Treasure Island (1990) (TV)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Fraser Clarke Heston

Writers:

Fraser Clarke Heston (writer)
Robert Louis Stevenson (novel)

Release Date:

22 January 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure

Tagline:

Sail the high seas. Battle the pirates. Live the adventure.

Plot:

Young Jim Hawkins, while running the Benbow Inn with his mother, meets Captain Billy Bones, who dies...

Plot Keywords:

Historical | Based On Novel | Title Spoken By Character

Cast

Charlton Heston	...	Long John Silver
Christian Bale	...	Jim Hawkins
Oliver Reed	...	Capt. Billy Bones
Christopher Lee	...	Blind Pew
Richard Johnson	...	Squire Trelawney
Julian Glover	...	Dr. Livesey
Isla Blair	...	Mrs. Hawkins
Clive Wood	...	Captain Smollet
Nicolas Amer	...	Ben Gunn
John Abbott	...	Joyce
James Cosmo	...	Redruth
James Coyle	...	Morgan
Michael Halsey	...	Israel Hands
Michael Thoma	...	Hunter
Pete Postlethwaite	...	George Merry (as Peter Postlethwaite)

Also Known As:

Devil's Treasure (Australia) (video title)

Runtime:

Spain:131 min | Sweden:122 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:12 (video rating) | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Finland:K-11 (new rating: 2001) | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:11

Filming Locations:

Clovelly, Devon, England, UK

Company:

Agamemnon Films

Trivia:

'Clive Wood' was an 11th-hour replacement for Ben Cross

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: During the scene where Flint's men are attacking the inn, Mrs. Hawkins is carrying a candlestick... with an electric cord running from it.

Quotes:

Captain Smollet: *Bloody hell!* They've brought up a gun!

Movie Connections:

Version of Treasure Island (1995) (TV)

Vote for a DVD release at TCM

More superlatives from me are not necessary. I will only say that I agree with the other commenters who consider this the best version of Treasure Island made so far. What would make a difference is for it to be released on DVD. If you would like to see this version of Treasure Island released on DVD, as I do, then please go to this link:

http://tcmdb.com/title/title.jsp?scarlettTitleId=14882

and vote for it (on the right hand side of the screen).

If the link does not work or you don't care to use it, then do a Google search for Turner Classic Movies, then search on the site for Treasure Island (1990). Maybe if enough people vote for it, it will actually be released on DVD. It can't hurt.