Treasure Island

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Summary: THE BEST PORTRAYAL OF SILVER
Review: Let me tell you... When I was 4, I rented this from the video store every day of my life. My dad wound up buying the video off of those guys. It totally rocks. Robert Newton hits the nail on the head. Pieces of eight!

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Summary: Walt Disney's first completely live-action film.
Review: Like so many adventure stories, there have been numerous film versions of Robert Louis Stevenson's "Treasure Island". Walt Disney's 1950 live-action film gets my vote as the best version. Robert Newton, of course, steals the film as Long John Silver, but praise should also go to Bobby Driscoll as Jim Hawkins and the top-notch British supporting cast. This film has almost nothing that is mostly associated with Disney movies, including no songs or funny characters, but that doesn't bother me. I still love it, mainly because of the two main characters, Long John and Jim Hawkins, and the well-developed relationship they have.

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Summary: Walt Disney's first completely live-action film.
Review: Like so many adventure stories, there have been numerous film versions of Robert Louis Stevenson's "Treasure Island". Walt Disney's 1950 live-action film gets my vote as the best version. Robert Newton, of course, steals the film as Long John Silver, but praise should also go to Bobby Driscoll as Jim Hawkins and the top-notch British supporting cast. This film has almost nothing that is mostly associated with Disney movies, including no songs or funny characters, but that doesn't bother me. I still love it, mainly because of the two main characters, Long John and Jim Hawkins, and the well-developed relationship they have.

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Summary: A Great Disney Film!
Review: Live action Disney at its best takes the classic pirate tale & turns it to pure Disney gold. A treasure of a movie!

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Summary: How can I be the first reviewer for this?
Review: Long John Silver has to be the greatest pirate ever to come across the screen-- this technicolor extravaganza is one of Disney's greatest live-action films and just shows how family entertainment has fallen so low in the last fifty years. Strange though that the film centers around the relationship of a foul-mothed rum drunk dirty swab and and his courting of an impressionable little boy-- oh yeah and there is not a woman to be seen in the entire film- -we hear about Jim Hawkin's mom but never see her! Arrgh shiver me timbers all other pirate films ain't worth a biscuit compared to this here one says me

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Summary: Incomplete, inconsistent and misleading version!
Review: One day a mysterious person comes to stay at an inn ran by a boy and his mother. It is obvious that this stranger led a rough sea going life. What was not obvious is that events with his previous associates would eventually lead to adventure and "Treasure Island."

The only thing in this movie that relates to the book or the other movie versions is the Title.

Half of the characters are missing. Much of the dialog is missing. The whole point of the story is missing. It was not necessary for the movie as other movie versions did not do this.

In an attempt to be cutesy Byron Haskin lost the mystery and the morals of Treasure Island. You definitely do not want to spend any money on this version (Bobby Driscoll)

A better choice is Treasure Island (1990) Charlton Heston, Christian Bale.
For that matter "Muppets Treasure Island" is closer to the book and the singing is better.


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Summary: A Classic movie treated poorly by Disney!
Review: One of the best live action movies in Disney history. The dvd does not even have a trailer. Nothing. It is in full screen (which is not a problem as it is its OAR) but let alone no second disc, how about putting something on the one being released? It's a shame Disney is not giving their own movies the respect they gave the Miyazaki trilogy (WOW what a set). All 3 double disc. This is a 5 star movie with a 1 star dvd presentation.

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Summary: Yo-ho-ho!
Review: Robert Louis Stevenson's classic adventure tale comes magically to life in this excellent production. Robert Newton gives the performance of his life as Long John Silver, the scoundrelly pirate captain who heads up the most likeable group of rascals and rogues that ever belted out a chorus of "Fifteen men on a dead man's chest, yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum." Bobby Driscoll, who tragically never was able to make the jump from child to adult star, is excellent as Jim Hawkins and the supporting cast is very good indeed. But this is Newton's movie. Hamming it up delightfully from one scene to the next, he walks off with the film. The movie strays from the book in a few places, most notably in the end; but when we see Silver sailing off into the sunset, cackling wickedly after appropriating all the loot, we feel somehow that maybe this is how Stevenson should have ended the book. Disney's "Treasure Island" is a treasure in itself.

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Summary: Yo-ho-ho!
Review: Robert Louis Stevenson's classic adventure tale comes magically to life in this excellent production. Robert Newton gives the performance of his life as Long John Silver, the scoundrelly pirate captain who heads up the most likeable group of rascals and rogues that ever belted out a chorus of "Fifteen men on a dead man's chest, yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum." Bobby Driscoll, who tragically never was able to make the jump from child to adult star, is excellent as Jim Hawkins and the supporting cast is very good indeed. But this is Newton's movie. Hamming it up delightfully from one scene to the next, he walks off with the film. The movie strays from the book in a few places, most notably in the end; but when we see Silver sailing off into the sunset, cackling wickedly after appropriating all the loot, we feel somehow that maybe this is how Stevenson should have ended the book. Disney's "Treasure Island" is a treasure in itself.

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Summary: Disney's first live-action feature is one of their best!
Review: Robert Louis Stevenson's tale of treachery on the high seas comes to life in Disney's first fully live-action feature film, Treasure Island! The always wonderful Bobby Driscoll, Disney's star of Song of the South and So Dear To My Heart, plays young Jim Hawkins, the son of a local tavern keeper woman. The ocean brings all sorts of seamen into the tavern where the small boy lives and works, filling his head with ideas of adventure and excitement on the open sea. But fantasy becomes reality when a pirate treasure map comes into Jim's possession. Suddenly, he and his adult friends, the sensible Dr. Livesey and the pompous and careless Squire Trelawney, are planning there own adventure on the good ship Hispanola, in search of the treasure of the infamous Captain Flint. But before they can sail, they need a crew, and the foolish Squire allows their strange new friend, innkeeper and retired Navy cook Long John Silver, to sign one on for them. Long John quickly befriends Jim Hawkins and immediately gathers a crew, but rather than recruiting former Navy men as promised, Long John Silver hires on his REAL shipmates, PIRATES! Pirates of every shape and size! Soon, the crew of good guys, and bad guys in disguise, heads out to sea in search of Treasure Island. However, by the time they reach the isle, Jim Hawkins has overheard the mutiny Silver and his men are planning. Now it's good guys versus bad pirates in a battle over life, liberty, and untold riches! No one is sure of the outcome, but the real question is, is Long John really Jim's enemy, or his friend?
No child should go through life without experiencing this Disney classic! Treasure Island is truly one of the best films to come out of Disney's wonderful vault. It's full of fun and adventure, with great characters and settings, a perfect mood, and a superb cast. Robert Newton OWNS the role of Long John Silver! There will never be another loveable villain like him! For more fun with Robert Newton in the role of Long John, search for the 1953 film "Long John Silver Returns To Treasure Island," a sequel made by some other studio in an attempt to cash in on Disney's Masterpiece. Like I said, Robert Newton plays Long John again in that film, so for that reason alone, it's worth checking out. Also, pick up Muppet Treasure Island if you're a fan of Tim Curry and the Muppets! It's great fun!