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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Quotes from Swiss Family Robinson
Mother Robinson: *A* girl. But we have three sons.
Father Robinson: Don't you sometimes feel that this is the kind of life we were meant to live on this earth? Everything we need, everything, right here, right at our fingertips. You know, if only people could have all this and be satisfied, I don't think there'd be any real problems in the world.
[trying to think of a way to get off the ship-wrecked boat]
Ernst Robinson: Why don't we put up a distress flag?
Father Robinson: Don't you think we look distressed enough? Ernst, anyone who sees a ship stuck on the rocks might possibly guess it's in trouble.
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Facts about Swiss Family Robinson
Tommy Kirk considered quitting at one point as he was so desperately homesick.
At the box office, the film took roughly $40,000,000 (around $367,000,000 in today's money), making it one of the most successful family films ever made.
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