Lionsgate; 35 hours 56 minutes; Not Rated; Amazon |
Black Sails: The Complete Collection was recently released to Blu-ray from STARZ and Lionsgate Home Entertainment.
Created by by Jonathan E. Steinberg and Robert Levine, Black Sails aired on STARZ for four seasons. The series starred Toby Stephens, Hannah New, Luke Arnold, Jessica Parker Kennedy, Tom Hopper, Zach McGowan, Toby Schmitz, Clara Paget, Mark Ryan, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Sean Cameron Michael, Louise Barnes, Rupert Penry-Jones, Luke Roberts, Ray Stevenson, David Wilmot, and Harriet Walter.
Black Sails is a prequel to the classic novel Treasure Island written by Robert Louis Stevenson. Set in 1715 (roughly twenty years before the novel), the series mostly focuses on Captain Flint (played by Toby Stephens), a former British officer turned pirate who finds himself on the New Providence island with an eager crew, but without an actual ship to sail.
New Providence is lead by Eleanor Guthrie (played by Hannah New), a young woman who has taken control of her father's operations across the island. She has taken ownership of the local brothel and wants to control of all the pirates; except for Captain Flint, who has a personal vendetta against the British Navy, and Captain Charles Vane (played by Zach McGowan), a brutal pirate who takes possession of the island, as well as Hannah's heart.
All three characters collide after "Long" John Silver (played by Luke Arnold), arrives on the island with several schemes up his sleeves, including stealing a "schedule" page from Captain Flint. With a lot of backstabbing, Captain Flint acquires a ship and gathers his crew (which includes Silver), so they can steal a treasure of gold.
Let's just say things don't go as planned!
Special Features include:
- Season 1
- "Black Sails": An Inside Look
- Dressed to Kill
- Pirate Camp
- Folklore Is Finished
- A Place in History
- Building the Behemoth
- Season 2
- Inside the World of "Black Sails"
- Man O'War
- Expanding Worlds
- High Sea Action
- History's Influence
- Season 3
- Season Two Recap
- Blackbeard: An 18-Century Pirate
- The Storm
- A Pirate's Last Words
- Woodes Rogers
- Inside the World of "Black Sails"
- Season 4
- Inside the World of "Black Sails"
- Creating the World
- Roundtable: Women in Piracy
- Roundtable: The Legends of Treasure Island
- Roundtable: Fearless Fans