Treasure Island (2012 miniseries)
| Treasure Island | |
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UK DVD Cover
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| Based on |
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson |
| Screenplay by | Stewart Harcourt |
| Directed by | Steve Barron |
| Starring |
Eddie Izzard Toby Regbo Rupert Penry-Jones Daniel Mays Philip Glenister Donald Sutherland Elijah Wood Shirley Henderson |
| Theme music composer |
Antony Genn Martin Slattery |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom Ireland |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) |
Alan Moloney Laurie Borg |
| Cinematography | Ulf Brantås |
| Editor(s) | Alex Mackie |
| Running time | 180 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Kindle Entertainment MNG Films Parallel Film Productions |
| Distributor |
British Sky Broadcasting RHI Entertainment |
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Treasure Island is a two-part British television miniseries adaptation of the novel Treasure Island (1883) by Robert Louis Stevenson. The screenplay was written by Stewart Harcourt, produced by Laurie Borg and directed by Steve Barron. It was made by BSkyB and first shown in the United Kingdom on Sky1 on 1 & 2 January 2012.
Young Jim Hawkins (Toby Regbo) discovers a map to a legendary island of treasure belonging to the infamous Captain Flint (Donald Sutherland) and embarks on a journey aboard the ship Hispaniola to find it; however, the enigmatic Long John Silver (Eddie Izzard) and crew have other plans.
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The series was moderately well received by critics, with praise towards its production values and cast, but some criticism leveled at the direction and changes to the original story. It holds a 6.4 rating on the Internet Movie Database.
Sam Wollaston of The Guardian wrote, "They've changed it, not just unnecessarily but unquestionably for the worse, and that's a travesty. Robert Louis Stevenson, Captain Flint, Davy Jones, will be turning in their graves/lockers." Rachel Ward of The Telegraph, however, called it "an imaginitive take", said "Izzard excels as both villain and hero, and brings his trademark humour to the role ('Let’s parle'), though it would have been nice to hear a few more squawks from his pet parrot", and praised the action.
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