Blu-ray Review Treasure Island (1950) Blu-ray Review (1 Viewer)

[Matt Hough]

One of the grandest of adventure tales, Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island has been brought to the screen quite a few times, but Byron Haskin’s 1950 version made under the auspices of Walt Disney remains among the best ever.



Treasure Island (1950)



Released: 19 Jul 1950
Rated: PG
Runtime: 96 min




Director: Byron Haskin
Genre: Adventure, Family



Cast: Bobby Driscoll, Robert Newton, Basil Sydney, Walter Fitzgerald
Writer(s): Lawrence Edward Watkin (screenplay), Robert Louis Stevenson (story)



Plot: The treasure seeking adventures of young Jim Hawkins and pirate captain Long John Silver.



IMDB rating: 7.0
MetaScore: N/A





Disc Information



Studio: Disney
Distributed By: N/A
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[Rodney]

Great review of a great movie! This is Disney live-action at its best!

 

[warnerbro]

This bluray looks stunning. But I hate that Disney is releasing all of these bare-bones with no bonus material. At least they look good.

 

[Darby67]

Excellent review of one of my favorite Disney live-action films.

 

[Everett S.]

I was just the right age when I saw this. Great in every way! Shame its a club only version.

 

[Robert Harris]

Photographed by Freddie Young, who shot a few other U.K. productions, inclusive of their first CinemaScope film.

Take a careful look at the lighting of the apple barrel sequence, if you want to see what masterful means.

 

[benbess]

Enjoying this movie again for the first time since I was a kid. It's still good c.45 years later! I got the blu-ray from the Disney Movie Club, of course.

As Matt H. writes in his review: "....there is no denying the tremendous camaraderie between Driscoll and the unforgettable Robert Newton as the definitive Long John Silver, perhaps the greatest performance in his long and distinguished career."

This movies seems like it must have been part of the inspiration for the Pirates of the Caribbean ride that I first was on shortly after it opened in 1967.

 

[Chuck Pennington]

I made these videos relating to Treasure Island (1950) and thought they might be of interest.

LINK: Treasure Island (1950) Video Release Comparison

LINK: Footage Restored to Treasure Island (1950) for 1991 Video Release [1 of 2]

LINK: Footage Restored to Treasure Island (1950) for 1991 Video Release [2 of 2]

 

[Matt Hough]

I made these videos relating to Treasure Island (1950) and thought they might be of interest.

LINK: Treasure Island (1950) Video Release Comparison

LINK: Footage Restored to Treasure Island (1950) for 1991 Video Release [1 of 2]

LINK: Footage Restored to Treasure Island (1950) for 1991 Video Release [2 of 2]

Great work! I wish they would add these as bonus features to the current Blu-ray!

 

[Dave H]

I watched this projected the other night (pro calibrated JVC NP5 4K upscaled with the Panasonic 420) and this disc looks absolutely stunning. It nearly looks like a UHD BD. Bold saturated colors (as I would expect for this film), well rendered highlights, deep blacks, fine film grain and nice encoding. I know it came from a 4K scan. Really nice as was the stereo audio which I imagine was the original?

I remember renting this as a kid in the early 80s when my parents bought our first VHS player. Just found an image of it.

 

[Josh Steinberg]

I rented pretty much all of those Disney movies with that style packaging - whenever I see one of those VHS cases today I get instant nostalgia for them.

 

[Dave H]

Yes, the nostalgia is huge for me. These VHS releases were the way I saw many Disney classics for the first time.

 

[Sega]

I remember watching this at the Show.
And then on VHS.
Just picked up a new VHS player. Open Box.
On eBay. $20 bucks. I thought it was a B.S. deal.
But took a chance. I bid. I win. $20 bucks. And $20 bucks shipping. I pay. Three days later it comes.
And it was new. The packing and all. Never been set up. Now I can watch the good old VHS tapes I have.

 

[Lord Dalek]

There's no stereo audio on Treasure Island. Its always been mono.