Treasure Island (1999 film) Treasure Island (1999 film) Treasure Island is a 1999 film adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel. It was written and directed by Peter Rowe and stars Kevin Zegers as Jim Hawkins and Jack Palance as Long John Silver. The narrative diverges from that of the novel in that Captain Smollett convinces Squire Trelawney and Doctor Livesey to cut Jim, a 13-year old boy, out of his rightful share of the treasure in 1759. and so Jim then teams up with Silver. Smollett, Trelawney and Livesey are killed, and Jim, Silver and Ben Gunn escape with the treasure. The film was
The Treasure of the Ten Avatars The Treasure of the Ten Avatars "The Treasure of the Ten Avatars" is a 1996 Donald Duck story by Don Rosa. Scrooge McDuck has bought land in India's Punjab region, and arrives on the scene together with Donald and his nephews to inspect what he has bought. He meets with the local maharaj to seek his help in enlisting work force, but the maharaj openly admits being thoroughly corrupt, diverting the millions of dollars in foreign aid sent to his province; he blatantly declines to help, since it is his people's abject poverty that keeps the aid flowing into his