Treasure Island (1999)

"Youve Never Seen Anything Like Treasure Island"
Audience Score
32
Treasure Island
NR 1 hr 26 minJan 24th, 1999Drama
This film has nothing to do with Robert Louis Stevensons 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 mens lives begin to eat away at them the dead body starts to torment Frank and Samuels subconscious interacting with the private stories of their lives
DirectorScott King
WriterScott King