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From treasure hunts to choruses of Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum, children and adults alike have been capitvated by pirates for years, nay decades. Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island is one of the most recognizable pieces of literature of all time. Many movies have been based upon this Robert Lewis Stevenson classic novel, but TNTs version from 1990 is by far the best. It stars Charlton Heston as the "old salt" Long John Silver (right) and Christian Bale as the quick witted narrator, Jim Hawkins.

The story, as everyone knows, is about a lad, Jim Hawkins, who ends up with a pirate treasure map. But this map didn't belong to just any pirate, it was a map for John Flint's treasure! Jim Hawkins with Dr. Livesey, Squire Trelawney, Captain Smollet, and others off to sail to "Treasure Island." But to gain the great treasure, they must overcome mutiny and former members of Flint's crew.

TNTs Treasure Island is a tale of adventure and treasure. I was mesmerized by this movie in 1990 and I am still mesmerized by it today. For anyone who does not know the story of Treasure Island, I certainly hope that you take this opputurnity to pursue R.LS.'s book or at the very least obtain a copy of the TNT version to view. It is well worth your time and effort.

As one user on imdb.com commented, this movie is the "current benchmark" for all Treasure Island movies. The commentor goes on to describe many characters and the actors who played them:

All of the book's heroes are portrayed with heartfelt competence; the blustering Squire Trelawney (Richard Johnson), the tack-sharp, impeccably-mannered Doctor Livesey (Julian Glover), the unflinching Captain Smollet (Clive Wood), and Jim Hawkins' arch-boy (Christian Bale in his mid-teens, filled out a bit post `Empire of the Sun', bearing no resemblance to his homicidal yuppie in `American Psycho'). Arrayed against them are the scurviest sea dogs who ever weighed anchor, complete with terrifying teeth and fierce, implied body odor: Oliver Reed's tragic Billy Bones, Christopher Lee's festering Blind Pew, Israel Hands (what a great name), Silver's murderous, cobra-like shipmate, (Michael Halsey), who provides a taste of what Silver himself may have been like in his younger days, and a most convincing Ben Gunn (Nicholas Amer). Peter Postlethwaite, the super-cool big-game hunter in the first sequel to `Jurassic Park', plays the bewildered George Merry, a man who should always flee from even the slightest ambition; someone who makes you happy to still be you, even if your 401K was riding entirely on Enron.

Well, I will let bygones be bygones and rate TNTs Treasure Island a "15 Men On A Dead Man's Chest" GODLIKE!