The popular, imaginative, visually-stunning film made reference to prototypical elements of the 21st century high-tech culture, such as hacking and virtual reality.The shaman believed that the threesome were providentially sent there by the Hindu god Shiva to retrieve their sacred stone ("Bring back to us").She was standing in the fog before a set of ascending gothic stone steps before a large abandoned asylum, where a silhouetted nun next to a stone gargoyle statue appeared.[Lancaster was one of the first film actors to become an independent film producer.] Homage was given o this film by one of the characters in Barry Levinson""sDiner (1982), who quotes liberally from the rich dialogue.When Jack met up with Blackbeard, he bargained to turn over the chalices under certain conditions: (1) No harm to Angelica, (2) Return of his compass, and (3) Freedom for First Mate Gibbs.