Treasure Island (2012 TV miniseries)

Treasure Island is a twopart British television miniseries adaptation of the novel Treasure Island 1883 by Robert Louis Stevenson. The screenplay was written by Stewart Harcourt, produced by Laurie Borg and directed by Steve Barron. It was made by BSkyB and first shown in the United Kingdom on Sky1 onampJanuary 2012.

The series was moderately well received by critics, with praise towards its production values and cast, but some criticism leveled at the direction and changes to the original story. It holds a 6.4 rating on the Internet Movie Database.Sam Wollaston of The Guardian wrote, Theyve changed it, not just unnecessarily but unquestionably for the worse, and thats a travesty. Robert Louis Stevenson, Captain Flint, Davy Jones, will be turning in their graveslockers. Rachel Ward of The Telegraph, however, called it an imaginitive take, said Izzard excels as both villain and hero, and brings his trademark humour to the role Lets parle, though it would have been nice to hear a few more squawks from his pet parrot, and praised the action. ........

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