A Swiss family must survive being shipwrecked on a deserted island.A Swiss family must survive being shipwrecked on a deserted island.A Swiss family must survive being shipwrecked on a deserted island.
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- TriviaAs revealed by director Ken Annakin on the DVD commentary, the trapped zebra was subjected to electric shocks to make it move about, a practice that is now illegal in Hollywood movies.
- GoofsThe "Quarantine" flag Father raises to drive off the pirates, a black spot on a yellow field, is actually the "India" signal flag. The actual Quarantine flag at the time would have been a plain yellow "Quebec" signal flag.
- Quotes
Father: 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. You know, if only people could have all this and be satisfied, I don't think there'd be any real problems in the world.
Mother: And no future generations. We don't have *everything* we need right here at our fingertips.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Magical World of Disney: Swiss Family Robinson (1986)
- SoundtracksMy Heart was an Island
by Terry Gilkyson
Featured review
SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON is the ultimate family adventure film from Disney, photographed on the island of Tobago for some lush scenery and exotic settings. But that tree house rules!! Everyone's favorite fantasy is this sort of adventure whereby a shipwrecked family finds refuge on what appears to be a deserted island, only to find that they're not exactly alone.
DOROTHY McGUIRE and JOHN MILLS play the parent roles (played originally by Thomas Mitchell and Edna Best in the B&W '40 version), and the kids are played with equal skill by Kevin Corcoran, Tommy Kirk and JAMES MacARTHUR, who excels as the oldest son.
There's some rough going when the pirates invade, but it's all done in true Disney style and you know there's going to be a happy ending.
Summing up: The kind of film the whole family can enjoy. A lot more visually appealing than the old B&W version filmed on RKO sound stages.
DOROTHY McGUIRE and JOHN MILLS play the parent roles (played originally by Thomas Mitchell and Edna Best in the B&W '40 version), and the kids are played with equal skill by Kevin Corcoran, Tommy Kirk and JAMES MacARTHUR, who excels as the oldest son.
There's some rough going when the pirates invade, but it's all done in true Disney style and you know there's going to be a happy ending.
Summing up: The kind of film the whole family can enjoy. A lot more visually appealing than the old B&W version filmed on RKO sound stages.
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- Also known as
- Dschungel der 1000 Gefahren
- Filming locations
- Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago(this picture was filmed on the Island of Tobago, The West Indies)
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- Budget
- $5,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $40,356,000
- Gross worldwide
- $40,357,287
- Runtime2 hours 6 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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