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The Disney touch is all over this grand, colourful version of the Johann Wyss adventure of a European family setting off for the new world of New Guinea. The film opens on a ship jostled and torn by a raging storm while a family struggles to make it through alive. Tossed into a reef near a deserted tropical island, father John Mills takes charge and the family soon turns their island prison into a veritable paradise. Their multi-level tree house, built in record time, is complete with running water and a working pipe organ scavenged from the ship, while their grand yard is abloom in English roses. As a tale of hardship and pioneer pluck it's pure fantasy, but as entertainment it's energetic and appealing. The island is impossibly populated by ostriches, zebras, lions and elephants, a private zoo that delights the youngest boy and offers plenty of comic relief. The two older brothers discover even wilder life when they rescue the prisoner of oriental pirates (led by hard-bitten Sessue Hayakawa). There's little real danger anywhere in the film: even the climactic battle with the pirates is a cartoonish affair, with coconut bombs and non-lethal booby traps, until the final desperate, deadly moments. Hardly a faithful adaptation of the novel, but a lush, beautifully shot film and an entertaining adventure safe for all ages. Dorothy McGuire co-stars as the proper, worry-prone mother. --Sean Axmaker
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
My mum had the book the swiss family robinson, and she gave it to me to read. I found it very exciting and interesting. I was soo happy when i found the video of Swiss family Robinson.
The family consists of Mum, Dad and three brothers.
They get ship-wrecked, and they get on a lovely Island, but there are pirates and wild animals. will they survive? its a really good watch for kids and big kids too!!
The family consists of Mum, Dad and three brothers.
They get ship-wrecked, and they get on a lovely Island, but there are pirates and wild animals. will they survive? its a really good watch for kids and big kids too!!
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
A family is shipwrecked on a seemingly uninhabited island. Using the remaining recourses of the wrecked ship they build an elaborate tree house. They have a realy nice Christmas scene. Then the adventure begins.
This movie has a great family feel to it and I really liked the animal races; it is a classic Disney. The pirate attack scene was suspenseful. You are kept wondering if, and how they will get out of it.
You can see John Mills play a more serious side with his real daughter Hayley Mills in "The Chalk Garden" (1964).
37 of 39 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This is without a doubt one of Walt Disney's greatest live action films. Originally released in 1961 and feauturing a stellar cast including John Mills. A New Guinea-bound family is shipwrecked by pirates and manages to transport the goods from the stranded ship to an island where they create their own paradise. There they build their own breathtaking treehouse and have to find a way to survive using only what nature provides. With some wonderful cinematography (especially in the dramatic opening of the shipwreck and then the journey on raft by the Robinson family to exotic shores and yet. They begin to enjoy life in this 'paradise' carelessly on the island with a variety of wild animals and inevitably they begin to have run ins with some dangerous creatures. Along the way they encounter many threats including pirates, but will their island paradise prove toi be a paradise or a prison?
It's a high quality production and I rate it highly.
It's a high quality production and I rate it highly.
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bought this for my daughter who loves it, you cannot beat some of the oldies eh!!!I think she has watched it a few times and never bores of it
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Really enjoyed seeing this again with my grandson who loved the pirates and all the animals. This is a timeless story and suitable for all the family.
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I watched this film over and over as a child, and when it came to picking a film to watch with my little boy this was perfect. Read more
Published 11 months ago by E. Kingston
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Having loved this film as a child I was delighted to find it here on amazon at a bargain price. Was genius. Watched on a wet Saturday afternoon with my other half. Read more
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Great fun film, watched it many times on video, worn out by my children years ago, Grandaughter aged 6 came to stay got it to entertain her...... Read more
Published 21 months ago by Ros
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This may be a very old film - John Mills looks about 35! However, because it is in costume, it doesn't appear 'old fashioned'. My grandchildren aged 10 and 8 loved it. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Marbella
Swiss Family Robinson
Very enjoyable family film.Opening scenes exelent cinema photography.May seem dated for adults, 1960 well worth viewing.
Published 22 months ago by mr. michael healy
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this is such a good family film, very enjoyable and suitable for all ages, it is better than a lot of the modern films that are available today.
Published on 23 May 2010 by Jean Nancy Burrows
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