Pyrates
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Pyrates is an 1991
1991 in film
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 comedy film
Comedy film
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, starring Kevin Bacon
Kevin Bacon
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 and Kyra Sedgwick
Kyra Sedgwick
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 about a couple who experience pyrokinesis
Pyrokinesis
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 after having sex
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. Directed and written by Noah Stern, the film was released on VHS
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 on December 18, 1991.

Cast

  • Kevin Bacon
    Kevin Bacon
    Kevin Norwood Bacon is an American film and theater actor whose notable roles include Animal House, Diner, Footloose, Flatliners, Wild Things, A Few Good Men, JFK, Apollo 13, Mystic River, The Woodsman, Trapped, Friday the 13th, Hollow Man, Tremors, Death Sentence, Frost/Nixon, Crazy, Stupid, Love....

     as Ari
  • Kyra Sedgwick
    Kyra Sedgwick
    Kyra Minturn Sedgwick is an American actress.Sedgwick is best known for her starring role as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson on the TNT crime drama The Closer. Sedgwick's role in the series won her a Golden Globe Award in 2007 and an Emmy Award in 2010...

     as Sam
  • Bruce Martyn Payne
    Bruce Payne
    Bruce Martyn Payne is an award winning English character actor and producer and was a member of the 1980's Brit Pack. Although he is best known for his villainous roles, Bruce Payne has played characters across the spectrum...

     as Liam
  • Kristin Dattilo as Pia
  • Buckley Harris as Dr. Weiss
  • Deborah Falconer as Rivkah
  • David Pressman
    David Pressman
    David Pressman is an American human rights lawyer and former aide to United States Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright. He advises a number of highly-visible individuals on foreign policy and related advocacy strategies...

     as Carlton
  • Raymond O'Connor
    Raymond O'Connor
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     as Fireman
  • Byrne Piven
    Byrne Piven
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     as Rabbi Lichtenstein
  • Ernie Lee Banks as Wee Willie
  • Mickey Jones
    Mickey Jones
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     as Wisconsin Del
  • Petra Verkaik as Basia
  • Clifford David
    Clifford David
    Clifford David is an American actor born in Toledo, Ohio on June 30, 1938. He is recognized for his many Broadway, film and television performances.-Career:...

     as Advisor
  • Tom Adams
    Tom Adams (actor)
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     as Calico Jack (uncredited)

Reception

Reviews for Pyrates were generally negative. Derek Adams of Time Out criticized the film for containing few laughs, stating that "the first time a lava lamp explodes, the second time round though, and the joke's already gone too far".

DVD release

Lionsgate has yet to announce any plans to release the film onto a Region 1 DVD. However, a DVD has been released in Australia.
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