Treasure Island (1988 film)

Treasure Island
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Russian: Ostrov sokrovishch
Based onTreasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson
Written byYuri Alikov
David Cherkassky
Directed byDavid Cherkassky
Starring
Music byVolodymyr Bystryakov
Country of originSoviet Union
Original languageRussian
Production
AnimatorRadna Sakhaltuev
Running time
  • 107 minutes
  • 72 minutes (U.S.)
Production companyKievnauchfilm
Original release
Release15 September 1986 (1986-09-15) –
24 October 1988 (1988-10-24)[1]
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Treasure Island (Russian: Остров Сокровищ, romanizedOstrov Sokrovishch) is a Soviet two-part live-action/animated adventure comedy television film adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Treasure Island (1883). It was created by order of the USSR's state television company by the studio Kievnauchfilm in between 1986 and 1988. It is mostly traditional animation with some live action sequences, which are largely but not entirely separate.

The first part, Captain Flint's Map, aired in 1986; the second, Captain Flint's Treasure, aired in 1988. After that, they were always shown together. The film won the Grand Prize in Minsk, 1987, the Grand Prize in Kyiv, 1989, and the 1st Prize in International Cinema Festival of Television films in Czechoslovakia.

A recut American version called The Return to Treasure Island was released direct-to-video in 1992. The live action sections were removed, and it is 34 minutes shorter than the Soviet version.[2] It features the voices of Jan Rabson and Steve Bulen.

  1. ^ Southern, Nathan (14 October 2008). "The Return to Treasure Island (1992)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. ISSN 1553-8095. OCLC 1645522. Archived from the original on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
  2. ^ Southern, Nathan (14 October 2008). "The Return to Treasure Island (1992)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. ISSN 1553-8095. OCLC 1645522. Archived from the original on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 16 September 2012.