Product Details

• Actors: Camilla Power, Felicity Jones, Kristopher Milnes, Ben Simpson, William Forde
• Directors: Juliet May
• Writers: E. Nesbit, Olivia Hetreed
• Producers: Alan Horrox, Margaret Glover, Michael Forte, Yvonne Sellins
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Questar
• DVD Release Date: July 25, 2000
• Run Time: 97 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 1568556861
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #186,940 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Treasure Seekers" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Facing adversity, poverty and disgrace, a family discovers that love, togetherness, and perseverance lead toreal success and joy. In a classic story by Edith Nesbit, one of England's most beloved authors, five motherless children struggle to save their inventor father from financial ruin. Their well-meaning efforts invariably end in disaster despite the watchful eye of their neighbor, a dashing explorer (James Wilby). Richard Bastable (Nicholas Farrell), the father, has only a few days to save his family home as creditors increase their demands while he struggles with his difficult yet promising invention. In spite of the family's gallant efforts and the sympathy and help of Dr. Mary Leslie (Gina McKee), the end looms nigh. This all-star family classic will be enjoyed over and over. Extra Features: Edith Nesbit: Biography of the Author; The Bastables' England: Historical Background; Thoughts To Be Shared with Family & Friends; Previews of Additional Questar Family Classic Films.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Nothing like the book!, May 25, 2007

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M. Hamilton "homeschooling mom" (Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Treasure Seekers (DVD)

Yet again, the film making industry has utterly demolished a great story! Read the book. It's a great family book about the Bastable family, and the children do have many adventures attempting to "restore the fallen fortunes of the House of Bastable", but they do not do it by lying or constantly fighting. They learn a lesson with each adventure instead.

This movie production, however, deviates so far from the book as to be ludicrous. Instead of the father being a businessman ruined by grief, he is an incompetent absent-minded inventor. The children lie. The children are disrespectful of authority. The oldest character, Dora shows teenage angst that never appeared in the book. The minor character of the authoress is turned into a feminist doctor. Why did they have to take the values of the Victorian family out and make a movie about today's societal problems?

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Keira Knightly has a cameo role!, August 23, 2006

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Carole F. (Washington DC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Treasure Seekers (DVD)

A rip-roaring family-friendly adventure, not only wonderful for children, but their parents will enjoy it too. An interesting factoid is that Keira Knightly (as a child) has a brief appearance as the mysterious princess. This scene seems totally superfluous to the plot, but it's true to the book.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars E. Nesbit's Victorian England, a visual delight, November 14, 2007

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microjoe - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Treasure Seekers (DVD)

This charming film is loosely based on a classic story by E. Nesbit, a wonderful children's author whose English Victorian Age stories are still read today. As in many of her stories, 5 kids are left to their own amusement while a parent struggles to earn a living. In this case, their father is an inventor, who has been at work for 6 years in an effort to create a refrigerator. However he is in serious debt, and in risk of losing everything. He is also struggling with the loss of his wife. The kids are determined to help and take on several well-meaning attempts that usually create more trouble than help for their father.
The film is humerous and loaded with invention. While it is fairly difficult to adapt the book to film in any case, the film is very watrchable on its own. Great acting, accurate period costumes, cars and homes combine to give the viewer a nice immersive sense of the beautiful era of Victorian England. The film has wonderful values, and we all felt great after watching it. Other E. Nesbit stories that have been adapted to film are "5 Children and It", "The Phoenix and the Carpet", and "The Railway Children".