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Treasure Island

  • 1972
  • G
  • 1h 34m
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
1.4K
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Treasure Island (1972)
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Young Jim Hawkins has an unforgettable encounter with pirate Captain Long John Silver and his murderous mates.Young Jim Hawkins has an unforgettable encounter with pirate Captain Long John Silver and his murderous mates.Young Jim Hawkins has an unforgettable encounter with pirate Captain Long John Silver and his murderous mates.

  • Directors
    • John Hough
    • Andrea Bianchi
    • Antonio Margheriti
  • Writers
    • Wolf Mankowitz
    • Orson Welles
    • Hubert Frank
  • Stars
    • Orson Welles
    • Kim Burfield
    • Lionel Stander
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.8/10
    1.4K
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • John Hough
      • Andrea Bianchi
      • Antonio Margheriti
    • Writers
      • Wolf Mankowitz
      • Orson Welles
      • Hubert Frank
    • Stars
      • Orson Welles
      • Kim Burfield
      • Lionel Stander
    • 21User reviews
    • 9Critic reviews
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    Orson Welles and Kim Burfield in Treasure Island (1972)
    Orson Welles and Kim Burfield in Treasure Island (1972)
    Orson Welles and Kim Burfield in Treasure Island (1972)
    Orson Welles and Kim Burfield in Treasure Island (1972)
    Treasure Island (1972)
    Orson Welles in Treasure Island (1972)
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    Kim Burfield and Jean Lefebvre in Treasure Island (1972)
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    Orson Welles
    Orson Welles
    • Long John Silver
    Kim Burfield
    Kim Burfield
    • Jim Hawkins
    Lionel Stander
    Lionel Stander
    • Billy Bones
    Walter Slezak
    Walter Slezak
    • Squire Trelawney
    Ángel del Pozo
    Ángel del Pozo
    • Doctor Livesey
    • (as Angel del Pozo)
    Rik Battaglia
    Rik Battaglia
    • Captain Smollett
    Maria Rohm
    Maria Rohm
    • Mrs. Hawkins
    Paul Muller
    Paul Muller
    • Blind Pew
    Jean Lefebvre
    Jean Lefebvre
    • Ben Gunn
    Michel Garland
    • Merry
    • (as Michael Garland)
    Aldo Sambrell
    Aldo Sambrell
    • Israel Hands
    Alibe Parsons
    Alibe Parsons
    • Mrs. Silver
    • (as Alibe)
    José Luis Chinchilla
    • Anderson
    • (as Chinchilla)
    Víctor Israel
    Víctor Israel
    • Morgan
    Adolfo Thous
    • Black Dog
    Cristino Almodóvar
    • O'Brien
    • (as Cristino Almodobar)
    Miguel Pedregosa
    • Gray
    Barta Barri
    Barta Barri
    • Redruth
    • Directors
      • John Hough
      • Andrea Bianchi(credit only)
      • Antonio Margheriti(uncredited)
    • Writers
      • Wolf Mankowitz
      • Orson Welles
      • Hubert Frank
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    • Trivia
      The poor audio quality of Orson Welles' dialogue was apparently due to his recording all his lines in one night in Rome whilst drinking white wine. In 1979, Welles claimed his voice in the film was re-dubbed by another actor. This was true for some versions of the film.
    • Goofs
      The jolly boat is hit by a cannonball as it lands. The men on board manage to get off unscathed. If a cannonball really hit the boat, it would not be stopped by the decking at the end of the jolly boat, but would continue through the boat causing serious injuries to the crew.
    • Quotes

      Billy Bones: They'll be a sea mist tonight, and maybe horrors climbing up at us, outta the sea onto the land. Keep watching!

    • Connections
      Featured in Troldspejlet: Wayne's World (1993)

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    6/10
    Pretty good
    This version may be one of the weaker versions of the classic story, it's nowhere near as good as the 1990 Charlton Heston or the 1934 Wallace Beery versions(Muppet Treasure Island is great too) but it is a long way from bad. And I really do have to respectfully disagree with the commentator who said that this was the worst Treasure Island, the uncomfortably bizarre 1998 Jack Palance version is by far the worst. The film may be lower in budget than most of the versions of Treasure Island, with some of the camera work(which can be too reliant on close ups though most of it is inventive and appropriate) and the handsomely rendered if very undersized Hispagnola it does show but it was decent compared to most lower-in-budget films personally seen, the shadowy lighting was quite effective and the locations are splendid. The script is amusingly tongue in cheek with some darkly tense moments too.

    The story is suspenseful and lots of fun on the most part with the storytelling at least coherent and structurally relatively faithful. The start of the film suitably intense and sets up the story well and the action is staged surprisingly well with a Spaghetti Western vibe in places. Some of the treasure hunting scenes are a little leisurely however and are slightly lacking in urgency. The acting is mostly good with Orson Welles giving the most memorable one, he can be charmingly sympathetic but he drips with evil as well, some of the performance is very fruity but I appreciated the restraint he gave the character here. Kim Burfield is an appealing Jim, Walter Slezak brings out the conflicts of Squire Trelawny's character very well- sometimes blustering, other times refined- and Jean Lefevbre an amusing Ben Gunn. Lionel Stander however is too gangster boss-like as Billy Bones and Angel del Pozo is a dull Dr Livesey.

    Where the film is least successful is in the music score and especially the dubbing. The score is nowhere near "rousing adventure"-like enough, sounding more like at points like "sentimental television" scoring. The dubbing is unfortunately shoddy, very stiff and some of it sounds like they're mumbling their way through their lines. Robert Rietty is the least bad, he does sound like how Welles would speak but some of his line delivery sounds like he was drunk at the time. On the whole, a long way from great or being the best version, but it's still pretty good and is miles ahead of the Palance adaptation. 6/10 Bethany Cox
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    • Nov 21, 2014

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    • Release date
      • October 4, 1972 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • France
      • Italy
      • West Germany
      • Spain
    • Languages
      • English
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Die Schatzinsel
    • Filming locations
      • Mojácar, Almería, Andalucía, Spain(beach and fort exterior scenes)
    • Production companies
      • Towers of London Productions
      • Massfilms
      • Central Cinema Company Film (CCC)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 34 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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