What is the name of this movie...?

Question

okay so i used to always watch this one movie when i was little and i completely forgot the name of it and it has been bothering me for so long!

okay sooo there's this pre-teen boy and he goes to his grandpa's house and then his grandpa is reading him a story and then the boy ends up going into the story. it had pirates and then a mermaid who could change her tail into legs for i think an hour or something? and they were trying to find a treasure that was inside a cave. and then they reach the cave and the girl's legs turn back into a tail so they have to carry her out. and then at the very end the boy wakes up and he's like- oh i guess it was just a dream but his pants are completely torn up from the island. i also thought the guy kinda looked like the young fred savage but when i looked at his imdb it didn't have any movies that looked like it.

i dont think its called treasure island.. i've looked through some treasure island movies on blockbuster online and none of them sounded right but i could be wrong

Answer 1

Magic Island (1995)

starring Zachery Ty Bryan (of "Home Improvement"), Abraham Benrubi, Jessie-Ann Friend (Lily the mermaid), Andrew Divoff, Ja'Net DuBois, Isaac Hayes, Edward Kerr

IMDb synopsis:

Jack Carlisle is a disillusioned 13-year-old boy. His mother is always away at work since his father left. He decides to run away, believing his mother won't miss him. As he is ready to leave, his nanny convinces him to read a "magic book". As Jack reads the book, a pirate adventure set on Magic Island, he is pulled into that world, where he goes on numerous adventures with Prince Morgan while fleeing the evil Blackbeard the Pirate. And, he is saved by Lily, a beautiful mermaid, with whom he falls in love.

From IMDb forum:

Okay, I saw this so long ago and i just randomly came across this page, and I'm wondering if this movie is the one I'm remembering! I have this scene where they're like walking through a cave or something, and he's dragging the mermaid because she can't walk (She's a mermaid obviously) and then like they start worrying because she's about to get her legs back (or maybe it was the other way around); but anyway, I also remember something about bookshelves and loud music.

Yea, the walls were closing in, but her legs turned back into fins, so he was dragging her on a carpet.

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It doesn't have a grandfather reading the story, so perhaps this one isn't right.

Answer 2

the pagemaster

i used to watch it when i was little to

Answer 3

oh ya ive seen that! im pretty sure its treasure island but i saw it when i was little...

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