Treasure Island

Treasure Island (1999)

You've Never Seen Anything Like Treasure Island!

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.

Date of release
1999-01-24
TMDB
4.1 / 10 (9)
Runtime
1h 26m
Genres
Drama
Director
Scott King

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 1 · Nominations: 0. Including: Sundance Special Jury Prize for Distinctive Vision in Filmmaking

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.

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