VeggieTales: the Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything - January 2008

From the creators of 2002’s wildly successful Jonah—A VeggieTales Movie comes a new story of heroism in the beloved VeggieTales’ world, The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything. Now, we follow the comic misadventures of three animated veggie pals who reluctantly set sail for adventure and discover that real heroes don’t have to be tall, strong, handsome…or even human. Garrrrr! Working at the Pieces of Ate Dinner Theater is less than exciting when you’re a busboy. For three moping misfits— Elliot, Sedgewick and George (Larry the Cucumber, Mr. Lunt and Pa Grape)—all they dream of is the day when they can ditch their dishrags and take stage to star in the big pirate show. But with Elliot’s timidity, Sedgewick’s laziness and George’s lack of self-confidence, it seems as if the day to prove who they really are will never come… Things are about to change when a mysterious ball drops from the sky and lands at the unlikely seafarers’ feet. A “Helpseeker” sent from the past in search of heroes, the artifact sets in motion a series of events that drags the friends back to the 17th century—and into the belly of certain danger. The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything must each face their fears—becoming unlikely heroes in a battle to rescue a royal family from an evil tyrant, and themselves from living the life of common couch potatoes. The latest in a franchise that has sold more than 50 million DVDs/videos since its 1993 inception, The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything—A VeggieTales Movie continues the hit series’ values-based lessons in teaching kids what it really means to be a hero.

Director: Mike Nawrocki
Writer: Phil Vischer
Rating:PG
In Theatres: January 11, 2008
Genre: Animation / Adventure / Comedy / Family

Voice Casts:

• Phil Vischer voice of George / Sedgewick / Willory / Sir Frederick / Mr. Hibbing / Bob the Tomato / Pirate Spy / Pirate Philippe Pea
• Mike Nawrocki voice of Elliot / Pirate Jean Claude Pea / Theater Foe / Pirate Spy Sidekick / Pirate with Dummy / Rock Monster Father
• Cam Clarke voice of Robert the Terrible / The King
• Yuri Lowenthal voice of Alexander
• Alan Lee voice of Blind Man / One-Eyed Louie
• Cydney Trent voice of Bernadette
• Megan Murphy voice of Madame Blueberry
• Jim Poole voice of Pirate Scooter Carrot
• Tim Hodge voice of Jolly Joe / King's Ship Officer
• Ally Nawrocki voice of Lucy / Rock Monster Girl
• Joe Spadaford voice of Jacob Lewis / Stubb Pirate Overboard / Stubb Pirate Coward
• John Wahba voice of Dungeon Guard / Pirate with Dummy Sidekick
• Colleen Curtis voice of Theater Customer Woman
• Brian Roberts voice of Steadfast Soldier / Theater Customer Man / Pirate Pilot

Three lazy misfits -- Elliot, Sedgewick and George (Larry the Cucumber, Mr. Lunt and Pa Grape) -- dream of the day when they can quit their jobs as cabinboys at the Pieces of Ate Dinner Theater and take the stage to star in the big pirate show. But with Elliot's timidity, Sedgewick's laziness and George's lack of self-confidence, it seems as if the day to prove who they really are will never come. However, when an artifact called a HelpSeeker arrives from the past, it sends the three back in time to a real pirate adventure, setting in motion a series of events where they face danger, their fears, and become unlikely heroes in a battle to rescue a royal family, including Princess Eloise and Prince Alexander, from an evil tyrant. In this story they each learn to be a real pirate, hero, and friend.