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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Daniel Defoe (novel)
Hugo Butler (screenplay) (originally as Philip Ansell Roll) ...
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Release Date:
5 August 1954 (USA) more
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Tagline:
EVERY THRILL-SWEPT PAGE BLAZES TO LIFE ON THE SCREEN! (original print ad - all caps)
Plot:
The classical story of Robinson Crusoe, a man who is dragged to a desert island after a shipwreck | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 6 wins & 2 nominations more
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(6 articles)
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Going Nowhere
 (From IFC. 24 November 2009, 6:10 AM, PST)

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Cast

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Dan O'Herlihy ... Robinson Crusoe (as Daniel O'Herlihy)
Jaime Fernández ... Friday
Felipe de Alba ... Captain Oberzo
Chel López ... Bosun
José Chávez ... Pirate
Emilio Garibay ... Leaders of the Mutiny
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Las aventuras de Robinson Crusoe (Mexico)
The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (USA)
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Runtime:
90 min
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Color:
Color (Pathécolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA High Fidelity Sound System)
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The three lead actors all died in 2005. more
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Version of Robinson Crusoë (2003) (TV) more

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Bunuel's rare optimism, 29 March 2003
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Author: john from midlands

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.

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