Treasure Planet (2002)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Directors:

Ron Clements
John Musker

Writers:

Robert Louis Stevenson (novel)
Ron Clements (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

27 November 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Family | Romance | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

I have a lot to offer anatomically, uh I mean, astronomically.

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:

Treasure | Cyborg | Pirate | Planet | Alien

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)
Bob Bergen	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Rodger Bumpass	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Jane Carr	...	Additional Voice (voice)
John Cygan	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Jennifer Darling	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Paul Eiding	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Sherry Lynn	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Mona Marshall	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Mickie McGowan	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Patrick Pinney	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Phil Proctor	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Jeremy Suarez	...	Additional Voice (voice)
Jim Ward	...	Additional Voice (voice)

Directed by
Ron Clements
John Musker

Writing credits
Robert Louis Stevenson		(novel "Treasure Island")
Ron Clements		(screenplay) &
John Musker		(screenplay) and
Rob Edwards		(screenplay)
Ron Clements		(animation story) &
John Musker		(animation story) and
Ted Elliott		(animation story) &
Terry Rossio		(animation story)
Barry Johnson		(story supervisor)

Produced by
Ron Clements	....	producer
Roy Conli	....	producer
Peter Del Vecho	....	associate producer
John Musker	....	producer

Original Music by
James Newton Howard

Film Editing by
Michael Kelly

Casting by
Mary Hidalgo
Ruth Lambert

Production Design by
Frank Nissen
Steven Olds		(as Steve Olds)

Art Direction by
Andy Gaskill

Production Management
Bill Bloom	....	assistant production manager
Joe Crowley	....	assistant production manager
Fred Herrman	....	assistant production manager
Jason Hintz-Llopis	....	assistant production manager (as Jason Hintz)
Monica Lago-Kaytis	....	assistant production manager
Cathy McGowan Leahy	....	production manager
Angela Lepito	....	assistant production manager
Kara Lord	....	production manager
Berenice Robinson	....	post-production manager
Beth Sherwood	....	assistant production manager
Timothy Jason Smith	....	assistant production manager: clean-up department
Fred Weinberg	....	assistant production manager
Margaret Yu	....	assistant production manager

Art Department
Kevin Altieri	....	additional visual development
Debra Armstrong	....	supervising character key lead
Nancy Beiman	....	visual development
Peter Clarke	....	visual development
Ricardo F. Delgado	....	visual development
Craig Elliott	....	visual development artist
Neil Eskuri	....	artistic coordinator
Thierry Fournier	....	visual development
Billy George	....	senior layout artist
Ian Gooding	....	associate art director
Ray Harris	....	key art assistant
Ken Harsha	....	storyboard artist
Kaan Kalyon	....	storyboard artist
Mark Kennedy	....	storyboard artist
Sam J. Levine	....	storyboard artist (as Sam Levine)
Donnie Long	....	storyboard artist
Rick Maki	....	visual development artist
Frank Nissen	....	storyboard artist
Tina Price	....	assistant artistic coordinator
Robh Ruppel	....	additional visual development

Sound Department
Richard Adrian	....	sound effects designer
Richard Adrian	....	sound effects editor
Nancy Barker	....	first assistant sound editor
Stephanie Brown	....	assistant sound editor
Vince Caro	....	adr recordist
Dan Cubert	....	production mixer
Dane A. Davis	....	sound designer
Dane A. Davis	....	supervising sound editor
William R. Dean	....	assistant sound designer
Christopher Eakins	....	sound effects mastering
Julia Evershade	....	supervising sound editor
Gert Janssen	....	dubbing editor
Eddie Kim	....	foley editor
Steve Kohler	....	pre-mix recordist
Andrew Lackey	....	foley editor
Andrew Lackey	....	supervising foley editor
Mary Jo Lang	....	foley mixer
John Marquis	....	sound effects mastering
Mel Metcalfe	....	sound re-recording mixer
Alyson Dee Moore	....	foley artist
Terry Porter	....	sound re-recording mixer
Brian Riordan	....	dialogue recordist
John Roesch	....	foley artist
Greg Steele	....	adr mixer
Carolyn Tapp	....	foley recordist
Dean A. Zupancic	....	sound re-recording mixer
Noel McIntosh	....	assistant sound editor (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Sean Applegate	....	visual effects animator
Jim Aupperle	....	visual effects
David J. Blumenfeld	....	additional production support
Edward Derian Boyke	....	render i/o administrator
Carlos Cabral	....	lead character technical director
Floyd Casey	....	visual effects
Dan Chaika	....	visual effects animator
Glen Claybrook	....	scene planner
Earl Coffman	....	compositor
Ian J. Coony	....	3D technical director
Ian J. Coony	....	visual effects animator
Michael Curtis	....	digital trailer effects
Peter DeMund	....	visual effects animator (as Peter De Mund)
James DeValera Mansfield	....	visual effects animator
Ty Elliott	....	effects key assistant
Christian M. Elsensohn	....	render I/O administrator: Walt Disney
Bill Fadness	....	digital camera
Colbert Fennelly	....	visual effects animator
Cory Rocco Florimonte	....	digital layout artist
James Goss	....	visual effects animator
Bruce Heller	....	visual effects animator
Craig L. Hoffman	....	visual effects animator
Michael Cadwallader Jones	....	visual effects animator
David M. Kcenich	....	visual effects
Bill Konersman	....	visual effects animator
Claire Lawrence-Slater	....	scene setup: effects department
Kevin Lee	....	visual effects animator
Gregg Lukomski	....	model development technical director
Brian Lutge	....	visual effects animator
Thomas C. Meyer	....	technical director: production support
David 'Joey' Mildenberger	....	visual effects
Christopher James Miller	....	visual effects
Rick Moore	....	2D & CGI layout artist
Mark Myer	....	visual effects animator
Raj Naiksatam	....	modeling technical director
Jimmie Nelson	....	render I/O administrator
Amanda Normington	....	effects key assistant (as Amanda J. Talbot)
Kyle Odermatt	....	CGI supervisor
Masa Oshiro	....	visual effects animator
Peter Pepe Jr.	....	effects key assistant (as Pete Pepe)
Philip Pignotti	....	visual effects
Christopher Poplin	....	model development technical director
Ruth Ramos	....	digital artist
Dan Read	....	digital painter
Michelle Lee Robinson	....	additional production support
Jason Salata	....	scene setup: effects department
Lewis Siegel	....	software developer
Brad Smith	....	render I/O administrator
Craig Sost	....	digital production manager
Marie St. Clair	....	color stylist
Kee Nam Suong	....	visual effects animator
Dave Tidgwell	....	visual effects supervisor
Phillip Vigil	....	visual effects animator
Melinda Wang	....	digital effects artist
Joe Whyte	....	CG modeler
Ron Williams	....	scene setup
Gil Zimmerman	....	model development supervisor
Thanh Nguyen	....	layout modeler (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Suzy Zeffren	....	camera department coordinator

Animation Department
Drew Adams	....	inbetween artist: "Dr. Doppler"
Raul Aguirre	....	rough inbetween artist: Glen Keane
Jennifer K. Ando	....	background artist
Tony Anselmo	....	key clean-up artist: "Sarah"
Mark Anthony Austin	....	animator: "B.E.N." and "Space Whales"
Rasoul Azadani	....	layout supervisor
Dale Baer	....	animator: "Dr. Doppler"
James Baker	....	animator: "Jim Hawkins"
Doug Ball	....	background artist
Noreen Beasley	....	rough inbetweener: "Amelia" and "Scroop"
Jeff Beazley	....	layout artist
Jared Beckstrand	....	supervising animator: "Sarah Hawkins"
Nancy Beiman	....	character designer
Nancy Beiman	....	supervising animator: "Billy Bones"
George Benavides	....	rough inbetween artist
Doug Bennett	....	animator: "B.E.N."
David Block	....	animator: "Dr. Doppler"
Jamie Kezlarian Bolio	....	key clean-up artist
Nicolette Bonnell	....	animator
Kenneth Brain	....	layout artist
Robert Cardone	....	layout artist
Michael Cedeno	....	animator: "Jim Hawkins"
Jerry Yu Ching	....	animator: "Jim Hawkins"
Chang Yei Cho	....	breakdown artist
Hye Coh	....	background artist (as Hye Young Coh)
Shawn Colbeck	....	assistant layout artist
Regina Conroy	....	breakdown artist
Dan Cooper	....	background supervisor
Eric Daniels	....	cgi lead animator: "Long John Silver"
Chris Darroca	....	animator
Bill Davis	....	blue sketch artist
Thomas Debitus	....	key assistant layout artist
Anthony de Rosa	....	animator: "John Silver" (as Anthony DeRosa)
Frank Dietz	....	animator
Mike Disa	....	animator: "Silver's Crew" (as Mike D'Isa)
Roberto Espanto Domingo	....	animator: "Dr. Doppler"
Donna Dubuc-Curtis	....	clean-up inbetween artist
Ken Duncan	....	supervising animator: "Captain Amelia" and "Scroop" (as Ken Stuart Duncan)
Adam Dykstra	....	supervising animator: "Silver's Crew"
Craig Elliott	....	key assistant layout artist
Thomas Estrada	....	clean-up artist
Scott Fassett	....	background artist
Brian Ferguson	....	supervising animator: "Onus"
Jean-Paul Fernandez	....	background artist
Thierry Fournier	....	background artist
Thierry Fournier	....	character designer
Danny Galieote	....	animator: "Jim Hawkins"
Tom Gately	....	animator: "John Silver"
Jean Gillmore	....	character designer
Francis Glebas	....	story artist
Kevin M. Grow	....	assistant animator: Jim Hawkins
Ken Harsha	....	story artist
Randy Haycock	....	animator: "Jim Hawkins"
Kris Heller	....	assistant animator
Arturo A. Hernandez	....	clean-up animator
Lam Hoang	....	key assistant layout artist
Mina Ho Ferrante	....	assistant layout artist
T. Daniel Hofstedt	....	supervising animator: "Mr. Arrow"
Richard Hoppe	....	animator: "Jim Hawkins" and "John Silver"
Chris Hubbard	....	animator: "John Silver"
Daniel Hu	....	layout artist
Nathan Hughes	....	background artist
Ron Husband	....	animator: "John Silver"
Dietz Toshio Ichishita	....	assistant animator
Jay Jackson	....	animator: "Morph"
Barry Johnson	....	story animation supervisor
Darrell W. Johnson	....	assistant cg animator
Carl Jones	....	background artist
David Karp	....	painter
Clay Kaytis	....	animator: "Scroop"
Glen Keane	....	supervising animator: "John Silver"
Lisa Keene	....	background artist (as Lisa Keene Robledo)
Shawn Keller	....	animator: "Jim Hawkins"
Brian Kesinger	....	assistant layout artist
Sang-Jin Kim	....	animator: "Jim Hawkins"
Bert Klein	....	animator: "John Silver"
Rick Kohlschmidt	....	assistant animator
David Krentz	....	layout artist
Doug Krohn	....	animator: "Jim Hawkins"
Calvin Le Duc	....	key assistant animator: "John Silver"
John Lee	....	background artist
Julio Leon	....	layout artist
H.B. 'Buck' Lewis	....	character designer
Jerry Loveland	....	background artist
Brian Mainolfi	....	clean-up animator
Alex Mann	....	story artist
Monica Marroquin	....	blue sketch artist
James J. Martin	....	background artist
Peter Maynez	....	assistant layout artist
Kelly McGraw	....	background artist
Mario J. Menjivar	....	animator: "Jim Hawkins"
Lieve Miessen	....	lead key clean-up animator: "Morph"
Gregory C. Miller	....	background artist
Mark Mitchell	....	animator: "Captain Amelia" (as Mark Alan Mitchell)
Emil Mitev	....	layout artist
Rick Moore	....	layout artist
Jan Naylor	....	assistant animator: "Captain Amelia" and "Scroop"
Kevin Nelson	....	layout artist (as Kevin Ichan Nelson)
Thanh Nguyen	....	assistant cg animator
Joe Oh	....	animator: "Captain Amelia"
Michael O'Mara	....	key assistant layout artist (as Michael Bond O'Mara)
Madlyn O'Neill	....	blue sketch artist (as Madlyn Zusmer O'Neill)
Sergio Pablos	....	supervising animator: "Dr. Doppler"
Vera Pacheco	....	clean-up supervisor
Gang Peng	....	key assistant layout artist
David Moses Pimentel	....	animator: "Dr. Doppler"
John Pomeroy	....	supervising animator: "Captain Flint and His Crew"
John Puglisi	....	layout artist
Jonathan Pyun	....	assistant layout artist
Nik Ranieri	....	animator: "Dr. Doppler"
Dan Read	....	background artist (as Daniel Read)
Donald Reich	....	key assistant layout artist
John Ripa	....	supervising animator: "Jim Hawkins"
Leonard Robledo	....	background artist
Bobby Rubio	....	animator: "Jim Hawkins" (as Bobby Alcid Rubio)
Mike Show	....	supervising animator: "Morph" (as Michael Show)
Andrea Simonti	....	animator: "Dr. Doppler"
Marc Smith	....	animator: "John Silver"
Marc Smith	....	supervising animator: "Hands"
Joey So	....	assistant animator
Michael Stocker	....	animator: "Jim Hawkins"
Juliet Stroud	....	assistant animator
Chung Sup Sup Yoon	....	key assistant layout artist
Trevor Tamboline	....	key assistant animator
Aliki Theofilopoulos	....	animator: inbetween
Oliver Thomas	....	animator: "Jim Hawkins" and "Captain Flint and His Crew"
Steven K. Thompson	....	assistant animator
Oskar Urretabizkaia	....	supervising animator: "B.E.N."
Christophe Vacher	....	background artist
Bill Waldman	....	animator: "Jim Hawkins"
Doug Walker	....	layout artist
Nathan Warner	....	key assistant layout artist (as Nathan Detroit Warner)
Dean Wellins	....	animator: "Jim Hawkins"
Larry White	....	animator: "Silver's Crew"
Dougg Williams	....	animator: "Jim Hawkins"
Anthony Ho Wong	....	animator: "Jim Hawkins"
Ellen Woodbury	....	supervising animator: "Silver's Crew"
Gary Allan Parks	....	scene setup supervisor (uncredited)

Casting Department
Matthew Jon Beck	....	casting associate

Editorial Department
Robert Bagley	....	telecine operator
Mary Blee	....	assistant editor
William J. Caparella	....	associate editor
Paul Carrera	....	assistant editor
Evan Fisher	....	first assistant editor
Valerie Flueger	....	post-production coordinator
James D. Kirkpatrick	....	first assistant editor
Rich Mackay	....	negative cutter (as Rick Mackay)
Mary Beth Smith	....	negative cutter
David Teller	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Pete Anthony	....	conductor
Jeff Atmajian	....	orchestrator
Brad Dechter	....	orchestrator
Sandy DeCrescent	....	music contractor (as Sandy De Crescent)
Mark Graham	....	music librarian
Isobel Griffiths	....	choral contractor
James T. Hill	....	electronic score producer
James Newton Howard	....	orchestrator
James Newton Howard	....	score producer
Tom Kramer	....	preview music editor
Jon Kull	....	orchestrator
Kira Lewis	....	assistant recording engineer
Tom MacDougall	....	music production supervisor
Shawn Murphy	....	scoring mixer
David Olson	....	music editor
Steven L. Smith	....	music preparation
Jim Weidman	....	supervising music editor

Other crew
Brett Achorn	....	technology crew
Thomas Baker	....	scene planning supervisor
Richard M. Barnes	....	technology supporter
James Colby Bette	....	senior render i/o admin lead
Cathy E. Blanco	....	software developer
Rik Bomberger	....	technical supporter
Stephen D. Bowline	....	technology supporter
Kirsten Bulmer	....	production coordinator
Scott L. Burris	....	technology supporter
Jason Buske	....	assistant compositing supervisor
Rudy Cardenas-Rios	....	production assistant
Yan Chen	....	lead software engineer
Michael Clay	....	systems administrator
Ron Clements	....	developer
Philip M. Cohen	....	production assistant
Troy Conrad	....	technology crew
Dan Cooper	....	backgrounds supervisor
Mary T. Corgan	....	scene setup
Tom Corrigan	....	technology crew
Jamal Davis	....	production assistant
Lyly Do	....	technology crew
Norbert Faerstain	....	technology supporter
Lisa Fisher	....	digital trainer
David Patrick Flynn	....	technology supporter
Penelope Franks	....	production assistant
Kevin G.J. Freels	....	systems administrator
Kevin G.J. Freels	....	technology crew
Jonathan E. Geibel	....	technology supporter
Audrey Geiger	....	production assistant
Jefry G. Georgianni	....	production assistant
Eric Gervais-Despres	....	scene planner
Sean Goldman	....	technology crew
Carlos Gonzalez-Ochoa	....	software developer
Dennis Greco	....	visual development
Thomas Greer	....	technology supporter
Wendell Harvey	....	production assistant
Nicole P. Hearon	....	production assistant
Michael J. Henderson	....	technology crew
Mark Henley	....	scene planner: show lead
James P. Hurrell	....	software developer
Darrian M. James	....	avid technical support
Amindra Jayasinghe	....	technical supporter
Jason Phillip Johnson	....	software engineer
Marc Jordan	....	technology supporter
Adam Karpel	....	production assistant
Brian King	....	title designer
Sally-Anne King	....	final check
Frank William Knittel	....	assistant production accountant
Dave Kupczyk	....	development artist
Tim Kwan	....	production assistant
Amy Lawson	....	scene setup
Cindy Leggett-Ford	....	production assistant
Tamara Lusher	....	additional visual development (as Tamara D. Lusher)
James MacBurney	....	technology supporter
Nathan Massmann	....	production assistant
Michael McClure	....	technology crew
Teri McDonald	....	assistant final check supervisor
Dara McGarry	....	technical supporter
Kevin A. McGuire	....	technology crew
Christopher D. Mihaly	....	software developer
Allyson Mitchell	....	production assistant
Charlene Moncrief	....	production assistant
Thomas Moore Jr.	....	technology crew
John Musker	....	developer
Greg Neagle	....	technology supporter
Paul Newell	....	software developer
David Oguri	....	technology crew
Alan A. Patel	....	render i/o
Daniel Pickett	....	operations manager
Patrick G. Ramos	....	production assistant
Clint G. Reagan	....	production assistant
Brian Rodriguez	....	technology crew
David J. Rowe	....	technical support engineer
Michael Saitta	....	technical support engineer
James A. Sandweiss	....	technology crew
Matthew F. Schnittker	....	software engineer
Brian G. Smith	....	production assistant
Brian Smith	....	technical director
Chris Springfield	....	technical director (as Chris Springfield, PhD.)
Wendy M. Tam	....	technology crew
Mark M. Tokunaga	....	manager: technical services
John Trosko	....	production assistant
Debbie Vercellino	....	production assistant
Kevin Waldvogel	....	render i/o
Connie Wang	....	script clearance administrator
Lisa Webster	....	production assistant
Rhiannon Leffanta Wilhelmi	....	scene setup: "Long John Silver" (as L. Rhiannon Leffanta)
Lisamarie Worley	....	assistant production accountant
Terence Worley	....	senior software engineer
Debbie G. Yu	....	production assistant
Fran R. Zandonella	....	software developer
Michael Zarembski	....	principal media engineer

Thanks
Doug Engalla	....	special thanks
Chad Frye	....	special thanks
Katie Hooten	....	special thanks
Tamara Khalaf	....	special thanks
Doug Nichols	....	special thanks
Daniel Pickett	....	special thanks
Ian Truitner	....	special thanks
Peter John Vaughan	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Walt Disney Feature Animation
• Walt Disney Pictures

Distributors

• Buena Vista Pictures (2002) (USA) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International Italia (2002) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2002) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2002) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista (Austria) GmbH (Austria)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2003) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2003) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Video (2003) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Buena Vista International (Argentina)
• Cascade Film (Russia)
• Gativideo (Argentina) (DVD)
• Gativideo (Argentina) (VHS)
• Gaumont Buena Vista International (GBVI) (France)
• IMAX
• Walt Disney Home Video (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Walt Disney Home Video (2003) (USA) (VHS)
• Walt Disney Pictures

Special Effects

• Walt Disney Feature Animation

Other Companies

• Buena Vista Imaging  end titles
• Buena Vista Sound  sound re-recording
• Dakota Music Services  music preparation
• Danetracks  sound post-production
• Isobel Griffiths Limited  choir contractor
• Jo Anne Kane Music Services  music preparation
• Walt Disney Records  soundtrack published by
• Warner Bros. Studios  foley recording

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:

Ireland:PG | Iceland:L | 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:

The name of the James' home planet is Montressor, the same name as the narrator / protagonist in Edgar Allan Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado".

Goofs:

Continuity: In the scene when Mr. Arrow is telling the crew off for fighting, in one scene Mr. Scroop has a mole or something on the left side of his face, then in the next scene it's gone, then it's back on again, then it's gone for the rest of the movie.

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:

Remake of "L'isola del tesoro" (1987)

Soundtrack:

I'm Still Here (Jim's Theme)

Incredible Visuals Compensate for an Overly Familiar Story

Robert Louis Stephenson's `Treasure Island' has always been one of my favorite classic stories. The tale of a teenage boy thrust into the adventure of a lifetime features pirates, swordfights, an ocean voyage, betrayals, and buried treasure among many other classic adventure-story ingredients – what's not to love?

It's been filmed countless times before, in many various incarnations, including one with the Muppets and an animated version starring the Monkees' Davy Jones; so what new way can be thought up to retell this hundred-year-old story for twenty-first century audiences?

Set it in space, of course; a brilliant idea that pays off handsomely.

To be fair, TREASURE PLANET is not the first film to set the story among the stars; that distinction belongs to the 1987 Italian live-action TV Mini-series TREASURE ISLAND IN OUTER SPACE. But that version has scarcely been seen outside of Europe, and I seriously doubt that it could hold a candle to the stunning visuals seen here.

And the key word here is VISUALS. This is arguably the most visually stunning animated film to come out of the powerhouse Disney animation factory, EVER. The canvas on which they paint here is wide and broad, and full of breathtaking color and beauty. Pirate ships with solar sails soar across a canopy of stars, and behemoths that look like whales trumpet along beside them. Alien beings both friendly and fierce populate the universe, and futuristic machinery stands side-by-side with nineteenth century technology. I've never seen anything quite like it.

Oh, and there is a story here as well; amazingly, it is quite faithful to the source material in both outline and details, only deviating from the text where necessary to transplant the action from the oceans of nineteenth century Earth to the planets and solar systems of the future.

It centers around Jim Hawkins, a fatherless boy constantly getting into trouble with the law for his rambunctious, extreme-sports ways, who gets the chance to prove himself when a dying pirate leaves him a treasure map with his dying breath. In short order he finds himself cabin boy on a stargoing vessel bound for the legendary Treasure of a Thousand Worlds; along the way path is blocked by pirates and collapsing stars and other perils of interstellar travel.

If I have any complaint at all with the film it would be that it sticks a little TOO close to the novel, some of the nineteenth century ideals just don't ring true in the futuristic setting; but that's easily forgivable compared to the wondrous images this magic film offers.