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The classic story of Robinson Crusoe, a man who is dragged to a desert island after a shipwreck.The classic story of Robinson Crusoe, a man who is dragged to a desert island after a shipwreck.The classic story of Robinson Crusoe, a man who is dragged to a desert island after a shipwreck.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 6 wins & 4 nominations total
Dan O'Herlihy
- Robinson Crusoe
- (as Daniel O'Herlihy)
- …
Jaime Fernández
- Friday
- (as Jaime Fernandez)
Chel López
- The Bos'n
- (as Chel Lopez)
José Chávez
- Leader of the Mutiny
- (as Jose Chavez)
- Director
- Writers
- Daniel Defoe
- Hugo Butler(originally as Philip Ansell Roll)
- Luis Buñuel
- All cast & crew
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- TriviaThe three lead actors all died in 2005.
- GoofsWhen Robinson looks at a neighboring island for the first time through his telescope, the scene shown as though looking through the telescope is just a picture of the island - nothing in it moves including the waves.
- Quotes
Robinson Crusoe: If anyone in England met such an odd creature as I was in my 18th year of solitude, it must either have frightened them or caused a great deal of laughter.
- Alternate versionsAccording to Dan O'Herlihy, he would perform each scene twice, once in English and then once in Spanish, for the English-language and Spanish-language versions, although a Spanish-speaking actor was used later to dub O'Herlihy's voice in the Spanish-language version anyway.
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Bunuel's rare optimism
Defoe is not obvious Bunuel material in the way that Wuthering Heights is but the very tension between director and writer makes it the more interesting film. One scene especially should be viewed by anyone who holds that Bunuel's brilliance lies primarily in his surreal imagery marvelous as this. Crusoe in despair at his his solitude calls out 'The Lord is my shepherd' at the hills. As he he hears only the echo of his his voice even the lush tropical landscape appears to mock him. Once seen and heard(Dan O'Herhiley's voice is wonderful here) the VCR and DVD become redundant. The ending low key and unrhetorical is one of the rare moments of uplift offered by Bunuel. Relish it! Bunuel's adaptation of Defoe is one his rare films,others are 'Cela s'appelle l'aurore','The Young One' and 'Nazarin' in which some sense of optimism in human solidarity moderates the general bleakness of his view of the human condition.
- jrglaves-smith
- Mar 28, 2003
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- Also known as
- The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
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- Budget
- $350,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
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