{"id":6344,"date":"2009-04-03T10:16:01","date_gmt":"2009-04-03T17:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=6344"},"modified":"2021-01-29T23:44:31","modified_gmt":"2021-01-30T06:44:31","slug":"treasure-island-1950","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=6344","title":{"rendered":"Treasure Island (1950)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Them that die&#8217;ll be the lucky ones!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Treasure-Island-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Treasure-Island-Poster-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-23552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Treasure-Island-Poster-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Treasure-Island-Poster-83x128.jpg 83w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Treasure-Island-Poster.jpg 493w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nIn 18th century England, a young boy (Bobby Driscoll) is given a treasure map and sets sail on a ship with a mutinous crew, led by the one-legged pirate Long John Silver (Robert Newton).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>At Sea<\/li>\n<li>Coming-of-Age<\/li>\n<li>Gold Seekers<\/li>\n<li>Pirates<\/li>\n<li>Robert Newton Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nDisney&#8217;s first live-action film remains the most famous version <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0043067\/movieconnections\">among many<\/a> (including the Peary-recommended 1934 version, starring Wallace Beery) made from Robert Louis Stevenson&#8217;s classic 1883 adventure novel. Unfortunately (as in the novel), it takes too long for the action to get started, with half-an-hour passing before the ship even sets sail; but once it does, director Byron Haskin keeps things moving at an energetic clip, with plenty of exciting action sequences and life-threatening encounters. Disney veteran Bobby Driscoll (star of 1946&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=4075\"><em>Song of the South<\/em><\/a>) is appropriately mature as young Jim Lively (who gets to experience a coming-of-age adventure most boys only dream of!):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Treasure-Island-Driscoll.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Treasure-Island-Driscoll.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"788\" height=\"576\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-67015\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Treasure-Island-Driscoll.png 788w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Treasure-Island-Driscoll-300x219.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Treasure-Island-Driscoll-128x94.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Treasure-Island-Driscoll-768x561.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Treasure-Island-Driscoll-369x270.png 369w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and he&#8217;s surrounded by a cast of colorful supporting actors &#8212; most notably Robert Newton as Long John Silver (nominated by Peary as one of the Best Actors of the Year in his <em>Alternate Oscars<\/em>). <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Robert Newton as Long John Silver<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Treasure-Island-Newton-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Treasure-Island-Newton-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"788\" height=\"576\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-67017\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Treasure-Island-Newton-1.png 788w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Treasure-Island-Newton-1-300x219.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Treasure-Island-Newton-1-128x94.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Treasure-Island-Newton-1-768x561.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Treasure-Island-Newton-1-369x270.png 369w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, simply to see Newton in perhaps his most iconic role. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Noteworthy Performance(s)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0043067\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ultimatedisney.com\/treasureisland.html\">Ultimate Disney Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Them that die&#8217;ll be the lucky ones!&#8221; Synopsis: In 18th century England, a young boy (Bobby Driscoll) is given a treasure map and sets sail on a ship with a mutinous crew, led by the one-legged pirate Long John Silver (Robert Newton). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: At Sea Coming-of-Age Gold Seekers Pirates Robert Newton Films Review: Disney&#8217;s first live-action film remains the most famous version among many (including the Peary-recommended 1934 version, starring Wallace Beery) made from Robert Louis&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=6344\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6344"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67018,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6344\/revisions\/67018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}