Treasure Island (2007)

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Movie
Original title Treasure Island
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 2007
length 186 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Hansjörg Thurn
script Hansjörg Thurn,
novel based on : Robert Louis Stevenson
production Ivo-Alexander Beck
music Karim Sebastian Elias
camera Uwe Schäfer
cut Benjamin Hembus
occupation

Treasure Island is a German film adaptation based on the bestseller Die Schatzinsel by Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson in 2007 as a two-part TV series for ProSieben and ORF , where it was broadcast for the first time on November 26 and 27, 2007.

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Jim Hawkins grows up as the innkeeper's son in an inn near Bristol , which he has to run alone with his mother. A guest, seaman Bones, gives the boy a treasure map after his death. It shows an island and the hiding place of Captain Flint's treasure . Long disgusted by his poor life, he is now looking for adventure in the wide world. But he has neither ship nor means. Therefore he symbolically offers half of the card to the doctor Livesey and the justice of the peace Trelawney, who is known for his thirst for adventure.

Together they decide to look for the treasure. One -legged cook Long John Silver and part of Captain Flint's old team will accompany them on the journey . Even on board the Hispaniola there is a multitude of rivalries among men. The 17-year-old Sheila, disguised as a cabin boy, also embarked. She is the daughter of Captain Flint, which nobody knows. Even she only suspects it from a mark on her right shoulder and a halved ring, the second half of which belongs to her father. When she almost falls overboard in a storm and Jim rushes to the rescue, Jim discovers that she is a girl. Connected by this secret, they come closer, but only in a kind of love-hate relationship.

In the meantime, Long John Silver manages to get the treasure map and start a mutiny. The ship's crew are held captive by Israel Hands while the majority of the pirates have reached the island with Sheila and Jim. On the way to the legendary Treasure Island, Jim succeeds in snatching the map back and escaping.

On the dogged hunt for the treasure, Long John Silver tries to eliminate his competitors. Jim is captured by an islander named Ben Gunn; but he can free himself and makes his way to the group around Captain Smollett, Livesey and Trelawney. To get back to the treasure map, Long John Silver even went to the opponent's camp to negotiate. But he has to leave without having achieved anything and his anger grows. Although the pirates do not have any firearms, they attack the English. Unsuccessfully, but in general confusion, Sheila's true identity is revealed.

They are brought back to the ship and Jim secretly follows them to protect the girl. He manages to take out both guards, O'Brian and his greatest opponent Israel Hands, but Sheila feels more connected to the pirates and in turn takes Jim Hawkins prisoner in order to exchange him for the treasure map from the English. Back on the island, they both sneak into the English camp, but there are now the pirates who are now bitterly fighting each other while the English have retaken Hispaniola. When they finally find the treasure chest after a long walk through the island wilderness, it is empty.

The mysterious islander Ben Gunn strikes again and kidnaps Sheila after he has learned that she is the daughter of his hated enemy Flint. Jim and Dr. However, Livesey, who turns up surprisingly, put him to flight and continue to search for the treasure, as they suspect that the islander has hidden it. Long John Silver also joins them again, so the four of them keep looking and finally succeed. But despite all efforts the treasure sinks irretrievably in the moor and Dr. Livesey with him. They leave the pirate Black Dog and a companion behind with the crazy islander. At sea, Sheila frees the captured Silver and escapes with him in a Hispaniola dinghy.

background

With a film budget of 10 million US dollars (approx. 7 million euros), Treasure Island is one of the most expensive television films of 2007.

The two-part series was filmed on locations in the British county of Cornwall , including in the port of Charlestown . The island shots were made in Thailand , interior shots were filmed in a studio in Berlin . The production has been sold to over 50 countries.

Stevenson's Treasure Island was filmed for the first time in 1912 and has been filmed more than 30 times since then (see the selection list of the adaptations in Wikipedia and the list of adaptations in the Internet Movie Database).

Differences to the novel

  • In the film, the reason Bill Bones appears in Admiral Benbow is because he is waiting for Sheila, Flint's daughter, to tell her about her father's death. In the book, however, he hides from Flint's team.
  • The character of Sheila does not exist in the novel.
  • Dr. Livesey and Jim get along well in the book. They are at odds in the film.
  • Dr. Livesey dies in the end. In the book he can escape from the island with the others.
  • The treasure is not completely lost in the book. At least the gold can be salvaged. The survivors bring the gold to England and divide it up among themselves.
  • The character Ben Gunn is an ally of the English in the novel and tells Jim his story. In the movie, he's some kind of insane islander and a constant threat to the English and pirates.

reception

Audience ratings

The broadcast of the first part on November 26, 2007 was a success for ProSieben. With 3.91 million viewers, it achieved a market share of 12 percent. For the audience between the ages of 14 and 49, the share was 19.9 percent. However, the second part suffered some losses. The second part came on November 27, 2007 to 3 million viewers and a market share of 9 percent. Overall, one could be quite satisfied with the broadcasting ratings.

Reviews

Peer Schader from FAZ.net says: “Perhaps Pro Sieben can also be highly praised - precisely because the broadcaster did without monsters and double-digit millions in the remake of Treasure Island and instead shows an almost old-fashioned adventure film that makes its appeal from its characters refers to [...]. It is courageous that a novel that is over a hundred years old has now been filmed with Treasure Island - and, if you look at the result, it was not a bad idea. [...]. There are a few little things that spoil the fun on Schatzinsel (director: Hansjörg Thurn). About that the film takes half an hour to get going. And probably the film had to be rolled out into two parts in order to be profitable, which has some length as a consequence. Some dialogues seem badly memorized. Nevertheless: the overall impression is correct. Pro Sieben has carefully modernized the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson [...]. "

Christian Buß from Spiegel Online criticized the film's poor acting performance and the “sluggish dialogue variations”. The introduction by Sheila O'Donnel and the resulting "teasing adolescent love affair" is seen as an attempt to make young women part of the target group. In conclusion, Christian Buß comes to the following conclusion: “In the Far Eastern jungle, private television and its event movie machinery are heading for a temporary low point with this mixture of Apocalypse Now and children's carnival, open-air performance for everyone and teen soap: Pirates of Pro Sieben, carried away by Curse of the quota. "

The lexicon of the international film judges: "Noisy, bombastic television adaptation of the classic adventure book by Robert Louis Stevenson, prominently cast and lavishly staged, but equally lifeless and loveless."

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ treasure island ( English ) IMDb.com, Inc. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
  2. ↑ Almost 20 percent: “The Treasure Island” a success for ProSieben ,quotemeter.de, accessed on August 26, 2010
  3. ^ "The Treasure Island": Heavy losses for ProSieben ,quotemeter.de, accessed on August 26, 2010
  4. ↑ Peer Schader: A nice buccaneer . In Frankfurter Allgemeine FAZ.net . As of November 29, 2007
  5. ↑ Christian Buß : The pirate as a poodle . In Spiegel Online . As of November 26, 2007
  6. ^ Journal film-dienst and Catholic Film Commission for Germany (eds.), Horst Peter Koll and Hans Messias (ed.): Lexikon des Internationale Films - Filmjahr 2007 . Schüren Verlag, Marburg 2008. ISBN 978-3-89472-624-9