Robinson Crusoe: Pierce Brosnan, William Takaku, Polly Walker, Ian Hart, James Frain, Damian Lewis, Ben Robertson, Martin Grace, Sean Brosnan, Lysette Anthony, Tim McMullan, Mal Tobias, George Miller, Rod Hardy, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein, Christopher Canaan, Christopher Lofton, Daniel Defoe, Tracy Keenan Wynn: Amazon.ca: Video

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Pierce Brosnan stars in a new movie version of the classic adventure tale Robinson Crusoe. After killing a friend in a duel, Crusoe flees his native Scotland and takes to the high seas. A storm casts him ashore on an island in the Indian Ocean, where he builds himself a home out of bamboo and goes a little crazy from solitude--until he finds a footprint in the sand that isn't his. The relationship between Crusoe and Friday, a native from a neighboring island, gets a more contemporary (less colonial) interpretation than in the original story; the result is quite enjoyable. Brosnan is particularly good at depicting Crusoe's borderline madness from isolation, and William Takaku gives Friday both dignity and intelligence. The cinematography of the island is gorgeous. --Bret Fetzer

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1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed, Jun 9 2002

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Travis J. Mack (Costa Mesa, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Robinson Crusoe (Widescreen) (DVD)

An overall poor performance that is easily outshadowed by Aidan Quinn's performance in the same role of the same title which was released in 1988. The 1988 release was not only a superior performance for Quinn, but was also better directed with an incredibly emotional and haunting score. It's surprising that not many people know of this earlier release. Sadly, there seems to be no available soundtrack to the 1988 release of Crusoe. If anyone knows of one, please let me know!

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Strong Survival Movie, Jun 8 2003

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Barry Hampe "Author: 'Making Documentary Film... (Lake Ridge, VA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Robinson Crusoe (Widescreen) (DVD)

I don't know how the plot of this film compares with the book - I read it so long ago that I remember only Crusoe, Friday, and the bad guys from the other island, all of whom are here. What I can say is that this is an elegantly filmed, well-acted survival story. It grabs you right at the beginning and holds its intensity right through to the end. Pierce Brosnan is excellent as Robinson Crusoe. (I like him best in films where he has a chance to do more than look pretty such as "Taffin," "The Heist," "The Tailor of Panama," and "Evelyn," along with this one.) And William Takaku makes a believable Friday. In this version, Crusoe goes through hell, but comes home to a happy ending.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Ruined a great story, April 30 2003

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This review is from: Robinson Crusoe (Widescreen) (DVD)

Don't waste your time or money on this one. They took a great story and ruined it with political correctness.

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