Treasure Island (2012) (TV)

Director:

Steve Barron

Writers:

Stewart Harcourt (screenplay) and
Robert Louis Stevenson (novel)

Release Date:

5 May 2012 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure

Plot:

Young Jim Hawkins is the only one who can sucessfully get a schooner to a legendary Island known for buried Treasure...

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 nomination

Cast

Eddie Izzard	...	Long John Silver
Toby Regbo	...	Jim Hawkins
Rupert Penry-Jones	...	Squire Trelawney
Daniel Mays	...	Dr. Livesey
Philip Glenister	...	Captain Smollett
Donald Sutherland	...	Flint
Elijah Wood	...	Ben Gunn
Shirley Henderson	...	Meg Hawkins
Nina Sosanya	...	Alibe Silver
Geoff Bell	...	Israel Hands
Shaun Parkes	...	George Merry
David Harewood	...	Billy Bones
Keith Allen	...	Pew
Sean Gilder	...	Black Dog
Clinton Blake	...	Freddie Arrow
Barnaby Kay	...	Tom Morgan
Madhur Mittal	...	Dick Johnson
David Wilmot	...	William O'Brien
Chu Omambala	...	Job Anderson
Damien Hannaway	...	Alan Tab
Reda Kateb	...	David Dujon
Tom Fisher	...	Abraham Gray
Rúaidhrí Conroy	...	John Hunter
Mal Whyte	...	Richard Joyce
Julian Barratt	...	Thomas Redruth
Lorenzo Orozco	...	Allardyce
Alfredo Salgardo	...	Jeremiah Darby
Tommy O'Neill	...	Salt
Aurelio Lima	...	Seaman 1
Victor Segui	...	Seaman 2
Segui Victor	...	Seaman 2
Noel Estrella	...	Big Gunner
Ernesto Franco	...	Little Gunner
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Conor O'Gorman	...	Merchant
Siobhán O'Kelly	...	Livesey's Wife
Tom Wu	...	Joe Thoby
Florian Zapra	...	Rough Men

Directed by
Steve Barron

Writing credits
Stewart Harcourt		(screenplay)
Robert Louis Stevenson		novel

Produced by
Laurie Borg	....	producer
Anne Brogan	....	executive producer
Ruth Coady	....	associate producer
Mark Grenside	....	executive producer
Robert Halmi Sr.	....	executive producer
Ann Harrison-Baxter	....	executive producer
Susan Holmes	....	production executive
Des Martin	....	line producer
Alan Moloney	....	executive producer
Alan Moloney	....	producer
Melanie Stokes	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Antony Genn		(music composer)
Martin Slattery		(music composer)

Cinematography by
Ulf Brantås		(director of photography) (as Ulf Brantas)

Film Editing by
Alex Mackie

Casting by
Gail Stevens

Production Design by
Rob Harris

Art Direction by
Jo Riddell		(supervising art director)

Set Decoration by
Monica Monserrate

Costume Design by
Lorna Marie Mugan

Makeup Department
Muriel Bell	....	key hair stylist
Dominique Borrel	....	key make up artist
Deirdre Fitzgerald	....	makeup artist
Jacqueline Fowler	....	makeup designer
Anna Gronerus	....	hair assistant
Paul Hyett	....	prosthetics
Nadia Macari	....	daily makeup artist
Lorraine McCrann	....	additional make up artist
Tina Phelan	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Ellen Gordon	....	unit production manager
Lucie Graves	....	post-production supervisor
Georgina O'Connor	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tony Aherne	....	first assistant director
Noel Corbally	....	trainee assistant director
Sandra Corbally	....	third assistant director
John Haugh	....	trainee assistant director
Eimear Kelly	....	trainee assistant director
Diego Vazquez Lozano	....	second unit director
Jose Gilberto Molinari-Rosaly	....	first assistant director
Niall Owens	....	trainee assistant director
Jonathan Quinlan	....	assistant director (as Johnathon Quinlan)
Statten Roeg	....	second unit director
Juan Esteban Suárez	....	second assistant director
Anne Warter	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Paul Alfaro	....	greensman
Eddie Antunez	....	set dresser
Sally Ashton	....	art department runner
Jon Beer	....	assistant art director
Gladys Bustos	....	property master
Stephen Daly	....	stand-by art director
Darien Delgado	....	construction foreman
Cos Egan	....	set dresser
Jorge Fernandez	....	props
Alan Finglas	....	carpenter
Warren Flanagan	....	concept art: Rhi Entertainment
Tuireann Herriott	....	prop buyer
Juan Guallini Indij	....	head greensman
Ronan Kennedy	....	stand-by prop
Francisco 'Panchi' López-Franco	....	set dresser
Nicky MacManus	....	construction manager
Luis Maldonado	....	key on-set dresser
Carmen Marie Colon Mejia	....	props production assistant
Sorely Muentes	....	art department coordinator
Philip Murphy	....	props
Wilhem Perez	....	scenic artist
Edwin Ryan	....	sculptor
Jimmy Santos	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Antonio Betancourt	....	sound mixer
Christian Byrne	....	second boom operator
Ray Cross	....	sound recordist
Naomi Dandridge	....	adr mixer
Robert Edwards	....	adr mixer
Andrew Felton	....	boom operator
Nick Foley	....	adr mixer
Richard Fordham	....	dialogue editor
Simon Gershon	....	supervising sound editor
Luis Antonio Landrau	....	boom operator
Ben Norrington	....	dialogue editor
Emmet O'Donnell	....	adr recordist
Jonathan Smith	....	sound effects editor
Danton Tanimura	....	sound editor
Sacha Walker	....	sound effects editor
Peter Gleaves	....	adr mixer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Robert Caban	....	special effects coordinator
Conor Coughlan	....	special effects supervisor
Chris Cullum	....	special effects foreman
David Cullum	....	special effects technician
Seamus O'Neill	....	special effects assistant
Stephen Sutton	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Mariana Acuña Acosta	....	digital compositor
Dominic Bunjevac	....	visual effects producer
Carlos Diego	....	visual effects artist
Diego Vazquez Lozano	....	visual effects supervisor
Rajesh Patel	....	digital artist
Lucita Peek	....	visual effects artist
John Perrigo	....	visual effects artist

Stunts
Drew Leary	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Donal O'Farrell	....	stunt coordinator
Manny Siverio	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Ciarán Barry	....	camera operator
Sean Cahill	....	rigging electrician
Paul Deane	....	digital image technician
J.L. Del Toro	....	camera pa
Brendan Dempsey	....	electrician
Richie Donnelly	....	first assistant camera
Jose Andre Figueroa	....	grip
Simon Keenan	....	camera trainee
Conor Lynch	....	video assist operator
Guillermo Gil Martin	....	camera trainee
Michael McDermott	....	gaffer
Philip McKeon	....	assistant camera
Abner Medina	....	first assistant camera
Alfredo Melendez	....	data management
Raphy Molinary	....	aerial photography
Raphy Molinary	....	camera operator
Raphy Molinary	....	director of photography: "a" camera, second unit
Raphy Molinary	....	underwater photography
Felix Nunez	....	best boy grip
Angel Pastrana	....	key grip
Patrick Redmond	....	still photographer
Francisco Román	....	still photographer
Declan Ryan	....	balloon light technician
Su-Jeng Sang	....	data management
Carlos Zayas	....	camera operator: "b" camera

Casting Department
Patricia Alonso	....	extras casting
Jane Ripley	....	additional casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Vanessa Breen	....	wardrobe assistant
Isabel Gandia	....	costume assistant
Ali Lammari	....	key set costumer
Rhona McGuirke	....	costume supervisor
Karen Rigg	....	set costumer
Tara Roughneen	....	wardrobe trainee
Magdalen Rubalcava	....	costume assistant
Gladyris Silva	....	wardrobe assistant
Cassandra Steyn-Taylor	....	set costumer
Sarah Touaibi	....	costume assistant
Loida Viera	....	set costumer
Zuzana Zilkova	....	costume maker

Editorial Department
Sarah Caraher	....	facilities support
Michelle Cort	....	digital intermediate technician
Carl Cullen	....	second assistant avid editor
Anya Dillon	....	assistant editor
Tim Drewett	....	digital intermediate technician
François Kamffer	....	digital intermediate technician
Stephen Kidney	....	assistant editor
Des Murray	....	on-line editor
Robbie O'Farrell	....	on-line editor
Steve Owen	....	data transfer
Jateen Patel	....	digital intermediate technician
Gareth Spensley	....	colorist
Katelin Westwood	....	data transfer

Music Department
Hilary Skewes	....	musician contractor

Transportation Department
Paul Cullen	....	transportation captain
Raul Delgado	....	driver: set dec
Luis A. Jurado	....	transportation captain
Josiuan Rojas	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Charles Bodycomb	....	set armorer
Arran Brownlee	....	title designer
Corran Brownlee	....	title designer
Rocío García Bruckman	....	production secretary
Noel Corbally	....	production assistant
María de Orduña	....	assistant location manager
Rose Garnett	....	script editor
Sonia González Riera	....	set production assistant
Will Gore	....	location assistant
Vicki Kisner	....	assistant to alan moloney
Stephen Lippross	....	first assistant accountant
Daniel F. Malone	....	marine coordinator
Mariant Medina	....	set production assistant
Barry Newman	....	assistant location manager
Tanoa Parks	....	production accountant
John Patteson	....	assistant: armorer
Jesús A. Romero	....	production assistant
Raysa Sanchez	....	production assistant
Coraly Santaliz	....	script supervisor
Eli Shallcross	....	set intern
Debbie-Lynn Siegel	....	payroll accountant
Karen S. Uphoff	....	location manager
Eric Vega	....	production coordinator
Nacha Zurinaga	....	assistant production coordinator

Production Companies

• Kindle Entertainment
• MNG Films
• Parallel Film Productions

Distributors

• RHI Entertainment (2012) (worldwide) (TV)
• Sonar Entertainment (II) (2011-) (worldwide) (all media)
• British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) (2012) (worldwide) (TV)
• Sky One (2012) (UK) (TV)
• Concorde Home Entertainment (2013) (Germany) (DVD)
• Film1 (2012) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Just Bridge Entertainment (2012) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Just Bridge Entertainment (2012) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Syfy (2012) (USA) (TV)

Other Companies

• De Lane Lea  sound re-recording
• Goldcrest Post Production London  sound post-production
• HireWorks  HD Avid equipment rental
• Molinare Studio  post-production
• Sapex Scripts  post production script services
• Windmill Lane Pictures  post-production facilities

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Runtime:

180 min

Country:

Ireland | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Netherlands:16 | Singapore:PG13

Filming Locations:

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Company:

Kindle Entertainment

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: When Ben Gunn is talking to Jim Hawkins at the blockade on the island, just before the fight, you can clearly see a fine mesh, which seems to be peeling off, on Ben Gunn's chin which is holding his beard and moustache on.

Quotes:

Long John Silver:Jim, if you ever want help or advice...
Jim Hawkins:...I won't be coming to you.
Long John Silver:Yeah, that's probably best.

granted it doesn't follow the book but engaging nonetheless

I'd like to have seen a faithful adaptation but it's still engaging. Found the background music helped do what it was supposed too without being overly intrusive which is always nice and far too rare an occurrence these days. Loved the accurate use of an actual sea shanty (they were work songs and to see them used as such in drama is wonderful). Also nice to see people with a range of accents as would have been the case rather than just the stereotypical bristol accents.

To address some accusations of historical inaccuracy. 1)pirates with Mohawks: this set in the mid 1700's the Mohawk as a tribe would have have a reputation as a people to be reckoned with that would likely have spread to pirates familiar with the America's I can well understand a pirate adopting the hairstyle of a of a nation of fierce warriors. 2)Black people in position's of authority: Sailor's especially outside the navy were much more egalitarian being largely concerned with skill rather than colour or social class (a poor man if skillful might not be able to buy a commission straight off but through saving up prize money and wages may be able to manage it after a few years). Yes there probably would have racism but, particularly on pirate ships, prizes were shared reasonably equally in theory so it would be entirely possible for a black man to become first mate. Equally black sailors would likely not have been as uncommon as all that as it would make sense for an escaped slave to attempt to take to the sea as a way of avoiding pursuit and a good way for a freed slave to make a living.