Underplayed Gems

Treasure Island (1990)

Treasure Island poster
Directed by
Fraser Clarke Heston
Genre
adventure film, pirate film, treasure hunt film
Country
United Kingdom, United States
Runtime
2h 12m
Rated
G
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 154 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A boy named Jim Hawkins finds a treasure map that leads him on a sea voyage. He gets caught up in a mutiny led by a one-legged pirate named Long John Silver.

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What happens

Treasure Island is a 1990 British-American made-for-television film adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1883 novel of the same name, written, produced and directed by Fraser Clarke Heston and starring his father Charlton Heston along with several notable British actors, including Christian Bale, Oliver Reed, Christopher Lee, Richard Johnson and Julian Glover. The film was an original production filmed and aired by the TNT network, and was also released theatrically outside the US. The title has appeared on some covers as Devils Treasure, rather than Treasure Island. This version of the story is noted for its faithfulness to the book, with much of the dialogue coming directly from it, as well as recreating several of the more violent scenes from the book. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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