Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786308367069 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC ISBN: 6308367060 Label: Walt Disney Home Video Manufacturer: Walt Disney Home Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Walt Disney Home Video Release Date: March 04, 1997 Running Time: 96 minutes Studio: Walt Disney Home Video Theatrical Release Date: July 19, 1950 Sales Rank: 3940
Description: 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!
Amazon.com: 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
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Wonderful movie, has aged really well
I saw this movie in the theater when it came out in 1950 and Robert Newton's iconic portrayal of Long John Silver has stayed with me ever since! Something made me think about it a few weeks ago and I ... Read More
Rating: - Treasure Island Rev.
Disney's version is pretty damm good! I have watched both versions back to back. I will still have to give the edge to the original (1934 movie). Would highly recommend Disney's version. Edge to the pirates ... Read More
Rating: - Baby Boomers' Delusions
There's something sad about we Boomers. It's this tendency to look back at mediocre 1950s entertainment (television, film, or music) and glorify it. Such is the case with Disney's "Treasure Island."
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Rating: - A classic pirate story, says I
The Robert Louis Stevenson characters will live forever;
Long John Silver
Black Dog
Blind Pugh
Billy Bones
Jim Hawkins
Ben Gunn
A wonderful story to find Captain Flynt's ... Read More
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, ... Read More
- Wonderful movie, has aged really well
- Treasure Island Rev.
- Baby Boomers' Delusions