Country of origin Canada | ||
Based on Pirate's Passageby William Gilkerson Screenplay by Brad PeytonDonald Sutherland Directed by Mike BarthJamie Gallant Starring Donald SutherlandGage MunroeCarrie-Anne Moss | ||
Pirate's Passage is a 2015 Canadian animated adventure film based on a novel by William Gilkerson. It premiered on CBC Television on 4 January 2015.
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Plot
The story is set in 1952 in the fictional community of Grey Rocks, Nova Scotia. where Jim (Gage Munroe), a 12-year-old boy, faces bullying at school. His widowed mother (Carrie-Anne Moss) runs a local inn, which is facing a takeover by a wealthy family. Sea captain Charles Johnson (Donald Sutherland) appears to assist Jim and his mother through their struggles, however Johnson appears to be a pirate who supposedly died two centuries ago.
The story is based on William Gilkerson's book Pirate's Passage which won the 2006 Governor General's Award for English-language children's literature.
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Production
Pirate's Passage was produced and written by Sutherland and Brad Peyton through Sutherland's production company Martin's River Ink and the studios of PiP Animation Services.
Tandem Communications distributes the film outside of Canada.