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Treasure Island
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780788845147
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Live, NTSC
ISBN: 0788845144
Label: Walt Disney Video
Languages: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video
MPN: D30157D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Walt Disney Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 29, 2003
Running Time: 96 minutes
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Theatrical Release Date: July 19, 1950
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Editorial Review:
Strap on your pantaloons and prepare to travel with Jim Hawkins and Blind Pew to one of the most famous fictional islands in history. Walt Disney's 1950 adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's swashbuckling masterpiece has held up extremely well, with action and characterizations that feel freshly minted (although it's unlikely that the Mouse of today would sanction the high level of booze flowing throughout the picture). Great fun, with nary a wasted frame and, in the character of Robert Newton's much-imitated Long John, one of cinema's most boisterously crowd-pleasing villains ever. (Proving that you can't keep a good--er, bad man down, Newton would return with director Byron Haskins for the enjoyable sequel, Long John Silver.) Watching this classic is like having a flashback to some perfect Technicolor childhood. --Andrew Wright
Ahoy, mateys! Come aboard the good ship Hispaniola and set sail in search of buried treasure in one of Disney's most critically acclaimed adventure classics -- presented in its original, uncut theatrical version! In his first all-live-action feature, Walt Disney has vividly brought to life Robert Louis Stevenson's timeless tale of buccaneers and buried gold. Authentic locales, rich color photography, and musket-roaring action set the stage for the stouthearted heroics of young Jim Hawkins (Bobby Driscoll) -- and the skullduggery of that wily, one-legged pirate of all pirates, Long John Silver. Aye, for the kind of excitement that only treasure and treachery can bring, there's no better destination than TREASURE ISLAND!
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Robert Newton is great!
Treasure Island is a great story and this is a very well-done movie. Robert Newton as Long John Silver is especially outstanding. This is a nostalgia piece for me, and I greatly enjoyed seeing it again after many, many years. Likely it would not appeal to the younger generation--no mayhem, sex, gratuitous violence, profanity, etc.
Rating: - The Return of the Bottle
From youth to age I cast in a bottle on the sea of time. The message is
and was that Treasure Island was and still is my favorite live action drama from Disney studios. Bobby Driscoll as Jim Hawkins and Robert Newton as Long John Silver are every bit as mesmerizing as I remembered. This was not a "pieces of eight" experience.
Rating: - One gorgious film!
This is Walt Disney's first full live action film and it is a gem. It's beautifully filmed in Technicolor with excellent detail and is rather accurate to the original novel, unlike the black and white MGM film. Bobby Dricoll as Jim Hawkins is strangely American in a film populated by British actors, but he is an excellent actor and won a junior Oscar for the role. The scene where he is chased by the pirate up the mast is unusually dangerous and violent for a Disney film and I love that the danger ... Read More
Rating:  - A classic yarn and movie
Let me begin by saying that I am not a fan of Disney movies--live or animated--made after their 1982 classic TRON. None of the subsequent formulaic bilgewater has any relevance.
Treasure Island was released before another classic 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by four years but is classic story-telling at its best. With their well-timed incidental music and Technicolor tropical scenery, Treasure Island delivers on almost every level. Robert Newton's portrayal of the pegleg pirate Long John ... Read More
Rating: - very good DVD of a great classic
The DVD colors and detail are much better than the releases I have seen on TV. It is a very good story about pirates for the whole family. Robert Newton is really good as Long John Silver. Driscoll is also good as Jim Hawkins. It is an old fashioned, family value, and entertaining movie. Good script, cast, and direction.
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