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Treasure Planet, a pet project of Little Mermaid, Aladdin and Hercules codirectors Ron Clements and John Musker, is an ambitious animation hybrid (traditional animation combined with elaborate CGI backgrounds). It was the subject of numerous in-studio battles, but Disney office politics and a poor public reception shouldn't distract one from its many admirable qualities, not the least being its overall fidelity to Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novel Treasure Island. Curiously revamped as a sci-fi adventure with space-faring galleons, flintlock ray guns and extreme-sports attitude, it caters to a young audience for whom Stevenson's adventure is an undiscovered treasure, revving up the material with arcade-game excitements. It's entertaining, for what it is, and kids will surely enjoy it. Maybe next time, however, Disney will follow its own legacy and properly adapt Stevenson (as they did with their 1950 live-action classic) for a new, and hopefully receptive, generation. --Jeff Shannon
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DVD Special Features:
- RLS Legacy – Take a 3D tour of the Legacy. Learn about what went into building the RLS Legacy and fun facts about ships. Navigate your way through an interactive treasure hunt to collect 8 hidden mapballs.
- DisneyPedia: The Life of a Pirate Revealed - Explore the fascinating world of pirates including Pirate Definitions, Pirate Ships, Codes of Conduct and Real Pirates.
- Story art gallery
- Still art galleries
- The Brandywine School - A short featurette about the style of an old Pennsylvania art school. The film makers went back and studied the Brandywine look and style.
- The 70/30 Law – Director Ron Clements explains the 70/30 law that resulted in the animation being a blend of traditional and science fiction worlds.
- 3D/2D World - An interview with the film’s directors and producer about how they successfully merged the three dimensional and two dimensional worlds.
- Maquettes - A featurette on the small statuettes created for reference purposes. Hear from the various character sculptors about the importance of maquettes.
- Disney’s Animation Magic - Hosted by Roy Disney, this is a backstage tour of how Treasure Planet was made. With introductions to The Hook Test, Maquettes, The Silver Animation Process and a series of deleted scenes.
- The Hook Test - A segment showing how the filmmakers mixed traditional animation and CG animation to create John Silver.
- Dr Delbert Doppler – Sergio Pablas, Supervising Animator for Delbert Doppler discusses the character and how he came to be half human, half dog.
- Silver Animation Progression - A look at the approach taken to animate Long John Silver and the various stages of development the character went through before arriving at the final version that appears in the film.
- Pencil animation: Amelia’s cabin – Some of the early pencil designs for Captain Amelia.
- Rough animation to final film scenes – John Ripa, Supervising Animator talks through the split screen comparison of the rough animation of a scene and how it appeared in the final film.
- Deleted scenes – The Directors John Musker and Ron Clements explain why these scenes were deleted and how they differ from the final film. Scenes featured are: Original Prologue: Adult Jim, Original Sequence: Jim Meets Ethan and Alternate Ending: Re-building the Benbow Inn.
- Colour keys gallery – Still art gallery featuring several colour keys used in developing the film.
- Layout demonstrations – Learn what layouts are and why they are so important to the film.
- Treasure Planet Found - Find out what the core of Treasure Planet really is.
- Lighting – Discover how lighting affects animation, colour and environments.
- Pose camera – Learn about the camera that was used to blend the two dimensional characters into a three dimensional world.
- Effects animation – Go behind the scenes to see the special effects used to create the water, sails and fire.
- I’m Still Here(Jim’s Theme) music video
- Treasure Island theatrical trailer
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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I cant belive some of the comments above, I loved this film! My son who is 7 rented it from the video shop and I have to admit that I thought it would be rubbish, but I enjoyed this far more than "A Bug Life". I thought the story line was great and the animation wonderful. Highly recommended!!
22 of 24 people found the following review helpful
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Young Jim Hawkins (voice by Joseph Gordon-Levitt) grew up reading about pirates, and dreaming of finding the fabulous lost treasure of Captain Flint, the greatest pirate ever. When a dying sailor gives Jim a special "map", Jim and family friend Doctor Doppler (David Hyde Pierce) set off to find it. But, the crew of their ship looks more than a little bit untrustworthy, and none of them more so than the cook, John Silver (Brian Murray). Sailing through mind-blowing dangers, Jim encounters more adventures than he could ever have imagined, and finds a treasure more valuable than gold.
I must admit that I did not see this movie in the theatre; I was that sure that it was going to be a bad movie. Well, I am kicking myself now! This movie is great! The combination of eighteenth century pirates and technology was handled masterfully, and it produces an exciting and visually breathtaking movie! Am I gushing about this movie? You bet I am! This is a great movie that you and your children will all love. (My kids thought that Morph was the best part of the whole movie.) Get it!
17 of 19 people found the following review helpful
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I simply don't understand why this film failed at the box office. It's an instant classic and a great re-working of the original story.
What I really liked was the complete fantasy about it - there was no explanation of why some things worked - like the R.L.S Legacy (good reference!) - and what on earth there were whales doing floating about in space...
The film is just the right length - my kids love it. The music score was genius. You won't regret buying this film!
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