 Producer Jerry Bruckheimer (qv) and director Gore Verbinski (qv)  wanted to use the massive water tank in Rosarito, Baja California,  Mexico used for _Titanic (1997)_ (qv) and  _Pearl Harbor (2001)_ (qv), but Peter Weir (qv)s film  _Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)_ (qv) had  the tank booked during the time Pirates was scheduled to shoot.