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Treasure Island

Actor(s): Bobby Driscoll, Robert Newton, Basil Sydney, Walter Fitzgerald, Denis O'Dea
Director(s): Byron Haskin
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Movie Details

MPAA Rating: PG
Content Advisory: Excellent For Children
Movie Release: 1950
DVD Release: 04/29/2003
Format: DVD - Closed Captioned
Edition: Restored/Remastered
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Number of Discs: 1
Run Time: 1 hrs 36 mins
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Members Wishing: 5
Genres: Adventure, Costume Adventure, Sea Adventure, Family-Oriented Adventure

DVD Synopsis

The Walt Disney production of the Robert Louis Stevenson classic novel Treasure Island is one of the company's best live-action films of the '50s, and one of the best family-oriented adventures ever filmed. Bobby Driscoll plays Jim Hawkins, a young cabin boy who battles the pirate Long John Silver (Robert Newton) for a treasure. Disney changes the ending of the book, yet the film is so entertaining--particularly Newton's scene-stealing performance--that the difference is forgivable. In the '70s, Treasure Island was re-issued with "objectionable" violence cut out of the print; the original version was restored in the 1992 home video re-release. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Movie Guide

Actors

Bobby Driscoll - Jim Hawkins
Robert Newton - Long John Silver
Basil Sydney - Capt. Smollett
Walter Fitzgerald - Squire Trelawney
Denis O'Dea - Dr. Livesey

Member Movie Reviews

Aimee M. (AimeeM) wrote on 2/4/2008...

2 of 2 member(s) found this review helpful.

I have always thought THIS version did Stevenson's tale the most justice.
There can be no better Long John Silver than Robert Newton. He pulls off the whole "bad guy yet we like him anyway" persona so well!
Excellent film, and a Disney classic.