''Treasure Island'' is a 1973 American
animated adventure film
An adventure film is a form of adventure fiction, and is a genre of film. Subgenres of adventure films include swashbuckler films, pirate films, and survival films. Adventure films may also be combined with other film genres such as action, an ...
directed by
Hal Sutherland, produced by
Filmation, and released by
Warner Bros. In this adaptation of
Robert Louis Stevenson's 1883 novel
of the same name,
Jim Hawkins (voiced by
Davy Jones) travels with sidekick Hiccup the Mouse.
In 1980, an edited version of the film was broadcast on
NBC as a special.
Plot
Enchanted by the idea of locating treasure buried by Captain Flint, Squire Trelawney, Dr. Livesey and Jim Hawkins charter a sailing voyage to a Caribbean island. Unfortunately, a large number of Flint's old pirate crew are aboard the ship, including
Long John Silver.
Voice cast
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Richard Dawson as
Long John Silver
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Davy Jones as Jim Hawkins
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Dal McKennon as Captain Flint, Ben Gunn
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Larry D. Mann
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as Doctor Livesey
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Larry Storch as Captain Smollett
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Jane Webb as Mrs. Hawkins
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Lou Scheimer as Bearded sailor, pirate (uncredited)
Production
The film was part of ''Family Classics'', a series of films announced to be produced in mid-January 1972, based on concepts in the
public domain commissioned by Warner Bros. Productions for the film and ''
Oliver Twist
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'' had been finished by late 1973. The film's budget amounted to $1,050,000, with the million given by Warner Bros., and the rest put in by the studio itself.
Release
''Treasure Island'' was first broadcast as an
NBC Special Treat special on April 29, 1980, with half of the film's runtime cut. The special was hosted by special guest star,
Melissa Sue Anderson.
The movie was first released on VHS on September 30, 1997, as part of the Warner Bros. Classic Tales series. It was first released on DVD on September 3, 2002, by
Warner Home Video, through
Warner Bros. Family Entertainment
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People
* Warner (writer)
* Warner (given name)
* Warner (surname)
Fictional characters
* Yakko, Wakko, and Dot Warner, stars of the animated television series ''Animaniacs''
* Aaron Warner, a character in '' Shatter Me ...
.
It was released on VCD in 2005 by Alliance Entertainment Singapore Pte. Ltd.
References
External links
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1970s American animated films
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Treasure Island films
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1970s children's animated films
Animated films directed by Hal Sutherland
1970s English-language films
Films produced by Lou Scheimer
Animated films set on ships
Animated films set in the Caribbean