Toonhound - The Legends of Treasure Island

    "The island where nothing is ever quite what it seems
     and almost anything can happen..."

    This glossy animated production reworked R L Stevenson's classic tale of pirates,
    Black Spots and treasure. The stars were animated animals. More importantly,
    the Big Twist this time was that Treasure Island itself was a more sinister,
    mysterious place - indeed, it was almost personified, behaving in various magical
    ways to thwart our villains or aide our heroes...

    The series opens in familiar territory. In "The Quest Begins" young Jim Hawkins
    is a pup at home in Olde England. Forced to flee for his life with his father's
    many-riddled treasure map Jim falls in with a sea-dog called Captain Smollett.
    They are joined by another pooch - Dr Livesey - and Squire Trelawney, a clucking
    pigeon. They set sail in search of Flint's treasure, although they've yet to fathom
    the riddle of the island's location. The map says it can be found in "Poseidon's
    swirling eye". But it doesn't matter anyway because they are overrun by a
    mutinous crew, lead by that old fox Long John Silver. Jim escapes and befriends
    a vixen called Jane who was kidnapped by Silver as a child (apparently her wealthy
    parents refused to pay the ransom because she was so spoilt...). But the duo are
    recaptured and in a wild storm our heroes are collectively forced to walk the plank.
    Fortunately, Jim spies the answer to the map's first riddle in the form of a frothing
    maelstrom starboard . The five jump into its spiraling heart and emerge on the
    shores of Flint's secret, mysterious island...

    The rest of the series is centered on escapades in and around Treasure Island,
    deciphering clues, discovering hidden magical places and objects, and inching
    closer to their goal of finding Flint's treasure. In hot pursuit all the while are
    Silver and his misshapen trio of shipmates, a hyena called Niblet, a warthog
    and a weasel. Controlling them is the twisted demonic Pew, a wizened
    rat with electric glowing eyes...

       Jim and Jane row to Treasure Island      Jane

    In the tradition of pantomime pirates, Jim Hawkins was voiced by a woman.
    Dawn French, actually. A fistful of stars filled the the other roles. Richard E.
    Grant voiced Silver, Robert Powell was Dr Livesey and Hugh Laurie played
    Squire Trelawney. Jane was voiced by Juliet Stevenson.

    The series music was composed by Barrington Pheloung, the Australian
    composer who famously brought us the theme for Inspector Morse. Other
    credits include "Dalziel & Pascoe" and the BAFTA-nominated feature
    "Hilary & Jackie".

    Director Dino Athanassiou previously animated on "Asterix and Caeser's
    Gift" and the Martin Gates/FilmFair production of The Deamstone. In 2001
    he directed the short film "Fish and Chips Din Din"..

        Squire Trelawney overlooks camp

    Producers FilmFair are, of course, more famously known for their stop-motion
    animation productions, like Paddington, The Herbs, and Huxley Pig...

    devised by Peter Lewis and Barbara Slade

    director:       Dino Athanassiou
    producer:     Peter Lewis
    exec prod:   James Driscoll
    for Central:   Lewis Rudd
    prod sup:     Robert Dunbar
    music:         Barrington Pheloung
    story ed:      Barbara Slade
    writers:        Barbara Slade, Marty Isenberg and Robert N Skir,
                       Matthew Malach, Frank Kerr, Jules Dennis, Richard Mueller,
                      Jimmy Hibbert, Chris Trengove
    voices:        Dawn French (Jim Hawkins)
                      Juliet Stevenson (Jane)
                      Richard E Grant (Long John Silver)
                      Robert Powell (Dr Livesey)
                      Hugh Laurie (Squire Trelawney)
                      Chris Barrie (Captain Smollett)
                      Gary Martin (additional voices)
                      Carla Mendorca (additional voices)

     On the web

        Stardust Pictures
        http://www.stardust-pics.com/
        Dino Athanassiou's production company...

        Pheloung
        http://www.pheloung.co.uk/
        The official site for composer Barrington Pheloung...

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			The Legends of Treasure Island (1992) producers: FilmFair / Central Animation for Carlton UK Productions animation: cel animation episodes: 26 x 30 mins

	"The island where nothing is ever quite what it seems and almost anything can happen..." This glossy animated production reworked R L Stevenson's classic tale of pirates, Black Spots and treasure. The stars were animated animals. More importantly, the Big Twist this time was that Treasure Island itself was a more sinister, mysterious place - indeed, it was almost personified, behaving in various magical ways to thwart our villains or aide our heroes... The series opens in familiar territory. In "The Quest Begins" young Jim Hawkins is a pup at home in Olde England. Forced to flee for his life with his father's many-riddled treasure map Jim falls in with a sea-dog called Captain Smollett. They are joined by another pooch - Dr Livesey - and Squire Trelawney, a clucking pigeon. They set sail in search of Flint's treasure, although they've yet to fathom the riddle of the island's location. The map says it can be found in "Poseidon's swirling eye". But it doesn't matter anyway because they are overrun by a mutinous crew, lead by that old fox Long John Silver. Jim escapes and befriends a vixen called Jane who was kidnapped by Silver as a child (apparently her wealthy parents refused to pay the ransom because she was so spoilt...). But the duo are recaptured and in a wild storm our heroes are collectively forced to walk the plank. Fortunately, Jim spies the answer to the map's first riddle in the form of a frothing maelstrom starboard . The five jump into its spiraling heart and emerge on the shores of Flint's secret, mysterious island... The rest of the series is centered on escapades in and around Treasure Island, deciphering clues, discovering hidden magical places and objects, and inching closer to their goal of finding Flint's treasure. In hot pursuit all the while are Silver and his misshapen trio of shipmates, a hyena called Niblet, a warthog and a weasel. Controlling them is the twisted demonic Pew, a wizened rat with electric glowing eyes... In the tradition of pantomime pirates, Jim Hawkins was voiced by a woman. Dawn French, actually. A fistful of stars filled the the other roles. Richard E. Grant voiced Silver, Robert Powell was Dr Livesey and Hugh Laurie played Squire Trelawney. Jane was voiced by Juliet Stevenson. The series music was composed by Barrington Pheloung, the Australian composer who famously brought us the theme for Inspector Morse. Other credits include "Dalziel & Pascoe" and the BAFTA-nominated feature "Hilary & Jackie". Director Dino Athanassiou previously animated on "Asterix and Caeser's Gift" and the Martin Gates/FilmFair production of The Deamstone. In 2001 he directed the short film "Fish and Chips Din Din".. Producers FilmFair are, of course, more famously known for their stop-motion animation productions, like Paddington, The Herbs, and Huxley Pig... devised by Peter Lewis and Barbara Slade director: Dino Athanassiou producer: Peter Lewis exec prod: James Driscoll for Central: Lewis Rudd prod sup: Robert Dunbar music: Barrington Pheloung story ed: Barbara Slade writers: Barbara Slade, Marty Isenberg and Robert N Skir, Matthew Malach, Frank Kerr, Jules Dennis, Richard Mueller, Jimmy Hibbert, Chris Trengove voices: Dawn French (Jim Hawkins) Juliet Stevenson (Jane) Richard E Grant (Long John Silver) Robert Powell (Dr Livesey) Hugh Laurie (Squire Trelawney) Chris Barrie (Captain Smollett) Gary Martin (additional voices) Carla Mendorca (additional voices) On the web Stardust Pictures http://www.stardust-pics.com/ Dino Athanassiou's production company... Pheloung http://www.pheloung.co.uk/ The official site for composer Barrington Pheloung... index » previous » next »
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