As revealed during several interviews with Johnny Depp and his costars, he based his portrayal of his character on Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards who Depp has suggested should appear in the sequel, playing Jack's father.

The scene where the prisoners in the jail cell are trying to get the dog to give them the keys is taken straight from the ride in Disneyland. The costumes and dog are even the same.

Johnny Depp actually had his teeth capped for the film, and kept the caps on for several months after the filming was completed in case he was called back for reshoots.

Young Elizabeth sings a pirate's song in the opening shot. It is the same song that Elizabeth teaches Jack when they are marooned on the island. At the end aboard the Black Pearl, Jack starts to sing that song when he says, "Bring me the horizon." This song is from the PotC ride at Disneyland.

On the bonus DVD deleted scenes segment, there an improvised scene where Jack is trying to remember the word 'Parlay' and goes on to talk about the French. He says at one point 'they're great singers'. Johnny Depp's girlfriend is the French singer Vanessa Paradis.

Another scene taken from the Disney ride is when we FIRST (because they go back in that cave a lot) watch Will and Jack row into the cave. Will looks to the left and sees skeletons, a sword and a large crab. This is about the first thing seen on the ride.

Boy Wonder Productions was one of several SFX firms subcontracted by Disney to work on the film. It was founded by Burt Ward, the former actor who played Robin (the "Boy Wonder") on the old Batman TV series.

Jack Sparrow has lots of braids and beads in his hair. If you look closely, you can see that in the posters and other merchandise, the braids are on the opposite side than they were in the film.

In a deleted scene Will and Jack are seen entering the pub. A man is being dunked into a well and spits out water exactly like in the ride.

At the beginning of the film, on board the ship which discovers young Will Turner, Governor Swann is wearing a suit/costume that more than resembles that of Captain Hook's from the Disney made Peter Pan movie. Even his hair is almost the same.

In the romantic scene between Elizabeth and Will where she shows him the medallion, she pulls it from around her neck. The necklace was attached to the back of her neck with sellotape to make it easily removable, but the first few times she pulled it off the tape was too tightly attached and pulled bits of hair off too. Commentary, DVD. Submitted by Jon Sandys

Near the beginning of the movie, Jack and Will wake up a man sleeping in a muddy area with some pigs. In the Disneyland ride you can see a pirate doing the same thing.

The pile of gold on Isla de Muerta is based on the very end of the Disneyland ride. So is the scene where the wine is going through Barbossa's skeleton, as he is drinking on deck after Elizabeth interacts with the cursed skeletal pirates.

The scene where the pirate is chasing the maid through the streets, laughing madly, is also taken directly from the original Disney attraction.

In the previews on TV Elizabeth Swann is shown in the water in a purple dress with a shark swimming in front of her, but in the actual movie you don't see this. This probably would've happened after she walks the plank, but she had taken off the dress already and there simply is no shark.

Right after the final duel between Barbossa and Sparrow, Barbossa states he feels cold and then drops dead. We then see a shot of Barbossa's apple dropping from his hand. This could be reminiscent of another Disney movie, Snow White, in which she is poisoned by the witch and also drops the apple in the same way.