Treasure Planet (2002)

Directors:

Ron Clements
John Musker

Writers:

Robert Louis Stevenson (novel)
Ron Clements (story) ...

Release Date:

27 November 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Family | Romance | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Find your place in the universe.

Plot:

A Disney animated version of "Treasure Island". The only difference is that the film is set in outer space with alien worlds and other galactic wonders.

Plot Keywords:

Nerological Robot | No Opening Credits | Rough Captain | Disney Animated Feature | Black Hole

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 10 nominations

Cast

Roscoe Lee Browne	...	Mr. Arrow (voice)
Corey Burton	...	Onus (voice)
Dane A. Davis	...	Morph (voice)
Joseph Gordon-Levitt	...	Jim Hawkins (voice)
Tony Jay	...	Narrator (voice)
Austin Majors	...	Young Jim (voice)
Patrick McGoohan	...	Billy Bones (voice)
Michael McShane	...	Hands (voice) (as Micheal McShane)
Laurie Metcalf	...	Sarah Hawkins (voice)
Brian Murray	...	John Silver (voice)
David Hyde Pierce	...	Doctor Doppler (voice)
Martin Short	...	B.E.N. (voice)
Emma Thompson	...	Captain Amelia (voice)
Michael Wincott	...	Scroop (voice)
Jack Angel	...	Additional Voice (voice)

MPAA:

Rated PG for adventure action and peril.

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.50 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:L | Ireland:PG | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Brazil:Livre | Canada:G | Finland:K-7/5 | France:U | Germany:6 (bw) | Hong Kong:I | Japan:U | Netherlands:AL | Norway:7 | Peru:PT | Philippines:G | Singapore:PG | South Korea:All | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:6 (canton of the Grisons) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Taiwan:GP | UK:U | USA:PG

Company:

Walt Disney Feature Animation

Trivia:

This is the first Disney film in which the maquettes (small reference sculptures of the characters) were not made entirely by hand, out of clay. Silver's cyborg parts were constructed out of plastic, using laser technology.

Goofs:

Continuity: Sometimes the "warped" patterns of glass in Amelia's cabin change.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Narrator: On the clearest of nights, when the winds of the Etherium were calm and peaceful, the great merchant ships, with their cargos of Arcturian solar crystals, felt safe and secure. Little did they suspect that they were persued by... pirates. And the most feared of all these pirates was the notorious Captain Nathaniel Flint.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Disney's Animation Magic: Treasure Planet (2003) (V)

Soundtrack:

Alasdair Fraser's Compliments to Lorna Mitchell

For Roy

Everyone show watch and buy this movie if for no other reason than to support Roy Disney against Michael Eisner!!

This poor movie suffered from political mudslinging between these two. As "Treasure Island" was one of the Disney company's first and most successful live-action pictures, Roy had always been passionate about making an animated version. Eisner, ever Roy's opponent, was in charge of the advertising budget. So, when Treasure planet was released, without any typically "Disney" fanfare, it met with unsurprisingly small attendance.

The day after it was released, Eisner held a press conference, declaring "Treasure Planet" a flop, and blaming it for Disney's poor 3rd quarter performance. Roy promptly quit the company his uncle and father had built.

As far as the movie itself goes, the controversy robbed what I think is the finest example of a "Disney" movie since Mulan. The animation is spectacular, the vocal talents are superb, and Brian Murray is one of the greatest Long John Silvers I've ever heard.

But beyond the technical qualities, "Treasure Planet" captures the spirit of Disney much better than recent Disney debacles (see Valiant, Chicken Little, Home on the Range). I think the end product came out very nicely, and, larger than that, I think Walt would have been proud to put his name on this one.