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Treasure Island
Treasure Island
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Directed by	Hal Sutherland
Screenplay by	Ben Starr
Based on	Treasure Island; by Robert Louis Stevenson
Produced by	Norm Prescott; Lou Scheimer
Starring	Richard Dawson; Davy Jones; Dal McKennon; Larry D. Mann; Larry Storch; Jane Webb; Lou Scheimer;
Cinematography	R.W. Pope
Edited by	Joseph Simon; Doreen Dixon
Music by	George Blais; Jeff Michael (original score and songs)
Production; company	Filmation
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	December 9, 1973;
Running time	87 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1 million

Treasure Island is a 1973 American animated adventure film 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 Pirate Mouse.

In 1980, an edited version of the film was broadcast on NBC as a special.^[1]

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

Richard Dawson as Long John Silver
Davy Jones as Jim Hawkins
Dal McKennon as Captain Flint, Ben Gunn
Larry D. Mann as Doctor Livesey
Larry Storch as Captain Smollett
Jane Webb as Mrs. Hawkins
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 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.^[2]

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.^[2] The movie was first released on VHS on September 30, 1997, as part of the Warner Bros. Classic Tales series.^[3] It was first released on DVD on September 3, 2002, by Warner Home Video, through Warner Bros. Family Entertainment.^[4]^[2] It was released on VCD in 2005 by Alliance Entertainment Singapore Pte. Ltd.^[5]