Treasure Island

4.1
  • Genre: Drama
  • Run time: 86 min
  • Premiere: 1999. January 24.

This film has nothing to do with Robert Louis Stevenson's classic story, but rather a naval base of the same name located in San Francisco Bay. Set amid WWII, TREASURE ISLAND follows two American code specialists that are hard at work trying to decipher Japanese messages and sending confusing messages back to deceive the enemy. The film explores sexual themes that were prevalent during the period, but not shown in the movies of that era. Frank, a bigamist, is married to two women and is pursuing a third wife. Samuel and his wife Penny are in a ménage à trois, which he participates in to cover up his homosexuality. As the pressures of the men’s lives begin to eat away at them, the dead body starts to torment Frank and Samuel's subconscious, interacting with the private stories of their lives.

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Art

Nathan Marsak

Production Design

David Huffman

Art Direction

Camera

Scott King

Director of Photography

Jonathan Sanford

Director of Photography

Phillip Glau

Director of Photography

Kiely Cronin

Best Boy Grip

Angie Loving

First Assistant Camera

Irene C. Park

Second Assistant Camera

Heather Weston

Still Photographer

Costume & Make-Up

Julia Caston

Costume Design

Corinna Woodcock

Makeup Department Head

Raquel L. Jaffe

Set Costumer

Directing

Scott King

Director

Abe Levy

Assistant Director

Editing

Dody Dorn

Editor

Lighting

Production

Amy Goodman Kass

Line Producer

Lisa Papineau

Co-Producer

Michael Rosenberg

Executive Producer

Sound

Patrick Giraudi

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Joel E. Smith

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Writing

Scott King

Writer