Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl part 4
As Act IV of Curse begins, Will Turner is locked up in the brig aboard the Black Pearl. He talks to Pintel about his father, Bootstrap Bill. Pintel informs Will, and the audience, that Bootstrap Bill wasn’t an evil pirate like Barbossa, that he “felt bad” about mutinying against Jack. He goes on to tell Will that Bootstrap Bill sent the cursed gold piece to Will in order to remain deliberately cursed. If that’s true, well, good going Bootstrap Bill, now your son is set to die at the hands of your cursed pirate friends. Finally, Pintel tells Will that Barbossa killed Bootstrap Bill for sending the gold piece to Will. Phew! I don’t think I’ve ever come across a smaller maguffin more responsible for more plot before, and the movie still has a half-hour to go.