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Treasure Island

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This is a great movie dubbed in at least 10 languages (that I know of). Another person rated it as 1 only because it was not the version he was expecting and apparently didn't watch it at all. Saying that this is a bad movie would be equal to saying that all black and white movies are bad. Visit website Ruscico.com for classic russian movies and for the list of special features on this DVD.

I saw this film 30 years ago, and after reading review of of the man ,who got it insted of Disney version, I decided to see this film one more time. My opinion- If you order cheesburger and insted they send you bottle of vodka, it doesn't make vodka bad, inspite of your disappointment.I found this film better then british version(with Orson Wells as John Silver), it is more accurate to the book, and it is is very important to the "Tresure Island" buffs. And Boris Andreev as Silver much more believebel then Orson Wells (I didn't see Disney version of the book) It is a pretty seemly film. I didnt see the DVD But I know that RUSSICO company made perfect copys.

This film is a 1971 Rissian version of Stevenson's classic "Treasure Island." This classic was filmed in Soviet cinema three times (1931, 1971, and 1982) each one with a slightly different flavor. Keeping in mind the tight budget and limited resources that these filmmakers had, this movie is particulatly well done. The DVD is a masterpiece in itself as it offers 3 fully dubbed versions of the film in 5.1 Dolby Digital sound (Russian 5.1, English 5.1, French 5.1). It even offers the menus in these 3 languages. In addition, the subtitles are privided in 11 languages (including German, Spanish, Arabic, Hebrew, Japanese, etc.) The dubbing for the film is done really well, which often makes one forget that this is a foreign film. Unlike the Disney versions, Russian and European versions of classics like this one tend to stay much more true to the book. This film is a nice example of Soviet cinema and is a must see for anyone interested in foreign films.

This is the russion version of the classic story, and one can tell. Things aren't quite as high budget but overall, it is pretty good. The main thing that I didn't like was that many of the transitions in the story were rather abrupt. Now the story isn't too complex, but it still takes away from the movie.

The book Treasure Island is an exciting book. It contains mutineers, pirates, and a big treasure it is a challenging book to read though. There are loops and turns around every corner. Jim, the mail character came across a ship called the Hispaniola, and rode it for the rest of the book. He takes on many troubles throughout the book. At first, he meets a man called Long John Silver. He seems very nice at first but at the end he turns very evil.
There tends to be mutinies when a ship sets off for treasure. And that's exactly what happens. One day, the ship is sailing on and BOOM! There sounds a gunshot! The wicked mutineers attack the ship killing one person, shooting them in the head. But it's not over yet! Three muskets go off at a time and one of the mutineers falls. The fight goes on and it is soon found out that the mutineers had lost more souls then the ships company and that was good for Jim.
At one point in the book, Jim comes across a man that was on an island that had been marooned and he had been there for over three years and had to live off eating goat.
The sentence structure of the book was a very hard. The sentences were very hard to read and there were a lot of things going on at the same time and it never seemed to end. One reason that the book was so hard was it was almost a different kind of English. The book was written in the late 1800 so it was very hard to understand. The sentences were long and choppy and they went on. But on the other hand some sentences were only two words.
The word choice of the book was two ways mostly. That means that some words were long and some words were very short. But the words were switched around so it was even harder to read.
The description of the book was not so great. Robert didn't describe the setting too well. Sometimes you couldn't tell where Jim was at some points because of the poor description.
My opinion of the book was not so great and it was hard to understand because of the word choice and the settings were very bad at some points. At one part of the book Jim comes off the ship and it doesn't explain what was happening and it seemed there was something missing. And at some points it seemed that they were too long and you were waiting for something else to happen and it got boring. After some sentences it was so confusing that you had to read it again until you got what was going on. That was hard to do and that's one reason I didn't like the book all that much.
I think that the appropriate age for reading this book is about teen. I think that it was not so good fir my age because I didn't understand it all that much, and if someone were older, then they have a better learning experience and they can understand the hard words. I am only eleven years old and this book is not such a good book for my age. But everyone has there own opinion and some people have different reading abilities.

Ben Schwartz 6th Grade

I thought I was ordering the Disney classic as this was the only movie that appeared for "Treasure Island." I am not sure what this Russian rip off is exactly but from the few minutes I watched, I felt like the guys from Mystery Science Theater 3000 were there with me laughing at what a horrible movie this is. I am in the progress of trying to return it because it is so bad. Where be my Disney Classic--lordy lordy this thing ain't right!