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Swiss Family Robinson (1960), Director: Ken Annakin,
rated G
They turned a
lost island into an exotic paradise!
  Starring:
John Mills, Dorothy McGuire, James MacArthur, Janet Munro,
Sussue Hayakawa, Tommy Kirk, Kevin Corcoran, Cecil Parker, Andy
Ho
DML Rating:
★★★★★★★☆☆☆
- good
"Don't you sometimes feel
that this is the kind of life we were meant to live on this
earth?
Everything we need, everything, right here, right at our
fingertips." -
Father
Why watch this?
... because Disney's early films were innocent and always exciting.
Plot Summary:
A family, escaping the Napoleonic Wars, is shipwrecked on a
remote tropical island. Using ingenuity and teamwork, they build
an elaborate tree house home and establish a life for
themselves, navigating the challenges of a wild environment and
dangerous animals. Their peaceful existence is threatened by the
presence of pirates.
Dad's Preview:
Most of the cast of
Old Yeller
(1957) was brought into this film about a Swiss
family shipwrecked on a remote island. The resourceful father,
and his sons, create a place to survive life in the jungle,
braving a dangerous tiger and marauding pirates. When they
rescue a young girl there is more than a little competition for
her affection by the two oldest sons. This was a family favorite of mine growing up,
and we all wanted to live in their massive tree house.
Walt Disney
Productions; Buena Vista Distribution |
