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Treasure Island

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Treasure Island (1999)

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Reviews Counted:12

Fresh:4

Rotten:8

Average Rating:4.7/10

Runtime: 84 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Frank (Lance Baker) and Samuel (Nick Offerman) are government employees working in a secret base in Northern California in 1945. World War II is in full swing, and the body of an unidentified... Frank (Lance Baker) and Samuel (Nick Offerman) are government employees working in a secret base in Northern California in 1945. World War II is in full swing, and the body of an unidentified American has been discovered by the military. Frank and Samuel are assigned to establish a false identity for the corpse that will include bogus documents to be attached to the body, which will then be dumped into the Pacific in hope that the Japanese will find it. Samuel is married and repeatedly brings home strange men to have sex with his wife. Frank has two wives as well as a Japanese mistress who must remain in hiding. The corpse, who reveals himself to be a young gay man with a healthy sex drive, seems to pop up at inopportune times, catching both quiet Frank and boisterous, macho Samuel off guard. But is the corpse really alive, or is it just attempting to teach the living men about their true selves? Cryptic dialogue and unanswered questions fuel the film until V-J Day brings it to an even more chaotic conclusion. [More]

Starring: Lance Baker, Nick Offerman, Jonah Blechman, Pat Healy

Starring: Lance Baker, Nick Offerman, Jonah Blechman, Pat Healy, Rachel Singer, Stephanie Ittelson, Daisy Hall, Caveh Zahedi, Guinevere Turner

Director: Scott King

Director: Scott King
Screenwriter: Scott King
Producer: Adrienne Gruben
Composer: Chris Anderson

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Reviews for Treasure Island

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05/26/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
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Combustible Celluloid

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07/12/05
Emanuel Levy
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07/05/05
Eric Lurio
Eric Lurio
Greenwich Village Gazette

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Andy Klein
Andy Klein
New Times
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10/01/03
Marjorie Baumgarten
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle

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Linda Cook
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)
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06/05/02
Ray Greene
Ray Greene
Boxoffice Magazine

...all of the bad things that make up what we call 'independent film.'

Full Review Source: culturevulture.net | comment Comment
09/18/01
Tom Block
Tom Block
culturevulture.net

No matter how bright many of its ideas may be, however, Treasure Island is far from satisfying, as such matters as narrative coherence and dramatic credibility have been treated as annoyances worthy of being ignored.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
02/14/01
Todd McCarthy
Todd McCarthy
Variety
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There is a dreamlike logic at work here, but viewers are expected to put the pieces together themselves.

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01/01/00
Bob Graham
Bob Graham
San Francisco Chronicle

Ought to bypass the theaters entirely and go straight to cult status, joining the likes of Night of the Living Dead and Plan 9 From Outer Space.

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01/01/00
Edvins Beitiks
Edvins Beitiks
San Francisco Examiner

You may not like Treasure Island when you see it, but what you can't dismiss is that it's definitely not commercial.

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01/01/00
Greg Dean Schmitz
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01/01/00
Max Messier
Max Messier
Filmcritic.com

Climaxing with images shanghaied from Ugetsu and Dr. Strangelove, Treasure Island can be thin and underrealized.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
01/01/00
Michael Atkinson
Michael Atkinson
Village Voice

Though it will surely confound mainstream audiences, it should prove something of a treasure for viewers prepared for a provocative and idiosyncratic work.

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01/01/00
Mike Gregory
Mike Gregory
Reel.com

For all the ideas it tosses around -- and many of them are useful and painful correctives to our rose-colored fantasies -- Treasure Island is too crude a movie to muster much rhetorical clout.

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01/01/00
Stephen Holden
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New York Times
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