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Information
- Year
- 1950
- Runtime
- 96 min.
- Director
- Byron Haskin
- Genres
- Adventure, Family
- Rating *
- 7.0
- Votes *
- 3,817
- Checks
- 838
- Favs
- 35
- Dislikes
- 5
- Favs/checks
- 4.2% (1:24)
- Favs/dislikes
- 7:1
Top comments
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essaywhu
This was Disney’s first completely live action film and they did a great job with it, but if we are being honest the real reason to watch is Robert Newton as Long John Silver. I think Newton was emulated by so many other actors after this movie came out and everyone that was going to play a pirate studied his performance, including Johnny Depp’s Jack Sparrow. Newton’s characterization is rich and complex and it helps that Silver is not written as being completely bad but has a big soft spot for Jim Hawkins. Hawkins is basically a stand-in for the target audience, meaning young boys and helps the story become theirs. Few of the live action Disney films reach the heights of this film. I’d probably give it a 9/10. 4 years 5 months ago -
Aissi
One of my absolutely favourite books as a child, turned into a fairly good film.
The performances were fairly good, and the restored colour was impressive. 11 years ago -
ClassicLady
I viewed the restored version on TCM. Beautiful color and imagery but I never did care for the storyline. 11 years ago