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Treasure Island (1999)

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Reviews Counted: 12 Fresh: 4  Rotten:8 Average Rating: 4.7/10

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Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 84 mins

Synopsis: Frank (Lance Baker) and Samuel (Nick Offerman) are government employees working in a secret base in Northern California in 1945. World War II is in full swing, and the body of an unidentified American has been discovered by the military. Frank and Samuel are assigned to establish a false... Frank (Lance Baker) and Samuel (Nick Offerman) are government employees working in a secret base in Northern California in 1945. World War II is in full swing, and the body of an unidentified American has been discovered by the military. Frank and Samuel are assigned to establish a false identity for the corpse that will include bogus documents to be attached to the body, which will then be dumped into the Pacific in hope that the Japanese will find it. Samuel is married and repeatedly brings home strange men to have sex with his wife. Frank has two wives as well as a Japanese mistress who must remain in hiding. The corpse, who reveals himself to be a young gay man with a healthy sex drive, seems to pop up at inopportune times, catching both quiet Frank and boisterous, macho Samuel off guard. But is the corpse really alive, or is it just attempting to teach the living men about their true selves? Cryptic dialogue and unanswered questions fuel the film until V-J Day brings it to an even more chaotic conclusion. [More]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Lance Baker, Nick Offerman, Jonah Blechman, Pat Healy, Rachel Singer

Director: Scott King
Screenwriter: Scott King
Producer: Adrienne Gruben
Composer: Chris Anderson

DVD Info

Release:

Jan 30, 2001

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Snap Case
  • Full Frame - 1.33

Audio:

  • Mono - English

Additional Release Material:

  • Audio Commentary - 1. Scott King - Director
  • 2. Scott King - Director
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Isolated Audio Track - 1. Music Score

DVD-ROM Features:

  • Making Of
  • Trailer
  • Electronic Press Kit

Additional Products:

  • Booklet

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Eric Lurio
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06/05/02
Ray Greene
Boxoffice Magazine
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...all of the bad things that make up what we call 'independent film.'

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09/18/01
Tom Block
culturevulture.net
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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.

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02/14/01
Todd McCarthy
Variety
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There is a dreamlike logic at work here, but viewers are expected to put the pieces together themselves.

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01/01/00
Bob Graham
San Francisco Chronicle
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Ought to bypass the theaters entirely and go straight to cult status, joining the likes of Night of the Living Dead and Plan 9 From Outer Space.

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01/01/00
Edvins Beitiks
San Francisco Examiner
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You may not like Treasure Island when you see it, but what you can't dismiss is that it's definitely not commercial.

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01/01/00
Greg Dean Schmitz
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Max Messier
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Climaxing with images shanghaied from Ugetsu and Dr. Strangelove, Treasure Island can be thin and underrealized.

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01/01/00
Michael Atkinson
Village Voice
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Though it will surely confound mainstream audiences, it should prove something of a treasure for viewers prepared for a provocative and idiosyncratic work.

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01/01/00
Mike Gregory
Reel.com
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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.

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01/01/00
Stephen Holden
New York Times
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