Treasure Island is an adventure novel written by Robert Louis Stevenson, which created and popularized many iconic tropes about pirates in fiction. It has been adapted many times in various mediums, as listed below.
Treasure Island and its many adaptations include:
Literature- Treasure Island (1881) - The original novel by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Feature films
- Treasure Island (1920) - A silent film that is now lost.
- Treasure Island (1934) - Directed by Victor Fleming. Starred Jackie Cooper as Jim, Wallace Beery as Long John Silver, and Lionel Barrymore as Billy Bones.
- Treasure Island (1937) - A weird Soviet-Russian version.note
- Treasure Island (1971) - The second Soviet-Russian adaptation, this time not so weird.
- Treasure Island (1972) - Starring Orson Welles as Long John Silver.
- Treasure Island (1973) - an animated movie produced by Filmation, featuring Richard Dawson (from Hogan's Heroes and Family Feud) as both Long John Silver and Captain Smollett.
- Planetata na Sakrovishtata (1982) - A Bulgarian animated film directed by Rumen Petkov, which transferred the story into an outer-space setting twenty years before Disney.
- Treasure Island (1988) - A classic Soviet half-animation half-live action musical film. Republished without live-action intermissions as The Return to Treasure Island (1992).
- Treasure Island (1990) - a TNT TV movie, with Charlton Heston as Silver, Christian Bale as Jim, Christopher Lee as Blind Pew, Oliver Reed as Billy Bones, Julian Glover as Dr. Livesey, Pete Postlethwaite as George Merry and James Cosmo as Redruth.
- Treasure Island (1999) - Starring Jack Palance as Long John Silver.
- Pirates of Treasure Island (2006) - A comedic take on the story, released by one and only The Asylum.
- Treasure Island (2007) - A French comedy film starring Gérard Jugnot.
- Treasure Island (2007) - A German TV two-part film, starring former Inspector Rex star Tobias Moretti as Long John Silver, comedian Christian Tramitz as Squire Trelawney and Jürgen Vogel as Israel Hands. A lot Darker and Edgier.
Television series
- Treasure Island (1966) - A French-West German television series starring Ivor Dean as John Silver. It was shown in four instalments (on the four Advent Sundays) in West Germany and in thirteen episodes in France. The 360 minutes of the series were cut to 84 for an unsuccessful US cinematic release in 1970. Ivor Dean wrote a script for a sequel series with Robert S. Baker, but that came to naught because he died in 1974. The script was dug up again in 1986 (see below).
- Treasure Island (1977) - A BBC TV series that includes Patrick Troughton as Israel Hands and David Collings (Silver from Sapphire and Steel) as Blind Pew.
- Takarajima (1978) - A 26-episode Japanese anime series, produced by TMS Entertainment and directed by Osamu Dezaki.
- Treasure Island (1983) - A Soviet-Russian three-part miniseries that also incorporates elements from Stevenson's The Merry Men short story collection in its portrayal of the pirates' backstory. Oleg Borisov as John Silver gives a deliciously chilling performance that changes his personality from a flamboyant Lovable Rogue to a stone-cold psychopath hiding behing a facade of a dorky middle-aged man.
- Treasure Island in Outer Space (1987) also named Pianeta Del Tesoro - Treasure Planet - A 5-episode German and Italian collaboration series, produced by Creator/and directed by Antonio Margheriti and set in 2300.
- The Legends of Treasure Island (1993) - UK Funny Animal In Name Only animated series with Jim as a puppy (voiced by Dawn French) and Silver as a fox (voiced by Richard E. Grant). Many will recognise the cast members, especially Hugh Laurie playing Squire Trelawney as a member of the George family.
- Search For Treasure Island
(1998) - Australian series by Grundy Television in which stepsiblings Mark and Jacqui Raymond (plus their mother Sally) travel to the namesake island in search of their lost father, Paul. Notable for, among other things:- Introducing modern technology-particularly the internet-into the franchise.
- Having the titular treasure reduced to a secondary goal at best (As stated, the kids top priority is finding their dad and getting out quick-silver, gold and/or jewels be damned!)
- Exploring the concept of Treasure Island as an inhabited landscape populated by several feuding tribes (most being the descendants of previous castaways). This in turn allows for the addition of many original characters-including a new Big Bad known only as Dante. Heck, Hawkins and Silver don't even show up until season 2!
- Treasure Island (2012) - Sky 1 two part Mini Series, starring an
All-Star Cast including Eddie Izzard and Elijah Wood. Slightly Darker and Edgier. - Black Sails (2014-2017) - A prequel series on Starz, notably featuring Captain Flint and a young John Silver as its protagonists.
- Treasure Island (2016) - A CGI animated Italian series co-produced by Mondo TV and Rai Fiction.
Miscellaneous
- The Adventures Of Ronald Mc Donald Mc Treasure Island (1990) - A Direct to Video animated special produced by Dic Entertainment and animated by Studio Korumi. Featuring the characters of McDonald's own Mcdonaldland gang being sucked into a Portal Book version of the novel. Notably predates the more well-known The Wacky Adventures Of Ronald Mc Donald by 8 years.
- Long John Silver (2007-2013) - A French comic mini-series by Xavier Dorison, which takes place 20 years after Treasure Island. An English noblewoman convinces Silver to join her in a plan to seize control of her insane husband's expedition to find a lost city of gold in South America. It was released by Dargaud in French and Cinebook in English.
- Treasure Island (2013) - An Audio Adaptation of the story by Big Finish productions, starring Tom Baker as Long John Silver.
- Treasure Island (2014) - A stage adaptation produced by the National Theatre, starring Arthur Darvill as Long John Silver.
Disney's Treasure Island adaptations (including the Treasure Planet franchise):
Feature films
- Treasure Island (1950) - Disney's first fully non-animated film. Starring Robert Newton as Long John Silver and Bobby Driscoll as Jim Hawkins. Introduced the stereotypical 17th-18th Century English "pirate accent".
- Long John Silver (1954) - sequel to the above with Robert Newton returning as Long John Silver, though not produced by Disney.
- Muppet Treasure Island (1996) - Starring Tim Curry as Long John Silver, and most of the roles (sans Jim Hawkins) filled by, of course, The Muppets.
- Treasure Planet (2002) - Disney's animated version ...IN SPACE! (Surprisingly good and faithful to the source considering the Space Opera setting.)
Television series
- The Adventures Of Long John Silver (1954) - A sequel series to Long John Silver with Robert Newton returning once again as Long John Silver. Ran for 25 episodes until Newton's passing. Not produced by Disney.
- Return To Treasure Island (1986) - A ten-part Disney television series based on the aforementioned script by Ivor Dean. Set ten years after the events of the novel, it starred BRIAN BLESSED as Long John Silver.
Video games
- Treasure Planet (2002) - Based on the movie of the same name.
- Treasure Planet: Battle at Procyon (2002) - Sequel to the above game/movie.
