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123movies - After telling the story of Flint's last journey to young Jim Hawkins, Billy Bones has a heart attack and dies just as Jim and his friends are attacked by pirates. The gang escapes into the town where they hire out a boat and crew to find the hidden treasure, which was revealed by Bones before he died. On their voyage across the seas, they soon find out that not everyone on board ...
The action, adventure movie was directed by Brian Henson, released in 1996-02-16 (IMDb ratings: 7.0/10), synopsis: After telling the story of Flint's last journey to young Jim Hawkins, Billy Bones has a heart attack and dies just as Jim and his friends are attacked by pirates. The gang escapes into the town where they hire out a boat and crew ...
Feb 16, 1996 · Muppet Treasure Island: Directed by Brian Henson. With Tim Curry, Billy Connolly, Jennifer Saunders, Kevin Bishop. The Muppets set sail in search of treasure, with Jim Hawkins and Long John Silver.
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- Action, Adventure, Comedy
- Brian Henson
- 1996-02-16
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is the fifth feature film to star the Muppets, and the second produced after the death of Muppets creator Jim Henson. Released in 1996 and directed by Jim Henson's son Brian Henson, it was one of many film adaptations of Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island.
As in the earlier Muppet Christmas Carol, the key roles are played by human guest stars -- in this case, Tim Curry as Long John Silver and Kevin Bishop as the protagonist Jim Hawkins -- while the Muppets filled in supporting roles, including Kermit the Frog as Captain Smollett, Fozzie Bear as young Squire Trelawney, and Miss Piggy as Benjamina Gunn. Following their success as the narrators of The Muppet Christmas Carol, Gonzo and Rizzo appear in specially-created roles as Jim Hawkins' best friends.
Jim Hawkins and his close friends Gonzo and Rizzo are orphans and work at the Admiral Benbow Inn under the ownership of bossy landlady Mrs. Bluveridge, who seems to be able to hear things a mile away. Also living in the inn is Billy Bones, who claims to be a former pirate and was the mate of legendary pirate Captain Flint. After Jim, Gonzo and Rizzo sing about how "There's Got To Be Something Better", a mysterious blind pirate, Blind Pew, appears and gives Billy Bones a black spot. Billy explains all his stories were true and he must flee before his fellow crew members come to kill him. However, he instructs Jim to take his treasure map and warns him of the "One-Legged Man", before suddenly dying of a heart attack. Pirates soon attack the inn and an explosion in the storeroom sets the inn on flames, but all the occupants escape.
Jim, Gonzo, and Rizzo arrive in Portsmouth where they seek out Squire Trelawney who examines the treasure map, and he agrees to fund a voyage to locate the treasure. The group, accompanied by Dr. Livesey, his assistant Beaker and Mr. Bimbo, the man who lives in the squire's finger, go to the dock and board the galleon, The Hispaniola. Jim and his friends meet the cook, Long John Silver, the first mate Mr. Arrow, and finally Captain Abraham Smollett. The ship sets out, with a host of bizarre crew members and several songs to go with them. Three pirates attempt to convince Rizzo and Gonzo to tell them where the map is by torturing them, but they are locked in the brig. This event prompts Smollett to lock the map in his safe. Silver tricks Mr. Arrow into leaving the ship in a lifeboat, and gains his keys, allowing his friends to steal the map.
Jim and the others learn of his mutiny plan, but Jim is captured and taken with the pirates to Treasure Island. Smollett, Gonzo, and Rizzo follow but are soon captured by tribal wild boars, who present them to their queen, Benjamina Gunn. Benjamina previously had a relationship with Smollett but he left her at the alter. Silver finds the former burial spot for the treasure but when the other pirates attempt to kill him, he allows Jim to escape. Jim rescues Gonzo and Rizzo, while Silver and his pirates surprise Smollett and Benjamina. Benjamina reveals the treasure is in her chamber, but she and Smollett are tied upside down on a clifface, to fall to their demises when ropes are snapped by a pair of flame pits. The two reform their love for each other through song ("Love Led Us Here") and are saved from death by the other heroic crew members, including the alive Mr. Arrow. A battle breaks out between the heroes and pirates on the shores of the island, pirate Sweetums joining the heroes. Smollett takes on Silver but loses his sword. Jim and the others gang up on Silver, and he surrenders.
That night, Silver locates Mr. Arrow's keys in his pocket and manages to escape the ship with some treasure. Jim allows him to leave, with Smollett congratulating him for his bravery, saying "your father would be proud." Mr. Arrow then reveals that the boat Silver took was unstable - leaving poor Silver swimming to shore. The remaining crew heads back to the mainland, celebrating their victory.
The movie's songs were written by pop songwriters Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, whose hits include "On Broadway", "Blame it on the Bossa Nova", "Who Put the Bomp in the Bomp Bomp Bomp", "Just Once" and "We Gotta Get Out of This Place".
The movie offered Mann and Weil the opportunity to write theatrical music. Weil said, "We went for a Broadway thing here. When we began working with Brian Henson, we wrote the first song like a kid's song." That song was dropped: "We looked at the rest of the Muppet movies and saw how hip the music was. It was a challenge to write the songs from a theatrical standpoint instead."
The film ends with a reggae number performed by Ziggy Marley, "Love Power". The song was released as a single, and promoted with a music video featuring Marley and some dreadlocked Muppets.
The soundtrack album was released on CD in 1996.
Tim Curry as Long John Silver
Kevin Bishop as Jim Hawkins
Billy Connolly as Billy Bones
Jennifer Saunders as Mrs. Bluveridge
Danny Blackner as Short Stack Stevens
Peter Geeves as Black Eyed Pea
Rizzo the Rat as himself
Kermit the Frog as Captain Abraham Smollett
Miss Piggy as Benjamina Gunn
Statler and Waldorf as Ship Figureheads
Fozzie Bear as Squire Trelawney
Bunsen Honeydew as Dr. Livesey
•Executive Producer: Frank Oz
•Producers: Martin G. Baker and Brian Henson
•Costume Designer: Polly Smith
•Associate Producer: Michael Jablow
•Puppeteer Coordinator: Kevin Clash
•Assistant Puppeteer Coordinator: Nigel Plaskitt
•The fourth wall is broken several times over the course of the movie:
•Rizzo the Rat comments when Billy Bones has his heart attack "He died? And this is supposed to be a kid's movie!"
•Statler comments on being "stuck to the front of this stupid ship", and Waldorf replies "Well, it could be worse. We could be stuck in the audience!"
•A line in "Cabin Fever" says "I'd like to get my hands on whoever wrote this script".
•Clueless Morgan comments on the "Cabin Fever" musical number
•Long John Silver gives his crewmates stage directions during the "Professional Pirate" number, saying "Upstage, lads, this is my only number" as they carry him across the camp.
•Muppet Treasure Island deleted scenes
•Muppet Treasure Island promotional appearances
•Muppet Treasure Island (video)
•Muppet Treasure Island (soundtrack)
•Muppet Treasure Island (Muppet Sing Alongs)
•Muppet Treasure Island (video game)
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