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Pirates Of The Peruvian Somthing-or-Other

Latin America's first animated 3-D movie -- a swashbuckling Peruvian yarn about a boy battling Dutch pirates -- is eyeing distribution in the United States and China after becoming a box office hit at home.

"It has grossed half a million dollars and 100,000 viewers in the six days since it opened," producer Hernan Garrido-Lecca told Reuters. on Wednesday.

That makes "Pirates in Callao" second only to "Shrek 2" in terms of animated box office hits in Peru "and if things continue like this, I think it'll overtake it," he said.

The 78-minute picture tells the adventures of a 21st century boy who travels back to the 17th century and takes on legendary Dutch pirate Jacobo Clerk, known as L'Hermite (the hermit), who looted Spanish galleons full of Peruvian gold.

The boy hooks up with another boy from the 19th century and the pair help the Indians avoid the pirate's clutches in what was a key Pacific trading post in colonial times.

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Posted by Ithildin at March 2, 2005 4:02 PM | PROCURE FINE OLD WORLD ABSINTHE