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Treasure Island
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Treasure Island is a 1950 American children's film directed by Byron Haskin and produced by Walt Disney and Percival C. Pearce for The Walt Disney Company. Based on the work of Robert Louis Stevenson, the screenplay was written by Lawrence Edward Watkin. The film features Bobby Driscoll, Robert Newton, Basil Sydney, and Finlay Currie, with music composed by Clifton Parker and conducted by Muir Mathieson.
The narrative, set in England, focuses on sea piracy and follows a young cabin boy and a roguish buccaneer. It was distributed by RKO Pictures, Netflix, and Disney+. The movie has a runtime of 96 minutes and was released in the United States on July 19, 1950, with other release dates in June and November of that year. It is part of the Long John Silver Collection and was followed by the film Long John Silver.
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6.6Enchanted by the idea of locating treasure buried by Captain Flint, Squire Trelawney, Dr. Livesey and Jim Hawkins charter a sailing voyage to a Caribbean island. Unfortunately, a large number of Flint's old pirate crew are aboard the ship, including Long John Silver.
Cast
- Bobby Driscoll as Jim Hawkins
- Robert Newton as Long John Silver
- Basil Sydney as Captain Smollett
- Walter Fitzgerald as Squire Trelawney
- Denis O'Dea as Dr. Livesy
- Finlay Currie as Capt. Billy Bones
Themes
- treasure
- island
- based on novel or book
- parrot
- pirate gang
- treasure hunt
- treasure map
- pirate
- sailor
- wooden leg
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Followed by
- Long John Silver
- Based on
- Treasure Island
- Main subject
- sea piracy
- Director
- Byron Haskin
- Screenwriter
- Lawrence Edward Watkin
- Composer
- Clifton Parker
- Producer
- Percival C. Pearce
- Production company
- The Walt Disney Company
- Cinematographer
- Freddie Young
- Narrative location
- England
- Duration
- 96
- FilmAffinity ID
- 909923
- Performer
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- movies.disney.com/treasure-island
- Significant event
- principal photography
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- publication date
- 1950-06-22
- Commons category
- Treasure Island
- title
- Treasure Island
- after a work by
- Robert Louis Stevenson
- distributed by
- Disney+
- musical conductor
- Muir Mathieson
- film crew member
- Joan Bridge
- different from
- L'Île au trésor
- review score
- 100%
- production code
- 2068
- form of creative work
- feature film
- aspect ratio (W:H)
- Academy ratio
- capital cost
- 1800000
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