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Treasure Island

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Two U.S. military code specialists (Lance Baker, Nick Offerman) stationed in 1940s San Francisco have dysfunctional personal lives.

Critics Reviews

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Todd McCarthy Variety 02/14/2001
No matter how bright many of its ideas may be, however, Treasure Island is far from satisfying, as such matters as narrative coherence and dramatic credibility have been treated as annoyances worthy of being ignored. Go to Full Review
Stephen Holden New York Times 01/01/2000
For all the ideas it tosses around -- and many of them are useful and painful correctives to our rose-colored fantasies -- Treasure Island is too crude a movie to muster much rhetorical clout. Go to Full Review
Bob Graham San Francisco Chronicle 01/01/2000
There is a dreamlike logic at work here, but viewers are expected to put the pieces together themselves. Go to Full Review
David Nusair Reel Film Reviews 01/13/2013
0/4
An incoherent, interminable mess... Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 07/12/2005
2/5
Andy Klein New Times 06/05/2004
2/5
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Audience Reviews

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10/28/2010 A refreshing modern adaption to the novel with great acting, a good story and a great score and setting See more 11/16/2008 Come on. I made it. I think it's great. See more 02/24/2008 No matter how bright many of its ideas may be, Treasure Island is far from satisfying, as such matters as narrative coherence and dramatic credibility have been treated as annoyances worthy of being ignored. See more 01/05/2008 Two war cryptographers fight a losing battle against their own homosexual necrophiliac impulses. See more 05/27/2007 This is the 1989 version with Charlton Heston....not on DVD...WHAAA!!! See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Two U.S. military code specialists (Lance Baker, Nick Offerman) stationed in 1940s San Francisco have dysfunctional personal lives.
Director
Scott King
Producer
Adrienne Gruben
Screenwriter
Scott King
Production Co
King Pictures
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 24, 1999, Original
Runtime
1h 23m