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The Island at the Top of the World (1974)
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Release Date:
20 December 1974 (USA)
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Tagline:
Adventure beyond imagination
Plot:
Four turn of the century explorers embark on an airship expedition to the high artic. Where upon they find a lost colony of Vikings. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for Oscar.
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The Last of the Great Disney Live Fantasies
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | David Hartman | ... | Prof. Ivarsson |
| Donald Sinden | ... | Sir Anthony Ross |
| Jacques Marin | ... | Captain Brieux |
 | Mako | ... | Oomiak |
| David Gwillim | ... | Donald Ross |
| Agneta Eckemyr | ... | Freyja |
| Gunnar Öhlund | ... | The Godi (as Gunnar Ohlund) |
| Lasse Kolstad | ... | Erik |
| Erik Silju | ... | Torvald |
| Rolf Søder | ... | The Lawspeaker |
| Torsten Wahlund | ... | Sven |
| Sverre Anker Ousdal | ... | Gunnar (as Sverre Ousdal) |
| Niels Hinrichsen | ... | Sigurd |
| Denny Miller | ... | Town Guard |
| Brendan Dillon | ... | The Factor |
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93 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.75 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Photophone Sound Recording)
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Iceland:L |
UK:U |
Australia:G |
Canada:G (video rating) |
Finland:K-8 |
Norway:11 |
Sweden:11 |
USA:G
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The Vikings all speaks Norweigian except the Godi (Gunnar Öhlund) who is speaking Swedish.
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Continuity: The Hyperion's propellers are hand cranked men by men on the ground. When the entire ship is viewed at rest the propellers are nowhere near the ground.
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Featured in Jules Verne & Walt Disney: Explorers of the Imagination (2003) (V)
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Airships and Vikings... What more could you want? Truly superior acting by of all people David Hartman, and Donald Siden's ruthless and ruthlessly Edwardian Sir Anthony Ross is a delight... Also a film in which ethnic actors are allowed to be ethnic, but without stereotyping.
Jacques Marin's Captain Brieuax is ruthlessly Gallic and heavily accented (naturally, Marin's a native Frenchman), yet his courage and resourcefulness are at least as great as his colleagues, and the exact same can be said for Mako's Oomiak, who, while reconizably an Eskimo and inarticulate, is portrayed just as heroically as the rest, and with great sympathy on all fronts.
What a refreshing look back this movie is, with its superb special effects and interesting plot twists. I wish they DID still make them like this anymore.
Of interest: The great airship _Hyperion_ was actually built for the filming, and I believe it is on display even now at Euro-Disney. It actually flew, and was flight-tested by two Goodyear pilots.