"Treasure Island" main characters. Treasure Island

Based Treasure Island written by Yuri Alikov
David Cherkassky production designer Radna Sakhaltuev Roles voiced Valery Chiglyaev
Viktor Andrienko
Armen Dzhigarkhanyan
Valery Bessarab
Evgeny Paperny
Boris Vozniuk
Yuri Yakovlev
Georgy Kishko
Vladimir Zadneprovsky
Grigory Tolchinsky Composer Vladimir Bystryakov Studio Kievnauchfilm
Creative Association of Artistic Animation The country Distributor Kievnauchfilm Language Russian Duration 107 minutes Premiere IMDb ID 0465041 Animator.ru ID 6756

"Treasure Island"- Soviet full-length animated and game television film, created by order of the USSR State Radio and Television at the Kievnauchfilm studio, directed by David Cherkassky based on the novel of the same name by Robert Louis Stevenson. Consists of two parts: Captain Flint's Map (1986) and Captain Flint's Treasures (1988).

In this film, animated scenes are interspersed with musical numbers and game scenes filmed with actors and illustrating the events of the cartoon or dealing with certain problems associated with the lifestyle of pirates: for example, greed, smoking or alcoholism. At the same time, the manner of filming musical numbers and game episodes differs in different episodes: somewhere the image is in color, somewhere in black and white. One game scene mimics a silent movie using intertitles, and in some sequences live footage is combined with animation.

Plot [ | ]

Dossier on heroes [ | ]

In the cartoon, when introducing pirates and other characters to the audience, the director's "dossier" technique from the TV movie "Seventeen Moments of Spring" (1973) is used. It is noteworthy that the version written on the screen does not always coincide with the voiced one.

Character	Description	Character	Family status
Billy Bones(aka "Captain")	The owner of the Treasure Island map that started it all. He drinks a lot and always has a cold.	Bad	Not married
Black Dog	Friend of Captain Flint. Hunts for a map of Treasure Island.	Secretive
Dr. Livesey	A very good and funny person.	Communicative
Blind Pew	Also an old pirate and friend of Captain Flint. Cunning and greedy. For the sake of money, he will do anything.	vile
Jim Hawkins	Very, very good and polite boy. Modest, kind and truthful. He listens to his mother and does exercises every morning.	Very soft
Squire Trelawny	Dumb, greedy, gluttonous, arrogant, cowardly and lazy.	Is absent	Not married
John Silver(aka "Ham", he is "One-legged")	The most terrible pirate, but pretends to be kind, which, however, he succeeds.	Secretive
Captain Smollett	Old sailor and soldier. He likes to tell the truth to everyone, which is why he suffers.	nasty
	As a child, he was a well-bred boy, but he began to play toss, contacted the pirates and rolled.	Soft

Performers and crew[ | ]

Voice acting [ | ]

Valery Bessarab - Jim Hawkins
Armen Dzhigarkhanyan - John Silver
Viktor Andrienko - Captain Alexander Smollett / Billy Bones / John Silver (one line) [the significance of the fact? ]
Evgeny Paperny - Dr. Livesey / voice-over ("dossier")
Boris Vozniuk - Squire Trelawney

Robert Stevenson described the pirates of the 18th century very plausibly. This is a vicious, stupid and drunken rabble, devoid of any organization.

Silver, Flint, Billy Bones and Blind Pew are, of course, fictional characters, but they have a lot in common with people who actually existed. Even some of the facts mentioned in the book took place in reality.

Collective image

The famous dialogue at the barrel of apples, from which Jim Hawkins learns that a conspiracy is brewing on the ship, is literally full of references to real events.

“It was amputated for me by a scientist-surgeon - he went to college and knew all Latin by heart. And yet he did not get away from the gallows - he was hung up in the Corso Castle, like a dog, to dry in the sun ... next to the others. Yes! They were Roberts' men, and they died because they changed the names of their ships."

John Silver will talk about the famous captain Bart Roberts, who terrorized the seas of the New World and Africa for several years. Black Bart himself died in the battle, but the pirates from his crew were actually hanged in the fortress of Corso Castle.

As for the name of the ships, changing it was indeed considered a bad omen, not only among superstitious pirates, but even in the English fleet. A little later in the same dialogue, Silver will mention Howell Davis, the same one, after whose death Roberts became the captain of the Rover ship and began his "career".

There are a lot of such references in the text of the novel. Blind Pew will say that he lost his sight in the battles for King George. The surviving pirates who returned to land often described themselves as former sailors of the Royal Navy.

Silver, dreaming of being rich, will mention that he wants to be a lord and ride in a carriage. This is quite consistent with the ideas of pirates about a rich life. Everyone who has money is, of course, a member of parliament and does nothing but ride around in a carriage.

However, the main thing, of course, is the collective image of a pirate. A completely wild, very angry, moreover, armed to the teeth man who is ready at the first opportunity to bite into the throat of his own comrade - that's what a real pirate is. They have been sailing the seas for many years, but they do not know how to manage it at all. Silver does not want to kill Captain Smollett and the others right away, because he knows for sure that without them he will not get to England, to the neighboring island. And the pirates, of course, set up camp in the middle of the swamp. Because their heads are not burdened with any superfluous knowledge. Like the fact that insects dangerous to health and life are found in swamps.

Captain Flint

Blackbeard is Flint's prototype. (pinterest.com)

The prototype of the fictional Flint is considered to be Blackbeard. We are about Blackbeard. He was not a devil in the flesh and a fiend, he was a man who loved to inspire fear in others. This is exactly how Flint appears before us, with all the abundance of creepy stories that are told about him. Blackbeard was most feared by his own people. In the same way, even the name of Flint is feared by the pirates who went with him on the Walrus.

Flint is related to Edward Teach and another character is Israel Hands. In the book, he is the second boatswain, who, according to Abraham Gray, was Flint's gunner. This seems to be the only case when a real person appears among the characters. Hands was in Tich's team and was either a navigator or a boatswain there. When Blackbeard died in the battle off Ocracoke Island, Hands was not with him. Shortly before that story, Teach shot his officer in the knee during a drinking bout. There was no good reason for such cruelty. Teach explained his act by the need to maintain discipline on board. The mutilated Hands settled in Carolina, escaped death and even the gallows. In Treasure Island, he is killed by Jim Hawkins. At the same time, in the novel, Hands appears as the most unpleasant and disgusting of pirates - cruel, arrogant and treacherous. At the same time, he knows how to handle the ship, which for a pirate without the necessary education is already an achievement.

Billy Bones

Billy Bones. (pinterest.com)

Bones is a bit of an atypical pirate. Just a little. He, just like any other sea robber, abuses rum and grabs a knife on the first occasion, but there are important differences in his image.

First, he is a navigator. And this ship position requires special skills and knowledge that you can’t get anywhere. Anyone can be a boatswain and quartermaster, it is enough for a gunner to be able to handle guns, and this skill can be acquired in practice. Doctors and navigators were worth their weight in gold on pirate ships. People trained in medicine and navigation. Calculating the course involves knowledge of the starry sky, the ability to use complex instruments to determine the height of bodies, as well as an understanding of the basics of mathematics and geometry. For understanding: many pirates did not know where the north was and where the south was, most did not know how to read and write.

Bones has no problem with that. He is not only educated (albeit minimally), he also has a habit of writing down behind himself. A likely prototype could be someone Blaise Kennedy, who was navigator for Captain Edward England, and then fled from him.

John Silver

Silver with Jim. (pinterest.com)

From all other pirates, Silver is distinguished by enterprise and the presence of charm. He does not drink away his share, like Blind Pew or Ben Gunn, but tries to invest it in the business. He has his own tavern and a wife with savings. To put it bluntly, such thrifty and enterprising people were not liked among the pirates. The idea of drinking everything all at once came not so much from savagery as from the thought that sooner or later you would be hanged anyway. It's a shame to hang out in a loop when there is a lot of money in your pockets.

In fact, in the middle of the XVIII century the situation was just that. Almost all pirates ended their lives on the gallows, some were lucky to fall in battle. The English laws of those times did not allow pirates not only to spend the loot otherwise than in taverns, but also to return to civilian life. The time for amnesties had already passed by then.

Silver, with his "Spyglass" and the old woman who waits in the appointed place, is undoubtedly different from the gray mass. He looks like a pirate in a completely different way. First, for all his intelligence, he is still stupid. He chooses the right strategy for himself, but the wrong one for the common cause. Dr. Livesey will deceive him with the exchange of a card for a ship, and Silver will not suspect a dirty trick. A typical feature of the 18th century pirate is self-confidence based on nothing. Overconfidence and lack of critical thinking.

Silver is brutally cruel, which can be seen in the last chapter. Jim experienced this first hand at the moment when Silver thought he was about to find the treasure. Treasures were not there, Jim again became needed by the old pirate, and he again stood up for him. But to finish off with a shot a dying comrade who doubted his authority is quite a trait of a pirate. And Silver does just that.

Finally, there are external attributes. A wooden leg, a parrot, nautical words - it's all in the piggy bank of the classic image of a pirate. You can also add Silver's nickname to it. He, if you forgot, "Ham". The origin of the nickname is not explained anywhere, the matter, apparently, is in the color of the skin. Over the years of wandering in the tropics and subtropics, she had become weathered, coarsened and turned brownish, exactly like a chicken roasted on an open fire.

David Cherkassky Roles voiced Composer Animators Studio The country

‎ (the USSR)

Time Premiere

"Treasure Island"- Soviet animated feature film, created at the Ukrainian studio "Kievnauchfilm", based on the novel of the same name by Robert Louis Stevenson. Consists of two parts: Captain Flint's Map and Captain Flint's Treasure.

It was released in the US in 1992 as "The Return to Treasure Island" on video. The American version is 34 minutes shorter (no musical numbers). In 2006, the Krupny Plan association released a restored version of the cartoon.

Comedy film adaptation of the famous novel " Treasure Island» about the search for the treasure of the pirate Flint. The animated plot is interrupted by musical numbers filmed with the participation of actors and illustrating the events of the cartoon or relating to certain problems associated with the lifestyle of pirates (smoking, alcoholism). At the same time, the manner of filming differs in different episodes: somewhere the image is in color, somewhere in black and white; one scene mimics a silent film using intertitles; in the opening episode, live footage is combined with animation.

Differences from the text of the novel

Interestingly, the replicas of the heroes of the film almost completely correspond to the replicas of Stevenson's heroes. However, sometimes for comic effect or to simplify the plot, what happens does not fully correspond to the novel. So, in the book, Jim lived in the Admiral Benbow tavern with his parents; his father dies, and his mother is taken to the village before the tavern is destroyed. However, the parents do not appear in the cartoon; Jim is helped by a one-eyed cat that Billy Bones brought with him, and Jim's mother is only mentioned in passing ("My mom says..").

In the cartoon, Blind Pew dies by rolling off a cliff in a barrel, while in the book he is trampled by the horses of the soldiers who rode to the Admiral Benbow to help.

In the book, Jim identifies the Black Dog in the "Spyglass", raises a cry, and he runs away, after which Silver plays a nice guy, convincing Jim that they will catch him. In the cartoon, the Black Dog calmly drinks rum with other bastards in a tavern, watches Jim fight with a fat pirate, and then even becomes one of the Hispaniola sailors recruited by Silver.

In Silver's "dossier" it is indicated that he is not married, like all the other cartoon characters, and in the book (in a letter from Squire Trelawney), on the contrary, the fact that he is married to a black woman is mentioned.

Jim promises Ben Gunn "here's some kind of cheese", although he does not ask for cheese, unlike the book.

Sometimes the exact following of the lines of the characters in the novel leads to contradictions with what is happening on the screen. For example, when the heroes, while still on the schooner, learn about the plot, Captain Smollett, in response to Trelawney’s question “How many people loyal to us are on the ship?” Says: “There are seven of us, along with Jim”, which corresponds to the plot of the book, but not a cartoon. However, after the defense of the fort, he also says: “There were four of us against nineteen. Now we are four against nine.” In the film, the number of pirates cannot be counted (on average, their number in the frame, except for Silver, is four, or five with a small pirate in a yellow hoodie, less often - six; only once, when Trelawney, at the call of Captain Smollet, bravo goes "to hand-to-hand" in eleven pirates appear simultaneously in the frame; already in the next scene, where they listen to the clatter of the cork, there are eight of them; before rushing to the layout, they can be counted sixteen - it seems, the maximum number for the entire cartoon), while goodies - only four: the fifth - Ben Gunn - joined them later.

In addition, returning to the fort, which was surrendered to the pirates, Jim Hawkins says: "It was I who killed Israel Hands! .." (since in the book Jim does kill Israel Hands). Meanwhile, in the scene of the capture of the schooner by Jim Hands, he does not die, but remains hanging between the masts of the Hispaniola, grabbing the ends of the rope, cut by his own dagger - moreover, he remains there when the pirates are defeated and the heroes set off on their way back.

Parallels with other works

Some moments of the cartoon are a frank parody of American cartoons and westerns (the moving door in the fight between Billy Bones and the Black Dog, the unbreakable window of Squire Trelawney, the similarity of the Spyglass tavern with the saloons of the Wild West, displayed, for example, in separate episodes of Tom and Jerry , when Squire Trelon, Dr. Livesey and Captain Smollett escaped from the pirate ship, the pirates first fired with one core, then a bunch, and then they took out a machine-gun belt and began to shoot not from a cannon, but from a machine gun and the pirate who fired from the cannon began to shoot like Rimbaud) .

In the scene where Jim meets Ben Gunn, monkeys are shown watching from a tree. This scene is copied from the Disney cartoon The Jungle Book.

First line of the song "Song about the dangers of smoking"(“Columbus discovered America, he was a great sailor / But at the same time he taught the whole world to smoke tobacco”) echoes the beginning of a yard romance (student song) "Copernicus worked for a century"(“Columbus discovered America / A completely alien country for us. / Fool, he would have been better off opening / A pub on our street”), dating back to the 19th century.

Animation Features

Many drawing sequences in the cartoon are used several times. For example, a night pirate raid on the Admiral Benbow inn and a daytime attack on the fort (with the difference that Blind Pew is now replaced by Silver).

The death of minor characters in the cartoon is shown conditionally. In the entire film, in addition to Billy Bones and the cat, only two cartoon characters really die: Blind Pew and the fat man defeated by Jim with a rocket (after the death of both, five pirates mournfully bare their heads on the shore). The rest tend to reappear. For example, the bearded man, who fired from a "bomb launcher" (a cannon "modified" as a machine gun) during the escape of the main characters from the ship, heated up and fell apart when they decided to cool him down. But towards the end of the film, he is again present in the crowd of pirates. In the final scenes of the second series in the crowd you can also see a black-moustached pirate, from whom Israel Hands had left only shoes as a gag a little earlier.

Two teams of animators worked on the cartoon. One used the classic hand-drawn animation method, while the other used the "flat puppet" method. The difference between the methods is that during classical drawing, the artist draws a mirror image of the character. As a result, Silver is alternately missing either his left or his right leg. The same error occurs in other films by D. Cherkassky, where the characters (sailors and pirates) lack either different legs (“Doctor Aibolit”) or different eyes (“The Adventures of Captain Vrungel”).

Dossier on heroes

In the cartoon, when introducing pirates and other characters to the audience, the manner of the “dossier” of the TV movie “Seventeen Moments of Spring” is used:

Jim Hawkins- A very, very good boy. Polite, truthful, modest, kind. Listens to mom. Every morning he does exercises. The character is very soft.
Dr. Livesey- A very nice and funny person. The character is sociable. Not married.
Sir Trelawny- Stupid, greedy, gluttonous, lazy, cowardly, arrogant. The character is missing. Not married.
Captain Smollett- Old sailor and soldier. He speaks the truth in the eyes, which is why he suffers. The character is wicked. Not married.
Billy Bones- He's the Captain. Treasure Island card holder. He drinks a lot and always has a cold. Bad character. Not married.
John Silver- He's "Ham". He is "One-Legged". The most terrible pirate, but successfully pretends to be kind. Secretive character. Not married.
Black Dog- Flint's friend. Hunts for a map of Treasure Island. Secretive character. Not married.
Blind Pew- Also an old pirate. Flint's friend. Cunning. Greedy. For the sake of money, ready for anything. The character is ugly. Not married.
Ben Gunn- As a child, he was a well-bred boy, but he began to play toss, contacted the pirates and rolled ... The character is soft. Not married.

All cartoon characters are not married. It is also noteworthy that often the text does not coincide with the voiced version. So, in the dubbing of Trelawney's dossier, instead of "coward" it is said that he is a coward, and in the intertitle of the Musical Pause, the name of Jim is omitted, which the announcer nevertheless names.

Performers and crew

Roles voiced

Filmed in the film

Ensemble "Grotesk" (Odessa Theater "Grotesk"):

On the death of Billy Bones (“Fifteen people for a dead man's chest…”, Song about drunkenness) - 02:35
Song about the benefits of sports ("Keeping Jim's daily regimen...") -- 02:33
On board the Hispaniola (instrumental number)
Chance - 02:49
Intro #2 (“Now the flasks will strike midnight ...”)
Ben Gunn's Story (instrumental number)
Song of Greed (“There was a greedy Billy pirate ... One, two, three, four, five, you know, probably”) - 02:19
We are all participants in the regatta
Song about the dangers of smoking (“Ministry of Health warns: smoking is a poison…”) - 01:56
fortune lottery ("Life is like a movie") - 01:11
About loneliness (Ending song, "It's Better to Be One-Legged...") - 01:23

Music and songs performed by VIA "Festival". Except for the final song (sung by Armen Dzhigarkhanyan)

Awards

VF television films, Minsk 1989 - Big prize.
1st Prize at IFF TV Films in Czechoslovakia
1st VKF of Animated Films, Kyiv, 1989, prize "For the best feature film"

Despite the fact that the book takes place in the 18th century, the heroes raise the Union Jack with an Irish oblique cross (St. Patrick's cross) over Fort. It is known that he became an element of the British flag only in 1801.
There are a number of inaccuracies with clothing. When Silver walks on a crutch in the Spyglass Inn, when he folds the crutch and opens the lock with them to get into the room where Jim overheard the conspiracy, his hat is not blue, but red. During Smolett's conversation with Silver before the attack, Alexander Smolett's boots change color several times.
Some pirates constantly, from frame to frame, change their appearance. During the plot, Hands appears as a bearded sailor, but after that he appears without a beard and in all red.
In the scene of the stop of the horse-drawn carriage at the "Spyglass", there is a spectacular trick - the horses do not slow down, but slow down by inertia, and at the same time a creak of brakes is heard.
Also, the only characters named in the dossier by their first and last names were Silver, Hawkins, and Ben (Benjamin) Gunn. Alexander Smolett, John Trelawney, and David Livesey are named after their rank or profession.

"Treasure Island" Stevenson main characters different, both positive and negative, but thanks to them, the novel turned out to be so interesting and exciting.

"Treasure Island" heroes

Goodies "Treasure Island"

Jim Hawkins(English) Jim Hawkins) - a young man, the main character, on whose behalf (with the exception of a few chapters on behalf of Dr. Livesey) the story is being told. It is his actions that spin the plot of Stevenson's novel. Jim Hawkins is actively involved in all events: it was he who made friends with the pirate Billy Bones, it was he who stole the map of Treasure Island from the chest of this pirate, which he handed over to Dr. Livesey and Squire; he discovered a conspiracy on the ship, found Ben Gunn, killed Israel Hands, took the pirate ship to the North Parking Lot and became a bone of contention in the confrontation between John Silver and the remnants of his gang.
Jim Hawkins mother- the owner of the tavern "Admiral Benbow".
Dr. David Livesey(English) Dr. David Livesey) - a gentleman, doctor and judge, a man of amazing courage, ready without hesitation to fulfill his professional and human duty. Once he served in the troops of the Duke of Cumberland and was wounded at the Battle of Fontenoy (1745).
Squire John Trelawney(English) Squire John Trelawney listen)) is a wealthy landowner who financed an expedition to retrieve Flint's treasure. Over six feet (183 cm) tall. Initially claimed leadership; however, his talkativeness and incompetence caused the majority of the crew of the Hispaniola to be the late Flint's thugs. He ceded command to Captain Smollett when he learned of the impending mutiny. Excellent shooter. He took on board three faithful servants, who showed themselves well in the fight with the robbers.
Captain Alexander Smollett(English) Captain Alexander Smollett) is the captain of the Hispaniola. A professional sailor who has knowledge not only in navigation, but also in the organization of ship life. During the assault on the blockhouse, he received two gunshot wounds. Height over six feet (183 cm). After returning to England, he left the naval service.
Tom Redruth(English) Tom Redruth) - an old forester from the retinue of a squire; died at the stockade from a pistol shot on the day the schooner arrived on the island.
John Hunter(English) John Hunter) - Squire's servant, died during the assault on the fort. One of the pirates snatched the musket out of his hands and, thrusting it into the loophole, dealt him a terrible blow, which broke the unfortunate ribs. Hunter fell and crushed his skull. From these wounds he died on the evening of the same day.
Richard Joyce(English) Richard Joyce) - a servant of a squire, died during the storming of the fort - he was shot in the head.
Abraham "Abe" Gray(English) Abraham Gray) - the ship's carpenter's assistant, along with Dick, Alan and Tom (not to be confused with Tom Morgan) was one of those honest sailors whom Silver and his henchmen wanted to win over to their side. Heeding the call of Captain Smollet, he went over to his side, fighting off five angry rebels who cut his face. In the future, he justified his trust by laying down the boatswain Job Anderson, who was trying to break into the log house. After returning, he spent the received part of the treasures on his studies and as a result became a navigator and co-owner of a small ship.
Benjamin "Ben" Gunn(English) Ben Gunn) - a former pirate, a member of the crew of the "Walrus". During his stay on the island, he built a boat, on which Jim Hawkins later managed to swim to the Hispaniola. After Flint's death, he sailed on another pirate ship, but quarreled with the crew and was left on Treasure Island as punishment. During his forced three-year life on the island, he repented of his crimes; found the bulk of Flint's treasure and moved it to his cave. About his adventures on the island, the English writer R. F. Delderfield wrote the book The Adventures of Ben Gunn. After returning, he spent his share of the treasure in nineteen days, after which he was hired by the squire to work as a gatekeeper.
Allan and Volume- honest sailors killed by pirates on the first day of the riot. Tom was killed by Silver, Allan - by the second boatswain Anderson.

Negative characters "Treasure Island"

John Silver, he is Lanky John, he is Ham- cook on the "Hispaniola", then the leader of the rebellious pirates. Age - 50 years (according to Silver himself). It was said that "in his youth he was a schoolboy and, if he wants, he can talk like a book." On the Walrus, Flint served as quartermaster. His left leg was taken away to the very thigh, so Silver walked on a wooden prosthesis and with a crutch. In contrast to the miserable fate of most pirates on the coast (not even bypassing Pew himself), especially the disabled, he saved up money and opened his own tavern "Spyglass" in the port of Bristol. Married to a woman of color. He wears a parrot named Captain Flint on his shoulder. At the end of the novel, he not only remained alive, having defected to the side of the winners in time, but also hid from them in one of the ports, not without the help of Ben Gunn, taking with him as much money as he could carry. Unlike the book, in the domestic film - Treasure Island (film, 1982) - Silver, by an absurd accident, dies from Ben Gunn's shot with a poisoned arrow from a blowpipe. About Silver's life before the events of Treasure Island, Dennis Jude wrote the novel The Adventures of Lanky John Silver.
Job Anderson(English) Job Anderson) is a tall, strong, brave and energetic boatswain. After the disappearance of Arrow, he acted as first mate on the schooner. The second most important pirate on the "Hispaniola" after Silver, superbly wields a cleaver and shoots a pistol. Fell at the hands of Abraham Gray during the assault on the stockade. In the domestic film, due to his own negligence, he exploded on a gunpowder bomb set by George Merry.
Israel Hands(English) Israel Hands) - the boatswain's assistant (boatswain or second boatswain), after the death of the navigator Arrow and the promotion of Job Enderson, he began to act as the boatswain, together with Silver, Anderson, Merry and the ship's carpenter, formed the core of the conspirators who planned to mutiny on the Hispaniola and take possession of the map. Left by Silver to guard the Hispaniola. Killed by Jim aboard the Hispaniola. On the Walrus, Flint was a gunner.
Carpenter "Hispaniola"(name and surname unknown) - a strong and dangerous pirate. He was killed in his sleep by Ben Gunn. In the Soviet film, his name was Jack.
George Murray(English) George Merry) - 35 years old, a lanky pirate who caught a malignant fever on the island, which explains his sickly appearance. After the death of Anderson, Hands and the carpenter, he became the informal leader of a gang of pirates and an instigator against Silver, for which he was subsequently shot by John Silver.
Tom Morgan(English) Tom Morgan) - the oldest robber from a gang of pirates, was left by Smollett and company to atone for their sins on Treasure Island. Young sailors Dick and Red Fowler remained with him.
O'Brien(English) O'Brien) - a pirate, a bald Irishman who wore a red sleeping cap on his head. He took part in the storming of the fort, after the retreat of the pirates he climbed over the stockade last, the defenders of the fort did not shoot at him. He was stabbed to death on board the Hispaniola by Israel Hands in a drunken fight, having managed to injure him before that. In Dennis Jude's The Adventures of Long John Silver, his name is Michael.
Harry- a frequenter of the tavern "Spyglass". The same pirate who (together with Long-legged Ben) John Silver sent to catch up with the Black Dog. Subsequently, he died during the storming of the stockade (presumably). In the domestic film, Harry is a deaf and mute pirate, carrying a light cannon on his back, who personally knew Flint and was left on the island after the denouement of the story.
Long Legs Ben- a frequenter of John Silver's tavern "Spyglass". Probably one of the six pirates left behind by Silver on the Hispaniola. Was shot by Squire Trelawney at the cannon (presumably). R. F. Delderfield's book mentions that a pirate named Dick was mortally wounded at the cannon.
John Fowler(Jim Fowler, Red Fowler) is one of three surviving pirates left on the island. It has no name in the original author's text, it received a name only in L. Delderfield's story "The Adventures of Ben Gunn". It states that Fowler was not a pirate and a member of the crew of the Walrus, but joined John Silver after the Hispaniola left England. In the domestic film, Harry was left on the island instead.
dirk- one of those robbers who, together with Pew and the Black Dog, defeated the Admiral Benbow inn. In the words of the blind Pugh, he was always a blockhead and a coward; probably was killed during the attack on the log house. In Dennis Jude's story "The Adventures of Long John Silver" is Campbell's surname.
Johnny- one of those robbers who, together with Pew and the Black Dog, defeated the Admiral Benbow inn. He liked to sing the song "Lillibulero".
Three unnamed pirates- former members of old Flint's gang.
Dick Johnson- a young sailor; Initially, Dick was not a pirate, like the sailors from the crew of the Walrus. He joined the conspirators under the influence of Silver's eloquence.

Captain Flint(English) Captain Flint) is a legendary pirate captain and associate of Pew. On his old Walrus, Billy Bones acted as navigator, John Silver as quartermaster, Israel Hands as gunner, and Job Anderson as boatswain. The book is only mentioned in conversations, as the action of the novel takes place after his death.
Billy Bones(English) Billy Bones) is a pirate, former first mate of old Flint. After the death of his captain, he became his heir and fled to England along with a map of Treasure Island.
Drink (Blind Pew, English Blind Pew listen)) is a blind pirate leader who is known to have lost his sight in the same battle in which John Silver lost his leg. Together with Flint, John Silver and Billy Bones, he made up the four most ferocious and dangerous villains operating in Stevenson's novel. He died under the hooves of a horse after a pogrom in the tavern "Admiral Benbow". His influence on the rest of the pirates is enormous. Even being blind, he terrifies Billy Bones, and the cunning John Silver respectfully repeats his name. It was he (and not John Silver or Job Anderson) who led the ill-fated attack on the Admiral Benbow inn). It is not entirely clear what place he previously occupied in the hierarchy of the ship's crew of the old Walrus. As repeatedly repeated in the novel, Billy Bones was the navigator on Flint's ship, and John Silver was the commander of the boarding team (quarter deck master). Most likely, this explains why Flint was "afraid" of Silver - as a field commander of his "special forces" - and not at all a "supply".
Black Dog(English) black dog) - one of the most dangerous pirates from the old Pew's team, he was missing two fingers on his left hand. Ironically, he could not participate in the Hispaniola expedition for the treasures of old Flint, since as a pirate and treasure hunter he was known to the cabin boy of the Hispaniola, Jim Hawkins.
Nick Allardyce- a lanky pirate with red hair, along with five other pirates, was taken by Flint to the island to bury treasures and was killed there. He took the knife of the pirate Tom Morgan with him to the island and owed him. The fate of Allardyce was unenviable: from his body, Captain Flint made a compass that indicated where the treasures lay.
Darby McGraw- a pirate, and probably the bodyguard of Captain Flint. Mentioned by Ben Gunn when he portrayed the dying Flint.
Navigator Arrow(English) Arrow) is Captain Smollett's first mate. Apparently, he was hired by the squire independently, as he did not enjoy the respect and authority of the team. Turned out to be an alcoholic; John Silver reinforced him with alcohol from his hiding place. Disappeared from the Hispaniola under unclear circumstances.

Robert Stevenson described the pirates of the 18th century very plausibly. This is a vicious, stupid and drunken rabble, devoid of any organization. Alexey Durnovo spoke about real people and facts that are used in the famous novel Treasure Island.

Collective image

The famous dialogue at the barrel of apples, from which Jim Hawkins learns that a conspiracy is brewing on the ship, is literally full of references to real events.

“It was amputated for me by a scientist-surgeon - he went to college and knew all Latin by heart. And yet he did not get away from the gallows - he was hung up in Corso Castle, like a dog, to dry in the sun ... next to others. Yes! They were Roberts' men, and they died because they changed the names of their ships."

John Silver speaks of the famous Captain Bart Roberts, who terrorized the seas of the New World and Africa for several years. Black Bart himself died in the battle, but the pirates from his crew were actually hanged in the fortress of Corso Castle.

A drunkard, a thug, but a coward - that's a true pirate

Captain Flint

The prototype of the fictional Flint is considered to be Blackbeard. We have already written about Blackbeard. He was not a devil in the flesh and a fiend, he was a man who loved to inspire fear in others. This is exactly how Flint appears before us, with all the abundance of creepy stories that are told about him. Blackbeard was most feared by his own people. In the same way, even the name of Flint is feared by the pirates who went with him on the Walrus.

Blackbeard - the likely prototype of Captain Flint
Flint and Edward Teach are related, and another character is Israel Hands. In the book, he is the second boatswain, who, according to Abraham Gray, was Flint's gunner. This seems to be the only case when a real person appears among the characters. Hands was in Tich's team and was either a navigator or a boatswain there. When Blackbeard died in the battle off Ocracoke Island, Hands was not with him. Shortly before that story, Teach shot his officer in the knee during a drinking bout. There was no good reason for such cruelty. Teach explained his act by the need to maintain discipline on board. The mutilated Hands settled in Carolina, escaped death and even the gallows. In Treasure Island, he is killed by Jim Hawkins. At the same time, in the novel, Hands appears as the most unpleasant and disgusting of pirates - cruel, arrogant and treacherous. At the same time, he knows how to handle the ship, which for a pirate without the necessary education is already an achievement.

Billy Bones

Bones is a bit of an atypical pirate. Just a little. He, just like any other sea robber, abuses rum and grabs a knife on the first occasion, but there are important differences in his image.

First, he is a navigator. And this ship position requires special skills and knowledge that you can’t get anywhere. Anyone can be a boatswain and quartermaster, it is enough for a gunner to be able to handle guns, and this skill can be acquired in practice. Doctors and navigators were worth their weight in gold on pirate ships. People trained in medicine and navigation. Calculating the course involves knowledge of the starry sky, the ability to use complex instruments to determine the height of bodies, as well as an understanding of the basics of mathematics and geometry. For understanding: many pirates did not know where the north was and where the south was, most did not know how to read and write.

Knowledge of navigation is a huge rarity for a pirate

Bones has no problem with that. He is not only educated (albeit minimally), he also has a habit of writing down behind himself. A likely prototype could be someone Blaise Kennedy, who was navigator for Captain Edward England, and then fled from him.

John Silver

From all other pirates, Silver is distinguished by enterprise and the presence of charm. He does not drink away his share, like Blind Pew or Ben Gunn, but tries to invest it in the business. He has his own tavern and a wife with savings. To put it bluntly, such thrifty and enterprising people were not liked among the pirates. The idea of drinking everything all at once came not so much from savagery as from the thought that sooner or later you would be hanged anyway. It's a shame to hang out in a loop when there is a lot of money in your pockets.

In fact, in the middle of the XVIII century the situation was just that. Almost all pirates ended their lives on the gallows, some were lucky to fall in battle. The English laws of those times did not allow pirates not only to spend the loot otherwise than in taverns, but also to return to civilian life. The time for amnesties had already passed by then.

Silver, with his "Spyglass" and the old woman who waits in the appointed place, is undoubtedly different from the gray mass. He looks like a pirate in a completely different way. First, for all his intelligence, he is still stupid. He chooses the right strategy for himself, but the wrong one for the common cause. Dr. Livesey will deceive him with the exchange of a card for a ship, and Silver will not suspect a dirty trick. A typical feature of the 18th century pirate is self-confidence based on nothing. Overconfidence and lack of critical thinking.

Thrift was not welcome among pirates

Silver is brutally cruel, which can be seen in the last chapter. Jim experienced this first hand at the moment when Silver thought he was about to find the treasure. Treasures were not there, Jim again became needed by the old pirate, and he again stood up for him. But to finish off with a shot a dying comrade who doubted his authority is quite a trait of a pirate. And Silver does just that.

Finally, there are external attributes. A wooden leg, a parrot, nautical words - it's all in the piggy bank of the classic image of a pirate. You can also add Silver's nickname to it. He, if you forgot, "Ham". The origin of the nickname is not explained anywhere, the matter, apparently, is in the color of the skin. Over the years of wandering in the tropics and subtropics, she had become weathered, coarsened and turned brownish, exactly like a chicken roasted on an open fire.