It's time again for our now-annual Turkey Month, and we're kicking off a November's worth of big budget turkeys with Cutthroat Island, the pirate movie that plundered Carolco of their last remaining doubloons, and sent Geena Davis' career as a swashbuckler off the side of a boat.



CHAPTERS:



(00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 113: Cutthroat Island (1995)

(00:00:18) - Intro.

(00:02:08) - Our first turkey for November: Cutthroat Island!

(00:07:37) - The Renny Harlin factor, and the initial (fairly different) pitch for this movie.

(00:12:06) - THEY KILLED CAROLCO!

(00:18:15) - The cast we got, and the cast we could have had.

(00:23:30) - Listing off some of the myriad curses that befell this production (and some debate about Davis' stunts).

(00:32:16) - Despite all the troubles, they pulled this one off at the box office, right?!? (No.)

(00:38:49) - Addressing any lingering questions before we get into the movie proper.

(00:43:58) - Break!

(00:44:24) - We're back, and here's what the hell is happening in this movie.

(00:54:21) - The introduction of William Shaw.

(00:59:28) - I saved a guy who speaks Latin, what did you ever do?

(01:02:26) - One of the few bright spots: the carriage chase.

(01:04:41) - These puzzles suck.

(01:06:11) - Time to dig up another uncle.

(01:12:43) - Gunshot wound? No problem!

(01:17:45) - An interminable mutiny before we finally get to Cutthroat Island.

(01:25:31) - Oh look, treasure.

(01:29:49) - Let's blow some stuff up for like 30 minutes.

(01:37:11) - We saved the treasure! (...and Shaw!)

(01:40:32) - Final thoughts.

(01:46:04) - Some talk about our film for next week: Waterworld!

(01:51:28) - Outro.