Swiss Family Robinson (1960) | |
| Director(s) | Ken Annakin |
| Producer(s) | Bill Anderson, Walt Disney (uncredited) |
| Top Genres | Adventure, Drama, Family, Film Adaptation |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Children, Disney |
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Swiss Family Robinson (1960) was a Adventure - Family Film directed by Ken Annakin and produced by Walt Disney and Bill Anderson.
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Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
By Beatrice on Jan 3, 2017 From Flickers in TimeSwiss Family Robinson Directed by Ken Annakin Written by Lowell S. Hawley from a novel by Johann David Wyss 1960/USA Walt Disney Productions Repeat viewing?/Netflix rental This fun fantasy/adventure is for the whole family. A Swiss family is shipwrecked en route to colonial New Guinea when its sh... Read full article
Swiss Family Robinson (1940) and (1960)
By Orson De Welles on Nov 20, 2014 From Classic Film FreakShare This! THRILL TO The Fabled Tree-House! — The Wild Animal Race! — The Great Pirate Attack! Disney has the rights to two features based on the famous Wyss novel.? Yes, that’s right; two!? Most of us are surely familiar with the extremely popular 1960 version produced by Disney ... Read full article
Swiss Family Robinson ( 1960 )
By The Metzinger Sisters on Aug 26, 2014 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers"It was a good thing we set out to do. We were right, and all that hasn't changed just because we were shipwrecked." Papa Robinson's plans of providing a new home for his family in the burgeoning colony of New Guinea go awry when the ship carrying them from Switzerland to the new land gets shipwrec... Read full article
Swiss Family Robinson ( 1960 )
By The Metzinger Sisters on Aug 26, 2014 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers"It was a good thing we set out to do. We were right, and all that hasn't changed just because we were shipwrecked." Papa Robinson's plans of providing a new home for his family in the burgeoning colony of New Guinea go awry when the ship carrying them from Switzerland to the new land gets shipwrec... Read full article
Swiss Family Robinson ( 1960 )
By The Metzinger Sisters on Aug 26, 2014 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers"It was a good thing we set out to do. We were right, and all that hasn't changed just because we were shipwrecked." Papa Robinson's plans of providing a new home for his family in the burgeoning colony of New Guinea go awry when the ship carrying them from Switzerland to the new land gets shipwrec... Read full article
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Kuala, Pirate Chief: [calling up to the Robinsons] Kuala make talk! You hear?
Father Robinson: [calling back down] We hear you!
Kuala, Pirate Chief: [referring to Roberta AKA Bertie] You take boy belong Kuala. Give us boy, no more fight. You hear?
Father Robinson: You want the boy? You come and get him. We're ready for you, and you can put away your white flag.
Roberta 'Bertie': Maybe it would be better to agree.
Father Robinson: Don't worry. He wouldn't bargain with us if he thought he could beat us.
Kuala, Pirate Chief: Send the boy down the hill! Kuala take boy. Get plenty money. Nobody hurt. You hear?
[the Robinsons stand their ground; the chief puts the flag away]
Kuala, Pirate Chief: You make Kuala fight long time, then you die and Kuala take boy all the same!
[the fight between the pirates and the Robinsons resume]
Father Robinson: What did I tell you? Anything we need, the island will produce it for us, even a girl.
Mother Robinson: *A* girl. But we have three sons.
Father Robinson: First thing we've got to do is to, uh, unload the raft. Then, uh... put up some sort of shelter for the night.
Mother Robinson: No. That's not the first thing.
[kneels down in prayer, and the rest follow suit]
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Facts about
Duke, one of the Robinson's guardian Great Danes, stars in a later Disney film, as Brutus, the Ugly Dachshund.
Walt Disney never traveled out to Tobago to visit the shoot.
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