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*Walt Disney Pictures has been questioned by the National Garifuna Council, a representative body of the Garifuna people, for what they feel is a racist portrayal of the Calinago, or Caribs as cannibals in Dead Man's Chest. The Council called for what they considered to be a fair and accurate representation, and Disney responded that the script could not be altered. No known changes were made to the film.

*This is the first time Johnny Depp has portrayed the same character in more than one movie. Depp has said that he is willing to continue the role of Jack Sparrow beyond the current trilogy.

*Legendary Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards Depp's personal friend and inspiration for his flamboyant pirate persona, had originally agreed to appear in a cameo role as Jack Sparrow's father, but had to pull out due to a commitment with the Rolling Stones concert tour. He has now signed on to appear in a short cameo role in the third movie.

*The completely computer-generated Davy Jones turned out to be so realistic that many reviewers mistakenly identified Nighy as wearing prosthetic makeup.
This was also the first Disney film to use a new computer-generated Disney production logo before the film.The first movie had no opening logos.
According to Terry Rossio and Ted Elliot, the shot of Elizabeth clinging to Jack's leg as he prepares to shoot the powder keg was directly influenced by the work of Frank Frazetta.

*In the Pelegosto scene, Leech, one of Jack's crew, makes an off comment about how only six of the remaining crew are truly needed to salvage the Pearl, and, ironically he and the rest of the men die moments later, leaving only the six more important crewmen (including Gibbs and Will). This is (apparently) a self mocking in-joke about the character shieldsthat exist within the series, and definitely in this movie in itself.

*According to the film's writers Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio in the Dead Man's Chest DVD commentary, the captain that Mercer kills at the pier is named Hawkins, and is meant to be the father of Jim Hawkins, the lead character in Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island.The writers claim that in the novel, Jim's father disappeared without a trace, and thus decided to supply an explanation. However, Jim's father never leaves home in the novel, and in fact dies from an illness in chapter three, rather than at the hands of the East Indian Trading Company.

*Keira Knightley had to wear hair extensions during the filming of the movie. This was because her hair had been cut short for her role in Domino. This film grossed 135.6 million dollars in its opening weekend, making it the first film to beat Spider-Man's opening weekend which was 114.8 million. In the episode 'One Day in the Valley' of the fictional HBO series Entourage which premiered in June 2006 (a month before this film), Vincent Chase's film, Aquaman, opened with 120 million plus in its opening weekend. On July 12, 2006, while reporting on box office totals, CNBC anchor Joe Kernan stated, "Disney was the big winner . . . 'Pirates' plunders the box office, making $132 million in its first three days at the box office. The previous three-day record was 'Aquaman' at $120-plus, which beat out the 115 million which was set back by 'Spider-Man' back in May of '02' ". It was later revealed that he said it as a joke.


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