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Long John Silver |
Released |
1954 |
Production Year |
1954 |
Director |
Byron Haskin
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Countries of Production |
Australia |
Comments |
Long John silver's writer Martin Rackin spent about a year creating a logical account of the character's later adventures after his departure in the successful Disney classic Treasure Island. The film was put forward to 20th Century Fox and was accepted so considerable financial backing followed, the new and exciting Cinemascope had just arrived in the world of filming and added to the hype. The film Long John Silver itself wasn't as successful as perceived but what followed was. A television series starring Robert Newton which would later prove responsible to the movement behind more pirate films and even pirates on stage. |
Synopsis |
A sequel to the popular predecessor Treasure Island, Larrikin Pirate Long John Silver returns for an adventure across the British Carribean. Rival pirate Mendoza has stolen the ship containing the Governor's daughter as well as a young friend of Long John Silver's.. Jim Hawkins, Setting out for a rescue there is more to the rescue as first suspected, Long John Silver wants to find treasure along the way |
tags: australian film Carribean Cinemascope Long John Silver Mendoza Offshore Production Pirate Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Newton Treasure Island
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web - Classic Aust. Television: The Adventures of Long John Silver : The Adventures of Long John Silver . 00-00-2008 |
Don Storey
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The website is an abundance of knowledge for the topic at hand, which stems from the Long John Silver film all the way through to the start of television in ...[full record]
Film that started the Television Series
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journal - Kimmins likes filming here The Film Weekly. 02-02-1956. p.10 |
Author Unknown
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Interview with Director Kimmins who gives Australian crews glowing praise for their "wonderful spirit".
Mentions several crewmembers by name and pays trib...[full record]
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book - Oxford Australian Film: Long John Silver . 00-00-1999 |
Brian McFarlane
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A thorough review and informative write up of the 1954 Australian film Long John silver. Includes the mention of venues around Australia and the musical crew...[full record]
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web - Signs of the Time: Pirates in Popular Culture : Arrrr! Pirates invading pop culture . 05-08-2007 |
Associated Press
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The article is important towards understanding of society and their take on the pirate in popular culture by means of the films pirates of the Caribbean and ...[full record]
Reference for Pirates in Pop Culture
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newspaper - The Age: Disney Loses its Innocence The Age. 12-09-2003. p.24 |
Claudia Eller
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An Article in the Age explaining Disney having to make adjustments to their traditional G rated films in order to produce Pirates of the Caribbean: The curse...[full record]
Supports the change of the pirate in popular culture
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journal - The Villain of the Piece - Making Long John Silver Films & Filming 4 V1. 00-01-1955. pp.6-7 |
Ivan Pattinson
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The write up as part of the Film and Filming Journals depicts the process in which Long John Silver had been just to thought to the finished product screenin...[full record]
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