Blackbeard (film)

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Blackbeard is an adventure-drama miniseries based on the pirate Blackbeard starring Mark Umbers as Lt. Robert Maynard, Anthony Green as Israel Hands and Angus Macfadyen as Blackbeard. It was released on DVD by Echo Bridge Entertainment on July 11, 2006. The Kevin Connor film was written by Bryce Zabel.

The film has not been rated, but includes violence and profanity. It includes many factual names and places, but is essentially a fictional story about Blackbeard's obsession with Captain Kid's treasure.

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In the Golden Age of Piracy, at the dawn of the 18th century, Blackbeard stood out among the lawless rogues as the most fearsome and notorious seafarer of them all. He killed for the reputation, and his reputation has become legend. Now, for the first time, comes the true story of pirate Edward Teach, the man who terrorized the seas.