Treasure Island
Treasure Island is a 1973 American animated musical adventure film directed by Hal Sutherland, produced by Filmation, released by Warner Bros., and based on Robert Louis Stevenson's 1883 novel of the same name.
Plot
Aged sailor Billy Bones and his rum-loving pirate mouse Hiccup arrive at the Admiral Benbow Inn near Bristol, run by young Jim Hawkins and his widowed mother. He tells Jim the story of Captain J. Flint's buried treasure on a Caribbean island and warns him of a man with one leg. He then receives a summons from the blind beggar Pew containing "the Black Spot" and dies suddenly. Pew and a crew of pirates who formerly served Flint storm the inn, seeking to capture Jim and find the map to Flint's treasure, which Billy left behind in a box that Jim discovers. Together, Jim and Hiccup trick Pew and his crew into running outside the inn, thinking they are chasing them. Mounted excise officers led by Squire John Trelawney open fire on the pirates, who flee by boat. Trelawney, his gamekeeper Tom Redruth, and physician Dr. David Livesey arrive at the inn, taking an interest in the map.
More details
| author | Robert Louis Stevenson |
|---|---|
| director | Hal Sutherland |
| editor | Doreen Dixon Joseph Simon |
| genre | adventure |
| keywords | bristol buried treasure cabin boy capture dig fake illness fall fatal accident hide house israel hands laugh long john silver maroon morning new life nothing rid run sail schooner serve shrink taunt think widowed mother |
| musicBy | Ray Ellis |
| producer | Lou Scheimer Norm Prescott |
| productionCompany | Filmation |
| publisher | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| theme | animated children's |