The New Swiss Family Robinson (1998)

User Rating:

4.6/10   

Director:

Stewart Raffill

Writers:

Johann David Wyss (novel)
Stewart Raffill (writer)

Release Date:

10 January 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure

Plot Keywords:

Pirate | Independent Film | Based On Novel | Character Name In Title

Cast

Jane Seymour	...	Anna Robinson
David Carradine	...	Sheldon Blake
James Keach	...	Jack Robinson
John Mallory Asher	...	Shane Robinson (as John Asher)
Blake Bashoff	...	Todd Robinson
Jamie Renée Smith	...	Elizabeth Robinson (as Jamie Renee Smith)
Yumi Iwama	...	Francoise
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Billy Bates	...	Halo Pirate
John Edmondson	...	Wheelhouse Pirate
Simone Griffeth	...	Cynthia
John Harnagel	...	Bartender Pirate
Jaime Irizarry	...	Nettle Spray Pirate
Joe Isaac	...	Drunken Pirate
Diane Kirman	...	Girlfriend Pirate

MPAA:

Rated PG for adventure violence and peril.

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Austria:12 | France:U | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Puerto Rico

Company:

Total Films

Trivia:

This film made national news as the trained jaguar took a bite out of one of the people on the set. The next week the same jaguar attacked a stunt person. The jaguar was retired.

Movie Connections:

Version of "Swiss Family Robinson" (1976)

What were the folks at Disney smoking?

Yowza! This one's a real groaner. The acting is abhorrent, the script is poorly written, and the plot is like swiss cheese. Full of holes. A 12 year old kid from Ohio could write a more interesting and realistic high seas adventure.