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Writers:
David P. Harmon (writer)
Gordon Mitchell (writer)
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Release Date:
15 May 1981 (USA) more
Plot:
The staff of the island resort need the aid of the Harlem Globetrotters to keep their island from a greedy millionaire. full summary | add synopsis
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Gilligan's Island: The Movies that You Haven't Seen
(From TVSeriesFinale. 6 January 2009, 3:16 PM, PST)
Gilligan's Island: TV Show Creator wants Michael Cera and Beyonce for New Movie
(From TVSeriesFinale. 2 January 2009, 5:08 PM, PST)
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Bob Denver | ... | Gilligan |
 | Alan Hale Jr. | ... | Skipper Jonas Grumby |
| Jim Backus | ... | Thurston Howell III |
| Natalie Schafer | ... | Lovey Wentworth Howell |
| Constance Forslund | ... | Ginger Grant |
| Russell Johnson | ... | Prof. Roy Hinkley Jr. |
| Dawn Wells | ... | Mary Ann Summers |
| David Ruprecht | ... | Thurston Howell IV |
 | Martin Landau | ... | J.J. Pierson |
| Barbara Bain | ... | Dr. Olga Schmetner |
| Scatman Crothers | ... | Dewey Stevens |
| Whitney Rydbeck | ... | George (the robot) |
| Dreama Perry Denver | ... | The Howells' secretary |
| Rosalind Chao | ... | Hotel clerk |
| Stu Nahan | ... | Sportscaster #1 |
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The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders on Gilligan's Island (USA) (working title)
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120 min (including commercials)
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.33 : 1 more
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Originally written as a vehicle for the famous Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, the film was retooled for the Harlem Globetrotters when the Cheerleaders were unavailable. more
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Referenced in "The Nanny: Schlepped Away (#1.15)" (1994) more
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This movie is incredible! Amazing! It had everything! It is truly shocking that it was a made for TV production, it has epic blockbuster written all over it.
Name it and this movie has it. The Harlem Globetrotters, greedy developers, Gilligan, Mary-Ann, The Professor, The Skipper, the millionaire and his wife, the rest, tourists, basketball in an exotic Caribbean location....... this movie has everything! EVERYTHING! ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING!
You should be grateful, very grateful, that we get entertainment such as this. The world is good.