Swiss family Robinson / [presented by] Walt Disney ; screenplay by Lowell S. Hawley ; produced by Bill Anderson ; directed by Ken Annakin.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 21553 | Disney DVDLanguage: English, Spanish Original language: English Subtitle language: English Series: Vault Disney collectionPublication details: [United States] : Disney DVD ; Burbank, Calif. : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2002?]Description: 2 videodiscs (approximately 126 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- 0788826417
- 9780788826412
- Director of photography, Harry Waxman ; film editor, Peter Boita ; original music, William Alwyn ; costume designer, Julie Harris ; production designer, John Howell.
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Main Library | DVD | FAMILY Swiss fa | Checked out | 05/21/2024 | 33111009045051 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
None of the many cinemadaptations of Johan Wyss' The Swiss Family Robinson are as relentlessly enjoyable as this 1960 Disney feature. The film wastes no time getting down to business, with the shipwreck of the Robinson family occurring as the credits flash across the screen. Fashioning a raft, the family heads to a lush tropical island. While the mother (Dorothy McGuire) isn't too happy about being a castaway, the father (John Mills) and the sons (James MacArthur, Tommy Kirk, Kevin Corcoran) are thrilled at the prospect of carving out a new life for themselves. In short order, the industrious Robinsons have constructed a treehouse with all the creature comforts and "utilities" of their home in Switzerland. Later on, the little party is joined by Janet Munro, the daughter of a sea captain who has been captured by pirate Sessue Hayakawa and his band. After a series of adventures calculated to arouse the envy of every man, woman and child in the audience, the film comes to a rousing conclusion as the Robinsons resourcefully fend off Hayakawa and his pirates with a variety of jerry-built booby traps. A box-office winner to the tune of $30 million, The Swiss Family Robinson proved beyond doubt that Disney's decision to emphasize the humor and adventure of the Wyss original, while downplaying the sociopolitical undertones, was a sound one. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
DVD.
Closed-captioned. English or Spanish soundtracks; optional English subtitles.
John Mills, Dorothy McGuire, James MacArthur, Janet Munro, Sessue Hayakawa, Tommy Kirk, Kevin Corcoran, Cecil Parker.
Director of photography, Harry Waxman ; film editor, Peter Boita ; original music, William Alwyn ; costume designer, Julie Harris ; production designer, John Howell.
Based on the novel by Johann David Wyss.
DVD release of the 1960 motion picture.
Dolby digital 5.1 surround; anamorphic widescreen format (2:35:1 aspect ratio).
MPAA rating: G.
The shipwrecked Robinson family finds new life on a deserted island far from civilization until their makeshift paradise is threatened by the arrival of cutthroat pirates.
Special features include: audio commentary track with the director and others; Sea salts (animated short); Adventure in the making; Conversations with James MacArthur; PIRATES!; Swiss family treehouse (featurette); production archives; 1960 Disney studio album.
Disc 1. Sea salts ; Swiss Family Robinson -- Disc 2. Adventures in the making ; Pirates! ; Lost treasures: Swiss Family treehouse.