Basil Sydney, Bobby Driscoll, Denis O'Dea
Strap on your pantaloons and prepare to travel with Jim Hawkins and Blind Pew to one of the most famous fictional islands in history. Walt Disney's 1950 adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's swashbu...( read more
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DVD Release Date: April 29, 2003
Stats: 215 reviews
Now this is a real classic, true acting being performed here, Newton is made for this role as he showed in numerous other pirate flicks and a sequel to this. Its extremely good and looks realistic for its time with glorious technicolour and some lovely matt painting work (if alit...( read more)
This adaptation of Stevenson's classic adventure novel was Disney's first 100% live-action film. As with a lot of similar Disney fare, it's rather too 'Technicolorful' for my taste, in general glossing over the blacker elements of the story, though the occasional tinge of darknes...( read more)
There is lots of sword fighting action in this one, which felt very long and drawn out. The direction of the action sequences felt very flat an unexciting. For 1950 it's an achievement, but the beauty of the Island isn't fully exploited. I've gotta say this is still the definitiv...( read more)
Better than PIrates 2 and 3. The non stop barter makes everybody stop and think about what they would do in the same position.
This is a classic. Treasure Island is about a pirate Long John Silver who is in search of course for buried treasure. The film is just a pure fun adventure. I liked it as a child and still do as a adult. The film is colorful and full of great characters and a decent story. The fi...( read more)
Yarr this here be one of the classics, not like those scurvey pirate movies they make nowadays yarr.
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