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Overview

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Director:
Byron Haskin
Writers:
Lawrence Edward Watkin (screenplay)
Robert Louis Stevenson (story)
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Release Date:
19 July 1950 (USA) more
Genre:
Adventure | Family more
Plot:
Enchanted by the idea of locating treasure buried by Captain Flint, Squire Trelawney, Dr. Livesey and... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(10 articles)
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User Comments:
If you liked "Pirates of the Caribbean", you owe it to yourself to see "Treasure Island" more

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island (UK) (complete title) (USA) (complete title)
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Runtime:
96 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
Australia:G | Canada:G (Manitoba/Quebec) | Iceland:12 | South Korea:All | Canada:PG (video rating) | Finland:K-12 | Iceland:10 | Sweden:15 | UK:U | USA:G (edited version: 1975) | USA:PG (re-rating) (1992)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The featured performance of Robert Newton as Long John Silver is so iconic that it is thought by many to be the origin of today's stereotypical "Arrrrr"-laced pirate patois. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: Throughout the film the frizzens were often open and the flashpans exposed on the supposed flintlock pistols and muskets, but the guns fired anyway. These were obviously stage guns, but as a factual point the frizzen must be closed on the pan and there must be a poof of smoke before a flintlock gun will fire. more
Quotes:
Opening title card: If sailor tales and sailor tunes, storm and adventure, heat and cold. If schooners, islands and maroons and buccaneers and buried gold, and all the old romance retold exactly in the ancient way can please as me they pleased of old the wiser youngsters of today... So be it! more
Movie Connections:
Edited into "Disneyland: Treasure Island: Part 1 (#1.11)" (1955) more
Soundtrack:
Sea Shanty more

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"Treasure Island" Remade How Many Times?
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15 out of 19 people found the following comment useful:-
If you liked "Pirates of the Caribbean", you owe it to yourself to see "Treasure Island", 1 May 2004
9/10
Author: Randall Grossman from Elma,NY

I saw this film as a child and enjoyed it, but when I watched it again tonight with my children, I absolutely loved it. My two oldest daughters are big fans of "Pirates of the Caribbean." They immediately recognized Robert Newton's brilliant performance as Long John Silver as the inspiration for Geoffrey Rush's equally delightful turn as Captain Barbossa fifty years later. Newton steals the show with his characterization of the famous pirate, yet does so without distracting one from the story.

A half century has not robbed this film of any of its charm; it remains one of the great pirate films of all time. Grab a bowl of popcorn and fire up your DVD player. Treasure Island is the real thing!

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