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2002 animated film directed by John Musker and Ron Clements

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Treasure Planet is a 2002 animated film directed by John Musker and Ron Clements that adapts the classic novel Treasure Island into a science fiction adventure set in space. The film represents a notable example of Disney's attempt to blend traditional storytelling with futuristic visual technology during the early 2000s animation era.

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When space galleon cabin boy Jim Hawkins discovers a map to an intergalactic "loot of a thousand worlds," a cyborg cook named John Silver teaches him to battle supernovas and space storms on their journey to find treasure.

Released: 2002-11-2696 minDir: Ron ClementsScience Fiction, Adventure, Animation, Family, FantasyBudget: $140MBox office: $110M

Cast

  • Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Jim Hawkins (voice)
  • Brian Murray as John Silver (voice)
  • Emma Thompson as Captain Amelia (voice)
  • David Hyde Pierce as Doctor Doppler (voice)
  • Martin Short as B.E.N. (voice)
  • Dane A. Davis as Morph (voice)

Themes

  • mutiny
  • space marine
  • based on novel or book
  • cyborg
  • map
  • pirate gang
  • treasure hunt
  • treasure map
  • alien
  • coming of age

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
animated film
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English language
Main subject
treasure hunting
Director
Ron Clements
Screenwriter
Terry Rossio
Composer
John Rzeznik
Producer
Ron Clements
Production company
Q1047410
Duration
91
FilmAffinity ID
962288
Distribution format
video on demand
Significant event
première
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set in period
future
publication date
2002-12-05
title
Treasure Planet
narrator
Tony Jay
distributed by
Disney+
after a work by
Robert Louis Stevenson
executive producer
Peter Del Vecho
capital cost
140000000
box office
38176783
set in environment
fictional planet
review score
7.2/10
form of creative work
feature film
different from
The Treasure Planet
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Encyclopedic overview

Treasure Planet is a 2002 American animated science fiction adventure film directed by John Musker and Ron Clements and written by Musker, Clements and Rob Edwards. Produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation, it is a science fiction adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Treasure Island (1883) and the third Disney adaptation of the novel, following Treasure Island (1950) and Muppet Treasure Island (1996). In the film's setting, spaceships are powered by solar sails and resemble the 18th-century sailing vessels of the original Treasure Island.

The film features the voices of Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Brian Murray, David Hyde Pierce, Martin Short, Roscoe Lee Browne, Emma Thompson, Michael Wincott, Laurie Metcalf, and Patrick McGoohan in his final role. The musical score was composed by James Newton Howard, with songs written and performed by John Rzeznik.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Treasure Planet” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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