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Actors: John Mills, Dorothy McGuire, James MacArthur, Tommy Kirk, Kevin Corcoran, Janet Munro, Sessue Hayakawa, Cecil Parker
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Swiss Family Robinson (1960) |
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The British Robinson family decides to escape a Europe wracked by Napoleon's wars and takes a ship for New Guinea, but storms and pirates drive them aground on a deserted tropical island. On this idyllic paradise they build a life, but a return engagement with the pirates is ultimately in store. This Disney production, filmed on location in Tobago, is burdened by old-fashioned attitudes (all wild creatures are either threats to be killed or cute pets easily tamed; otherwise, the jungle is a great place for swimming and building elaborate tree forts), but it's rollicking good fun anyway.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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Adventure tales of a family fleeing from government tyrany to a new life who become shipwrecked and stranded on an uninhabited island and must struggle to survive. After freeing her from a band of pirates, the eldest and middle sons vie for the affections of a young woman. The pirates return and the entire family must fight to defend themselves. In the end, rescue arrives, but only the middle son actually leaves (to continue his education). The rest of the family stay on the island and begin a new community.
--dms, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Swiss Family Robinson (1960) |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 17th century
Wilderness adventure
Yes
Plotlets:
- stranded
- surviving natural elements
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- scholar
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- white
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
- Genius
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard curly
Body type
- muscular (man)
- average (woman)
Unclothed?
- chest
How much in movie?
- 40%
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
- British
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- slaver
- criminal
Eccentric:
Yes
- wild
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
- 40%
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
- muscular (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Japanese
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
Jungles?
Yes
Jungles
- snakes
- heat/bugs
Water?
Yes
Water:
- lost at sea
Island?
Yes
Island:
- food/shelter preoccupation
- Mean guy who wants to hunt/mutate
- stranded
- Pacific Island
- Atlantic Ocean Island
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- non-gory references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- encouraged
- in awe
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 (None)
Kind of violence:
- land battles
- mission to protect something
- hand to hand
- guns
- knives
- swords
- ocean ship battles
Is this movie based on a
- book
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