Just yesterday I caught a favorable review in the WSJ. So I watched it last night. It's a made for TV miniseries on the SyFy channel. It's good. We all know (or ought to know the story) so I won't say much about it. The cast were all pretty good. Jim Hawkins was a bit older ( looked to be 18 or 19) than is traditional, but well acted. Long John Silver gave up his traditional long greasy locks for a whiffleball haircut. The pirates were convincingly villainous. And best of all, this version of the great sea story actually went to sea. So many Treasure Islands are filmed on dry land, with nary a wave slopping on deck, or a sail being hoisted. For this one they have a real sailing vessel, a big top sail schooner, just right to be the Hispaniola.
All in all, a fine production. Keep an eye on SyFy, they ought to rerun this if you missed it. It didn't get much publicity or netbuzz, I only heard about it yesterday in the Journal, after the first episode (with Donald Sutherland as Captain Flint) had aired.
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