Overview
Fleeing from Napoleonic oppression, the Robinson family get shipwrecked and marooned on an island inhabited by tigers, elephants and zebras. They soon feel at home, once their majestic tree house--complete with running water--is set up. However, the Robinson's must face a danger even greater than nature: treacherous pirates!
Awards:
Main Cast & Crew:
Ken Annakin - Director
John Mills
Dorothy McGuire
James MacArthur
Janet Munro
Sessue Hayakawa
Tommy Kirk
Kevin Corcoran
Details
- Format: DVD
- Run Time: 128
- Color Format: Color
- UPC: 786936143836
- Genre: Adventure
- Rating: G (MPAA)
- Release Date: May 2002
Movie Reviews
Notes:
This home video version of "Swiss Family Robinson" is part of Disney's Exclusive Archive collection. In addition to the digitally mastered film, it includes interviews with actress Dorothy McGuire and director Ken Annakin, the complete syndicated cartoon strip based on the film, the original theatrical trailer, comparisons between the storyboards and the actual film, production photos, and a short film on the film's production, "Escape to Paradise."
Filmed in Technicolor.
Reviews:
"...With terrific action..." - 12/10/1993 USA Today, p.3D
