ARMCHAIR DIRECTORS Ep 30: PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL (2003) Action-thriller authors Matt James and Richard F. Paddon give one of best adventure films of a generation its due. It's incredibly rare nowadays that an original concept/story births the kind of pop-culture icon that is Captain Jack Sparrow. It also gave us a now iconic score, one of the boys' favorites of all time... Subscribe today!