Treasure Island (1999)
1h 26m
Running Time
January 24, 1999Release Date
Treasure Island (1999)
1h 26m
Running Time
January 24, 1999Release Date
Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.
Lance Baker
Frank
Nick Offerman
Samuel
Jonah Blechman
The Body
Suzy Nakamura
Yo-Ji
Pat Healy
Clark
Rachel Singer
Anna
Scott King
Director
Scott King
Director
Scott King
Director
Caveh Zahedi
Harold
Adrienne Gruben
Producer
Chris Anderson
Composer
Bob Byington
Thomas
Phillip Glau
Cinematographer
Guinevere Turner
Evelyn
Jonathan Sanford
Cinematographer
Dody Dorn
Editor
Nicole Arbusto
Casting
Patrick Giraudi
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Dante Harper
Sound
Abe Levy
Assistant Director
Michael Rosenberg
Executive Producer
Amy Goodman Kass
Line Producer
Joel E. Smith
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Julia Caston
Costume Design
Lisa Papineau
Co-Producer
Raquel L. Jaffe
Set Costumer
Nathan Marsak
Production Design
David Huffman
Art Direction
Corinna Woodcock
Makeup Department Head
Kiely Cronin
Best Boy Grip
Angie Loving
First Assistant Camera
John J. McAllister
Key Grip
Irene C. Park
Second Assistant Camera
Adam Wade
Grip
Heather Weston
Still Photographer
Jamie Donovan
J.P. Manoux
Paul Gutrecht
Media.
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Wiki.
Treasure Island is a 1999 American experimental independent film directed by Scott King. Described as a psychosexual black comedy, the story is about two war strategists on San Francisco’s Treasure Island naval base during World War II. It is inspired from an actual account of a counterintelligence ploy by two British officers. The film is shot in 16 mm and is in black and white.