006 revision of the screenplay.[1]
  • Cutler Beckett uses his newly appointed powers by the Royal Commission for Antilles Trade and Protection to arrest Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann. Beckett reveals the charges against them, not Governor Weatherby Swann.
  • When he reaches for the bottle of rum on his desk, Jack Sparrow sees the pirate brand on his right arm. When he exits the cabin, the steersman Leech asks him for the heading, to which Jack replies "Steady as she goes".
  • The destruction of the Turkish fishing boat, which is called only "a small fishing vessel", is said to be set not far away from Port Royal, implying the event occured in the Caribbean, not close to Turkey.
  • Governor Weatherby Swann's conversation with the Port Royal prison guard (named Carruthers) is longer.
  • During Will's search for Jack, an innkeeper tells Will that Jack ran off with a Creole woman to Madagascar, and she was half his age and twice his height. Scarlett slaps Will at Tortuga instead of Giselle, who is absent from the novelization. Will's 'conversation' with Cotton's Parrot on Isla de Pelegostos is longer.
  • When Governor Weatherby Swann finds Captain Hawkins on the dock, he calls him by his name. Mercer does not show the Governor's letter to the King after killing the captain. Like in the film, when he doesn't find Elizabeth in the carriage, Mercer demanded angrily "Where is she?" with Governor Swann asking Mercer "Who?" But unlike the film, after Mercer slammed the governor against the carriage, he snarled, "Elizabeth!" In addition, Governor Swann offered innocently "She was always a willful child." After that, Mercer ordered Swann to be put in irons and, with a violent jerk, led him away.
  • When Gibbs explains to Will what's going to happen to Jack, Cotton mimes something about being cut up with a knife.
  • Pintel and Ragetti's boat does not capsize before it reaches Isla de Pelegostos. During the motley crew's escape Will's cage reaches the top of the cliff before Leech's cage falls. When the Pearl sails away Jack looks at his compass for a few moments before he acknowledges Will's presence.
  • As Gibbs tells Will Turner about the Kraken, he tells him about how Jack Sparrow isn't afraid of dying but the punishment that awaits at Davy Jones' Locker. The line was written and filmed for Dead Man's Chest, but was later given to Tia Dalma in At World's End.
  • When Jack Sparrow demonstrates Jack the monkey's immortality to Tia Dalma he suggests she could give it "the crocodile treatment".
  • Courtesy of the Frightened Sailor, "Billy" and "Quentin" were the only two named crewmen when Will Turner climbs aboard the scuttled ship. Their names also appeared in the film's screenplay.[1]
  • When the Flying Dutchman rises from the sea in front of the scuttled ship Will Turner attempts to hide behind one of the ship's cannons. The figurehead of the Dutchman is described as "the skeleton of a winged female".
  • The way Davy Jones is described is different than how he appeared in the film. Jones had dark eyes rather than blue and one of his legs was nothing but whalebone. His right extended out in rough tentacles wrapping around an ivory cane, whereas in the film, Jones walked without the use of a cane.
  • When the chaplain rejects Davy Jones' offer to join the cursed crew of the Flying Dutchman, Greenbeard simply throws the chaplain overboard (likely to drown, though this is never stated). In the film, on the other hand, Greenbeard slits the chaplain's throat before throwing his corpse overboard (with help from Ratlin).
  • The recruitment scene does not show the Very old man, the Skinny man, and the Irish man directly. After Gibbs reveals they have only four new crewmembers, he warns Jack that nothing better happen to him, to which Jack replies that he makes no promises. Gibbs then tells Jack to come up with a new plan, and not rely on his compass, because the whole crew knows it hasn't worked since he was saved from the gallows.
  • After his punishment with the cat o' nine tails, Will says to Bootstrap Bill Turner that he always thought he had killed him a year earlier when he lifted the curse of the Aztec Gold, but saw that as an act of mercy because Bill wouldn't suffer the fate handed to him by Captain Barbossa. Bill then reveals he doesn't remember Barbossa anymore, due to being a part of Jones' crew.
  • Unlike the film, Will Turner and Davy Jones play Liar's Dice two times, rather than once, and had more dialogue. Will beats Jones in the first game, winning his father's freedom only for it to be lost in the second game after Bootstrap joins the game, like in the film. During the first game, Jones and Will about being "married to the ship" and about the latter's fate. Prior to the second game, Jones cautions Will, "You can't best the devil twice, son."
  • After the Kraken attacks and destroys of the Edinburgh Trader, Will Turner hides on the stern of the Flying Dutchman, not beneath the figurehead like in the film.
  • When Jack, Elizabeth, and Norrington land on Isla Cruces Elizabeth briefly explains the history of the island. When they discover the exact location where the Dead Man's Chest was buried Jack marks the spot with an X.
  • The explosion of barrels of rum and gunpowder during the Kraken's attack on the Black Pearl is omitted.
  • The novelization ends with Bootstrap Bill standing on the deck of the Dutchman, watching the Kraken sinking the Black Pearl. In the film, Bootstrap was thrown into the brig after believing Will died during the Kraken's attack on the Edinburgh Trader.
  • The novelization ends with the aftermath of the battle between Jack Sparrow and the Kraken. Onboard the Flying Dutchman, Davy Jones smiled with satisfaction as Jack Sparrow went down with the Black Pearl, saying their debt was settled. But Jones was not the only soul watching from the Dutchman, as Bootstrap Bill was looking on, as well, his eyes grew wide with shock. What was left of Bootstrap's cursed heart wrenched. With eyes full of sorrow, Bootstrap Bill looked out toward the still water where Jack and the Pearl had so recently been sailing. Quietly and painfully, Bill whispered out toward the empty sea, "If any man could beat the devil, I'd have thought it would be you." The book also ends with the line said by Will Turner and Gibbs in the film: "The Black Pearl was gone, along with her captain. And, already, the world seemed a bit less bright without them."

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