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  Treasure Planet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Treasure Planet is the 42nd film in the Disney animated feature canon.
In the stash of treasure, Jim finds a missing part of B.E.N's brain, which causes him to remember that the stash is booby-trapped and the planet is set to self-destruct.
Treasure Planet had to compete with more major films, because it opened just two weeks after Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, which would go on to make $260 million.
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 Encyclopedia: Treasure Planet
This time out, Jim lives with his mother on a faraway planet, the pirates and supporting characters are different alien species, the pirate ship can fly from world to world and oh yeah, apparently the characters can breath out in space.
"Treasure Planet" may seem like a bastardization of a classic to many adults, but what is entertaining is its visual style.
The invention of Jim's flying surfboard, the crescent moon shaped spaceport and the "Treasure Planet" itself are all wondrous.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Treasure-Planet   (797 words)

  
 Encyclopedia article: Treasure Planet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Treasure Planet is the forty-second film in the Disney animated feature (additional info and facts about Disney animated feature) canon.
It can be argued that Treasure Planet destroyed Disney's animation studio, in the same way that Heaven's Gate destroyed United Artists (additional info and facts about United Artists) or Cutthroat Island (additional info and facts about Cutthroat Island) ruined Carolco (additional info and facts about Carolco).
Competition from other films — Treasure Planet opened just two weeks after Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (additional info and facts about Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets), which would go on to make $200 million.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/tr/treasure_planet.htm   (1370 words)

  
 Filmtracks: Treasure Planet (James Newton Howard)
Treasure Planet: (James Newton Howard) The Disney enterprise blasts on with its yearly large-scale animated epic, once again with composer James Newton Howard at the helm.
Treasure Planet is nothing particularly special, and certainly won't go down in history as a classic, but it represents a greater body of excellent music for the genre by none other than Howard.
The element of the Treasure Planet score that distinguishes it from a run of the mill effort is the Gaelic tilt to its personality.
www.filmtracks.com /titles/treasure_planet.html   (977 words)

  
 Modamag.com | Treasure Planet (Movie Review)
Based on the adored 1912 novel “Treasure Island,” the animated “Treasure Planet” updates the story to a far off alien world, where a young Jim Hawkins (voiced by Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is setting off on a course for a disappointing and adventure-free life.
“Treasure Planet” suffers from the same fate because it wants to be everything at once, but it lacks the story, animation, or writing to support that kind of load.
This wouldn’t be such a problem with another film, but “Treasure Planet” is such a mixture of all kinds of sights and sounds, that the lack of uniformity becomes distracting.
www.modamag.com /treasureplanet.htm   (569 words)

  
 Treasure Planet movie news   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
I saw Treasure Planet first on Saturday and was uncertain as to how I felt about it, which is kind of strange to a violently opinionated person like me. I had about decided I was disappointed with it when I realized I'd been thinking about the movie all evening.
Treasure Island is a book for boys so it's only fitting that Treasure Planet is a movie for boys, and Disney's done a good job of reaching their target audience if Matthew's reaction is anything to go by.
Treasure Island is a pretty violent story, and if Disney didn't want to make a pretty violent movie out of it they shouldn't have made a movie out of it at all.
www.randomly.com /dazazel/treasureplanet.html   (1609 words)

  
 Treasure Planet (2002)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Treasure Planet doesn’t quite measure up with the absolute best Disney flicks, but it provides a nice combination of comedy and action.
Planet may be stuck with a negative reputation due to its box office failure, but the film doesn’t deserve that status, as it mostly gives us some charming and entertaining family fare.
Treasure Planet appears in an aspect ratio of approximately 1.66:1 on this single-sided, dual-layered DVD; the image has been enhanced for 16X9 televisions.
www.dvdmg.com /treasureplanet.shtml   (3608 words)

  
 Treasure Island
Treasure Planet retains much of the same story, with the main difference being that everything takes place in a wondrous looking future.
When Jim finds a map leading to the legendary Treasure Island, he sets of with Dr. Doppler (David Hyde Pierce, Full Frontal, Osmosis Jones) and a crew led by the feline-like Captain Amelia (Emma Thompson, Wit, Maybe Baby) consisting of a bunch of ruffians.
Treasure Planet is similar in tone and style to last year's Atlantis in that both are adventure movies that probably appeal more to younger boys.
www.haro-online.com /movies/treasure_planet.html   (468 words)

  
 DVD Review of Treasure Planet - DVDtoons!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
But Treasure Planet never feels as squarely aimed at the teenage boys audience as Titan did, and balances its mix of Stevenson and Jules Verne-like elements better than that film, as well as the Disney Studio’s own Atlantis, which Treasure Planet also vaguely resembles, mainly due to James Newton Howard’s big brassy score.
Treasure Planet is definitely the most watchable and repeatable from this unofficial trilogy, and one that despite its PG rating, the whole family can watch and enjoy together!
The Treasure Hunt game utilises portions of the tour material to lead players around the ship on the hunt for treasure (imagine that!), and though this is a good use of doubling up on footage, the game can easily become tedious.
www.dvdtoons.com /reviews/196   (4250 words)

  
 Review: Treasure Planet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Treasure Planet is unique in many ways, but most noticeably because it juxtaposes the old with the new, the classic with the futuristic, and the swashbuckling with the spaceships.
Treasure Planet may be a step beneath such recent animated treasures as Ice Age and Shrek as far as pure entertainment value is concerned, but it's head and shoulders above cartoon "adventure" films like Titan A.E. or The Road to El Dorado.
On a side note, Treasure Planet will have the rare distinction of being released on opening day not only at traditional theaters, but on IMAX screens across the country as well.
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 DVD Review: Treasure Planet
Early on, Jim recieves a map that points out the location of the legendary "treasure planet", where the "loot of a thousand worlds" is located.
VIDEO: "Treasure Planet" is presented by Disney in 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen; this is a transfer taken directly from the digital source.
Final Thoughts: "Treasure Planet" may not be one of Disney's finest efforts in the past several years, but it's a brisk, entertaining feature that offers some stellar visuals and an obnoxious Martin Short character (who thankfully doesn't appear until later).
www.currentfilm.com /dvdreviews4/treasureplanetdvd.html   (1159 words)

  
 TREASURE PLANET - DVD
Released just a few months removed from Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away in North America, Treasure Planet's narrative and character shortfalls are all the more glaring for their studied lack of depth and the picture's general overreliance on excess, broad comic relief, and all of the stale portfolio of hackneyed Disneyisms.
Treasure Planet even comes complete with that most irritating of cutesy crutches: an anthropomorphic globular whatzit created with what appears to be more of a concern for ease of holiday season polymer mass-reproduction than narrative foundation.
Serviceable and breezy, Treasure Planet provides the sort of surface intrigue and plastic excitement that lends itself to fast food tie-ins and, of course, the narcotizing bland (sinister, though not nearly so sinister as the biennial Disney girl movie) machinations of the biennial Disney boy movie.
www.filmfreakcentral.net /dvdreviews/treasureplanet.htm   (883 words)

  
 Review: Treasure Planet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Treasure Planet is Disney's science fiction-style re-imagining of Robert Louis Stevenson's "Treasure Island".
Treasure Planet is rich and colorful, with vivid foregrounds and richly detailed backgrounds.
Treasure Planet is perfectly pleasing animated action/adventure movie that seems better designed and better motivated than many of the Magic Kingdom's recent forays into hand-drawn motion pictures.
movie-reviews.colossus.net /movies/t/treasure_planet.html   (743 words)

  
 Bryan Preston on Treasure Planet on National Review Online
Treasure Planet features some of the best movie animation to date, and that's something considering it follows the likes of Toy Story and A Bug's Life.
Treasure Planet is an adventure on a galactic scale, and is likely to offer something for the entire family.
Treasure Planet is classic Disney, combining grand adventure with a lush fantasy and a smidgen of romance.
www.nationalreview.com /comment/comment-preston112702.asp   (556 words)

  
 A LARGESSE OF 'TREASURE' [Disney’s Third Take on “Treasure Island” Takes the Robert Louis Stevenson Adventure ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
he four-year animation process for "Treasure Planet" began with a period of animation development beginning in February 1998, which led to the start of character design by the end of the year and to the launch of full animation production in early 1999.
However, before a frame of celluloid was painted or rendered, the entire film was voiced by the actors, crudely scored by the composers and storyboarded onto 35mm film by a team of storyboard artists.
hough the decision to go with an IMAX release for "Treasure Planet" came in the midst of the animation process, it nevertheless gave Conli and film directors Ron Clements and John Musker plenty of time to optimize all of their animation elements to the highest possible resolution.
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 Treasure Planet
"Treasure Planet" is a worthy successor to the several renditions of Stevenson's terrific, swashbuckling adventure as it transports the action from the high seas to deep space.
Where this technology was only used about 10% of the time in the earlier animation, the creative team makes a whole world with it in "Treasure Planet" and magically and seamlessly integrates it with the 2-D anime of the characters.
"Treasure Planet" is a movie for boys of all ages (but girls who like action movies will enjoy it, too) and a rip-snortin' good time will be had with this solid alternative to that wizard movie making the rounds these days.
www.reelingreviews.com /treasureplanet.htm   (1851 words)

  
 calendarlive.com: 'Treasure Planet'
"Treasure Planet" turns a Robert Louis Stevenson classic into a hybrid of visuals and characters, with mixed results.
Other parts of "Treasure Planet" share this darker nature, resulting in a film loaded with strange alien pirates like the super-sinister, spider-like Scroop, voiced by the especially menacing Michael Wincott.
But if the hybrid model works for the visual aspects of "Treasure Planet," it is less successful in terms of character.
www.calendarlive.com /movies/reviews/cl-et-kenny27nov27,0,3541315.story   (742 words)

  
 Treasure Planet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Unfortunately, Silver is the leader of a mutiny which ends in the captain, Jim and Doppler being stranded on Treasure Planet with the map, leaving Silver and the pirates plotting to get it back and get the treasure.
Treasure Planet is works as a noisy, spirited adventure that is sure to hold the attention of its intended audience, but as film-making it lacks the attention to detail usually associated with Disney animation.
Still, Treasure Planet is a harmless enough introduction for children to the classic story.
www.classicsondvd.com /treasureplanet.htm   (376 words)

  
 Treasure Planet
He discovers a sophisticated sphere that turns out to be a map indicating a location in the galaxy that he automatically pronounces as Treasure Planet, based on instincts cultivated from his childhood fantasies of adventure and treasure hunting.
Silver’s gang is a hilarious motley crew of alien oddities from a fat slug that communicates in farting sounds, an arachnid-looking cutthroat, to a symbiote duo of a bodyless head and a headless body.
Bringing that to the story is Treasure Planet’s robot hermit B.E.N. with a cybernetic lobotomy — without the memory card that serves as his brain — causing him to chatter incessantly.
www.movie-vault.com /reviews/vsRbaHmvuYOqjohe   (952 words)

  
 Treasure Planet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
One interesting thing about “Treasure Planet” is that all its characters are combinations of various animals.
The voyage to the legendary planet feels somewhat flat from the beginning, and many of the side characters have little to do and could have been deleted entirely.
“Treasure Planet” may be a step backwards for Disney in terms of developing an interesting plot, but in terms of developing the characters, it is a triumphant leap forward.
home.earthlink.net /~jchjch/Archives/T/treasure_planet.htm   (493 words)

  
 Treasure Planet - About this film   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
From a technological standpoint, "Treasure Planet" is truly a hybrid film that takes the integration of hand-drawn animation and CG elements to a new level of sophistication.
Over the years, "Treasure Planet" remained a passion and priority with the filmmakers and they finally got their chance to work on the project full time once "Hercules" was completed.
On 'Treasure Planet,' we had a lot of fun working together and it was great to be so open with him.
www.hollywoodjesus.com /treasure_planet_about.htm   (9832 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Treasure Planet: DVD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Treasure Planet is Disney's science fiction version of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Treasure Island where a teenager Jim Hawkins is pulled into an adventure through a treasure map.
The quest for the treasure begins with the escape of the evil pirate and continues with a voyage on a space galleon that rides on winds of the universe.
Treasure Planet is a film that keeps both young and old entertained with both humor, drama, and suspense leaving the viewers with a good film experience.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005JLR2?v=glance   (1601 words)

  
 TREASURE PLANET (PG): ChildCare Action Project (CAP) Media Analysis Report MAR22121
Adapted from Robert Lewis Stevenson's "Treasure Island", Treasure Planet is a sight to behold.
Discovering a holographic map of Treasure planet, Dr. Doppler (David Hyde Pierce), an acquaintance of the Hawkins family and a regular at Sarah's restaurant, convinces Sarah to let Jim go with him to bring back untold wealth.
Flint had filled a planet with the treasures he had stolen from thousands of planets.
www.capalert.com /capreports/treasureplanet.htm   (2298 words)

  
 Treasure Planet movie Review at The Z Review UK movie review
Opening November 27th is Disney’s "Treasure Planet" which could be the "mouse-house’s" boldest move into adult-animation yet.
The film is a space operatic re-imagining of the classic Robert Louis Stevenson story, "Treasure Island" which stars young Jack Hawkins (voiced by Joseph Gordon-Levitt) who happens to stumble upon a mythical map that promises to unlock the secrets of buried pirate treasure.
The sole greatest thing about "Treasure Planet" is how it looks and how it moves seamless and fluid which is extremely difficult in a non-computer animated film.
www.thezreview.co.uk /reviews/t/treasureplanet.shtm   (726 words)

  
 Treasure Planet DVD Review
After Jim and his friend, Dr. Doppler, discover the golden ball is a map to the legendary Treasure Planet, they hire a crew and the RLS Legacy, manned by Captain Amelia and her right hand man Arrow.
We are shown the layouts of the Benbow Inn, the bay in the RLS Legacy, and the core of Treasure Planet.
Treasure Planet is one of those films, to recycle a formulaic Disney phrase, "your whole family will enjoy".
www.ultimatedisney.com /treasureplanet.html   (1752 words)

  
 Treasure Planet on DVD - MovieWeb
But when he comes into possession of a high-tech map leading to Treasure Planet where an ancient cache of jewels and gold lies buried, it's like a dream come true.
Treasure Planet - The classic Robert Louis Stevenson Treasure Island tale is transported to outer space in this Disney project, which finds a little boy named Jim Hawkins searching for the buried treasure of Captain Flint.
A secret map inspires a thrilling treasure hunt across the universe as young Jim Hawkins and a hilarious cosmic crew headed by the daring Captain Amelia set off in search of their destiny.
movieweb.com /dvd/dvd.php?786936200027   (577 words)

  
 Treasure Planet (2002)
The spaceships in Treasure Planet are elegant seafaring ships fitted with solar sails to push them between the stars.
For example, when Jim and his travelling companion, Dr. Doppler (David Hyde Pierce), charter a space-faring vessel to take them to Treasure Planet, there is no onscreen explanation why the captain assigns Jim — one of her employers — to duties as a cabin boy.
As in Treasure Island, the ship’s cook is secretly a pirate —; Long John Silver — only in this case he has way-cool cyborg prosthetics instead of the stereotypical eye-patch, wooden leg, and hook for a hand.
www.decentfilms.com /sections/reviews/1776   (1369 words)

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