Is a French production team breaking all the rules while adapting the graphic novels of Hugo Pratt? All Hail the Master First appearing in 1967, The Ballad Of The Salt Sea is a graphic novel about the adventures of a rakish and ethically challenged adventurer, Corto Maltese, a "gentleman of fortune" in an era no longer accommodating to such roles.
Then a funny thing happened: they began studying the story and graphics.
With a cult following to please on one hand, and a television audience on the other, how would they strike a balance between the popular, and fidelity to the original? They sacked the first group of writers. It was a job to be approached with both trepidation and glee: the feature animation adaptation of the "classic" and often confusing graphic novel The Ballad Of The Salt Sea by the legendary Hugo Pratt. Download a Quicktime movie of Corto Maltese.
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