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Swiss Family Robinson [DVD] [1960]

DVD ~ John Mills
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
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  • Actors: John Mills, Dorothy McGuire, James MacArthur, Janet Munro, Sessue Hayakawa
  • Directors: Ken Annakin
  • Writers: Johann David Wyss, Lowell S. Hawley
  • Producers: Basil Keys, Bill Anderson, Walt Disney
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: U
  • Studio: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm
  • DVD Release Date: 29 Mar 2004
  • Run Time: 126 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0001IMCF2
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 2,354 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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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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A family fleeing from the despotic regime of Napoleon is chased off course by a band of pirates. They are then shipwrecked on a tropical island where they begin a new and adventurous life. Based on the book by Johann Wyss.

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26 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Masterpiece!, 26 Oct 2004
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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.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A great adventure, 10 Jun 2005
By bernie "xyzzy" (Arlington, Texas) - See all my reviews
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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).

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A exciting watch, 8 Jun 2006
By T. Stanton "coolgirls" (United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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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!!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect transaction
Excellent service from purchase to receiving the cd. Very pleased, i would not hesitate in recommending this supplier
Published 7 months ago by Mrs. Anne Miller

5.0 out of 5 stars A great family adventure film - but get the 2-disc NTSC version
Walt Disney's hugely expensive adaptation of the classic tale of a family of castaways on a desert island maintains enough of a running thread not to seem too episodic even... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Trevor Willsmer

4.0 out of 5 stars A great adventure
A family is shipwrecked on a seemingly uninhabited island. Using the remaining recourses of the wrecked ship they build an elaborate tree house. Then the adventure begins. Read more
Published on 25 Jul 2004 by bernie

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Adventure story From Disney!
You can tell as soon as you start watching this film that it is definately a disney production, and this "stamp" remains right the way through the film, even in the climatic... Read more
Published on 28 May 2004 by no1filmaddict

5.0 out of 5 stars stranded in paradise
This is the Walt Disney version of the story,done as only Disney can. There is, as always, excellent performances from John Mills and Dorothy Magiure as the parents. Read more
Published on 1 Aug 2003 by Angela Hunt

4.0 out of 5 stars FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY...
You can't get much more wholesome than this. This film definitely has the Disney stamp all over it. The Swiss Family Robinson are on their way to New Guinea. Read more
Published on 17 Nov 2002 by Lawyeraau

5.0 out of 5 stars Favourite childhood classic
Watching this film again brings many happy memories of watching it as a child with my brothers. It really is a film for all the family. Read more
Published on 1 Feb 2001

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