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Leonard Maltin calls the 93-minute version an "Excellent adaptation of [the] Johann Wyss book", and writes that it "boasts impressive special effects, strong performances, and much darker elements than the Disney film Swiss Family Robinson". [12] The film is one of Oscar-winning film director James Ivory's favorite movies. Ivory is quoted as ...
The film is based upon Der Schweizerische Robinson (translated as The Swiss Family Robinson), a book written by Johann David Wyss. [4] RKO Pictures had previously made an adaptation in 1940, directed by Edward Ludwig. [5] After watching that movie, Walt Disney and Bill Anderson decided to produce their own version of the story. [4]
The Swiss Family Robinson (German: Der Schweizerische Robinson, "The Swiss Robinson") is a novel by the Swiss author Johann David Wyss, first published in 1812, about a Swiss family of immigrants whose ship en route to Port Jackson, Australia goes off course and is shipwrecked in the East Indies. The ship's crew is lost, but the family and ...
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A “Swiss Family Robinson” series is in development at Disney Plus. It is based on the novel of the same name by Johann David Wyss, which was first published in 1812. The novel has been adapted ...
The New Swiss Family Robinson is a 1999 American adventure film directed by Stewart Raffill.The film is based on the 1812 novel The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss, and stars Jane Seymour, David Carradine, James Keach, John Mallory Asher, Blake Bashoff, and Jamie Renée Smith.
The film’s success led to many more Disney roles for him. Notably, he played Wilby in “The Shaggy Dog,” Ernst in “ Swiss Family Robinson ,” and Biff Hawk in “The Absent Minded ...