It cant possibly get better than this, a masterpiece. Directed by byron haskin, it stars bobby driscoll as jim hawkins and robert newton as long john silver. Its the quintessential pirate song, and treasure island is the quintessential pirate movie, based on robert louis stevensons classic novel by the same name. The walt disney production of the robert louis stevenson classic novel treasure island is one of the companys best liveaction films of the 50s, and one of the best familyoriented adventures ever filmed.
Treasure island 1950 cast and crew cast photos and. Treasure island 1950 my live action disney project. Behind the scenes at the disney studio davy crockett. Aye, for the kind of excitement that only treasure and treachery can bring, theres no better destination than treasure island. Disney changes the ending of the book, yet the film is so entertaining that the difference is forgivable. Treasure island 1950 stream and watch online moviefone. Unfortunately, a large number of flints old pirate crew are aboard the ship, including long john silver. Treasure island is a 1950 live action adventure film produced by walt disney productions, adapted from the. It contains a host of british character actors who eschew their impeccably clipped received pronunciation for piratical sea speak of the first order.
Treasure island is a 1950 live action adventure film produced by walt disney productions, adapted from robert louis stevensons 1883 novel. Treasure island pg 1h 36min adventure, family 19 july 1950 usa the treasure seeking adventures of young jim hawkins and pirate captain long john silver. Enchanted by the idea of locating treasure buried by captain flint, squire trelawney, dr. My son watched this and he was as awed as i was in 1955. In this walt disney production of robert louis stevensons classic novel, bobby driscoll plays jim hawkins, a young cabin boy who battles the pirate long john silver for a treasure. Bones and joins a helpful doctor and a loudmouthed squire on a voyage to recover 700,000 pieces of. Im talking about the classic film based on robert louis stevensons novel, treasure island. Treasure island 1950 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Disney robert louis stevensons classic novel comes to the screen. The film is based on the 1883 novel of the same title by robert louis stevenson and stars. Bobby driscoll plays jim hawkins, a young cabin boy who battles the pirate long john silver robert newton for a treasure. We have listed a large collection of walt disney movie posters and disney cartoon posters to see them all go to our ebay store and enter these 3 wordsdisney movie posters in the search field.
True to the spirit if not the letter of the book, treasure island is bold, colorful, and alive with the spirit of youthful exuberance, and. To create authenticity, the filmmakers used numerous glass. Posted by the animation commendation in uncategorized. In his first allliveaction feature, walt disney has vividly brought to life robert louis stevensons timeless tale of buccaneers and buried gold. Also enterdisney cartoon posters in search field they are all professionally double matted outside matt size 14 x 17 inches.
Come aboard the good ship hispaniola and set sail in search of buried treasure in one of disneys most critically acclaimed adventure classics. The movie was filmed in england where disney had frozen pounds following world war ii that is, film revenue that couldnt be spent outside of england. Rent treasure island 1950 starring bobby driscoll and robert newton on dvd and bluray. According to a june 1950 article in the english trade paper daily film renter, treasure island was to have its ocean premiere during the queen mary s transatlantic crossing beginning july 1, 1950, and would also be shown aboard the queen elizabeth until. The 1950 walt disney denham studios film treasure island mentions several famous pirate coins, pieces of eight, guineas, and doubloons. The treasure seeking adventures of young jim hawkins and pirate captain long john silver. Disney movie poster treasure island 1950 walt disney.
Bobby driscoll, robert newton, basil sydney, finlay currie. Treasure island 1950 well done, sister suffragette. Musketroaring actionadventure of a heroic young jim hawkins as he faces the skullduggery of the wily pirate, long john silver. The classic tale of a young boys search for buried treasure. Having just escaped long john silver, jack bobby driscoll flees only to discover the marooned ben gunn geoffrey wilkinson, left to guard flints gold in treasure island, 1950 view the tcmdb entry for treasure island 1950. Treasure island 1950 lux radio theater broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie onjanuary 29, 1951 with bobby driscoll reprising his film role. Released 1950, treasure island stars bobby driscoll, robert newton, basil sydney, walter fitzgerald the g movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 36 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. Before walt disney studios became the juggernaut it is now, it started out as an animation studio making the big leap into liveaction film.
Treasure island on dvd 786936216103 from disney buena vista. Treasure island 1950 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing treasure island 1950 near you. Treasure island was the last liveaction disney picture in which driscoll appeared. Treasure island the 1950 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. Livesey and jim hawkins charter a sailing voyage to a caribbean island. It was directed by byron haskin and starred bobby driscoll as jim hawkins and robert newton as long john silver, in a performance that did much to shape popular notions of what it means to talk like a pirate the film was produced by walt disney productions, and is the first disney movie to be entirely liveaction.
Come aboard the good ship hispaniola and set sail with young jim hawkins and the wily onelegged pirate, john silver, in search of buried treasure. The 1950 film treasure island was the first color adaptation of the novel. Twomovie set 195556 treasure planet 2002 muppet treasure island 1996 kermits 50th anniversary edition johnny tremain 1957 the story of robin hood and his merrie men 1953 disney movie club exclusive. Disney produced a version in 1996 starring the muppets called muppet treasure island and walt disney animation studios adapted it as an animated feature set in space in 2002 called treasure planet. Staring bobby driscoll, basil sydney and robert newton.
Treasure island 1950 u 19500719 1h 36min ahoy, mateys. Treasure island 1950 in this disney adaptation of robert louis stevensons classic novel, young jim hawkins bobby driscoll finds a map to the coveted treasure of the notorious pirate captain. Rent treasure island 1950 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Pirates have played a big role in disney film history, but treasure island was disneys first pirate movie. Treasure island 1950 filmhome media moviepedia fandom. Treasure islanddisneys 1950 boys movie true story, disney was a little worried that they were going to lose the little boy market with all these princesses and effeminate dragons black, firebreathing sea dragons excluded, so they worked on treasure island along with cinderella. The original trailer from walt disney s treasure island 1950.
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