Pirates of Noah

 is a 2017 religious swashbuckler action-adventure film directed & co-produced by Derrick McDonagh, and produced by and. The film, starring, features many references to the mainstream Hollywood film Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales.

Director McDonagh said in a interview with The Christian Science Monitor that Pirates of Noah was the most expensive Pure Flix production to date and one of the most expensive Evangelical Christian films of all time, with a reported budget of well over $8 million.

Cast

 * as Captain Joshua Keller
 * Ed Hoenigsberg as Matthew
 * as Mark
 * Josh Deguara as Luke
 * as John
 * as Praskovya
 * as Captain Lancer

Production
The film was shot using equipment and featured over 300 special effects shots. It also included an original music score performed by the Ottawa Sinfonia, and was mastered in Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound. Several scenes were shot on board the and  replica ships in, ,. The owners of the two ships, the, were not aware of the true nature of the film as they were advised that the film being made was a "PG-13 pirate film for teen & young adult audiences."

The film was initially released as a two-disc set (the movie on a standard video DVD and again on a Blu-Ray disc format) priced as high as $30. An edited PG-rated version of the film was released on March 11, 2018. and Pure Flix also released an Original Motion Picture Soundtrack CD containing Lazlo Tremblay's score performed by the Ottawa Sinfonia, a rarity amongst religious films.

Reception
Clark Gastell of The El Kadsreian Chronicle described the film as "a relatively high-budget story of a group of ragtag sailors who go searching for a crew of evil pirates who have a plan to take over the world, while also seeking to return a stolen treasure to it's owners. Also, many of the characters in the movie spout religious messages that would tick off the average humanist."

The film set a record by winning 12 Odyssey Film Awards (see section below).

The film has 4 out of 5 Doves from.

Awards
Odyssey Film Awards 2018:
 * Best Theatrically-Released Feature
 * Best Director - Theatrical (Derrick McDonagh)
 * Best Musical Score (Lazlo Tremblay)
 * Best Special Effects
 * Best Actor - Theatrical
 * Best Original Songs
 * Best Script
 * Best Evangelical Message - Theatrical
 * Best Actress - Theatrical
 * Best Cinematography
 * Best Supporting Actor - Theatrical (Josh Deguara)
 * Best Online Marketing Campaign