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Title: Treasure Island (TV Movie 2012)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| 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 | |
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Clinton Blake | ... | Freddie Arrow |
Young Jim Hawkins is the only one who can sucessfully get a schooner to a legendary Island known for buried Treasure. But aboard the ship is a mysterious cook named John Silver, whose true motivation on the journey challenges Jim's trust in the entire crew. Written by Anonymous
Stevenson's Treasure Island was one of my favorite childhood books I used to read over and over again. Currently I can't remember its nuances - the plot of course I do - and I enjoyed the 2012 version. Background and costumes seems realistic and one can notice at once that it non-US movie - compared to Pirates of the Caribbean, for example.
Izzard, Regbo, Sutherland and Wood are very good, the rest are just above average - or their characters are too "simple" to make some real shine out of them. On the other hand, it is good that no one really steals the show as Depp does when portraying Jack Sparrow. Fight scenes, collusions etc are also more "medieval" here.
In short, highly recommended for those fond of historic adventures, and not seeking deep philosophy or reasoning.