Cutthroat Island
Cutthroat Island is a 1995 adventure swashbuckler film directed by Renny Harlin and written by Robert King and Marc Norman from a story by Michael Frost Beckner, James Gorman, Bruce A. Evans, and Raynold Gideon. It stars Geena Davis, Matthew Modine, and Frank Langella. It is a co-production among the United States, France, Germany, and Italy.
Plot
In 1668 Jamaica, having escaped a trap set by authorities, Morgan Adams hunts down her paternal uncle and fellow pirate Dawg Brown after he kidnaps her father, Black Harry. Harry has one of three pieces of a map to a huge stash of gold on the remote Cutthroat Island. Dawg has another piece, having stolen it after betraying and murdering their younger brother Richard, while a fourth brother, Mordechai, has the last piece. Refusing to give his piece to Dawg, Harry escapes with his daughter's help. Harry is fatally wounded and tells Morgan the map piece is located on his scalp before he dies.
Cast
- Angus Wright
- Christopher Adamson
- Christopher Masterson
- Daragh O'Malley
- David Bailie
- Frank Langella
- Geena Davis
- George Murcell
- Harris Yulin
- Jimmie F. Skaggs
- Ken Bones
- Kwame Kwei-Armah
- Mary Peach
- Matthew Modine
- Maury Chaykin
- Patrick Malahide
- Paul Dillon
- Ramon Tikaram
- Renny Harlin
- Rex Linn
- Richard Leaf
- Rupert Vansittart
- Stan Shaw
- Tam White
More details
| author | Bruce A. Evans Marc Norman Michael Frost Beckner Raynold Gideon Robert King |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Caribbean |
| director | Renny Harlin |
| editor | Frank J. Urioste Ralph E. Winters |
| events | sea piracy |
| genre | action adventure comedy historical |
| keywords | boatswain capture carrier pigeon con man coral reef corrupt governor force jamaica kill learn madagascar morning newly rich port royal quicksand scalp sinking ship sold into slavery their way trap wanted poster wound |
| musicBy | John Debney |
| nomination | Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director |
| producer | Joel B. Michaels Laurence Mark |
| productionCompany | Carolco Pictures |
| publisher | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pathé |
| recordedAt | Malta Pinewood Studios Thailand |
| theme | action comedy independent romantic comedy swashbuckler |