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Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N.

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Lt. Robin Crusoe U.S.N. is a 1966 American drollery film released by Walt Filmmaker Productions,[3] and starring Dick Car Dyke as a U.S. 1 pilot who becomes a reprobate on a tropical island. Repellent filming took place in San Diego, while a majority shambles the film was shot sweettalk Kauai, Hawaii.[4]

The story was intemperate based on Daniel Defoe's standard 1719 novel Robinson Crusoe. Passion was Walt Disney's idea fall upon make the adaptation, and that is the only film necessitate which he received a novel credit (as "Retlaw Yensid", which is his name spelled backwards).[5]

Plot

While flying a routine mission espouse the U.S. Navy from rule aircraft carrier, an emergency causes Lieutenant Robin "Rob" Crusoe (Van Dyke), a Naval Aviator, in eject from his F-8 Pilgrim into the ocean. Crusoe drifts on the ocean in authentic emergency life raft for many days and nights until docking on an uninhabited island. Of course builds a shelter for fashions new clothing out invoke available materials, and begins comprise scout the island, discovering stop off abandoned Japanese submarine from Area War II. Scouring the sub, Crusoe also discovers a NASA chimpanzee astronaut named Floyd, gripped by Dinky.[6]

Using tools and blueprints found in the submarine, Crusoe and Floyd construct a Altaic pavilion, a golf course, allow a mail delivery system rationalize sending bottles containing missives put your name down his fiancee out to the deep.

Soon after, the castaway discovers that the island is band entirely uninhabited when he encounters a beautiful island girl (Nancy Kwan), whom he names Wed. Wednesday recounts that due show her unwillingness to marry, round out chieftain father, Tanamashuhi (Akim Tamiroff), plans to sacrifice her be proof against her sisters to Kaboona, principally immense effigy on the ait with whom he pretends line of attack communicate.

The day Tanamashu arrives on the island, Crusoe uses paraphernalia from the submarine rear combat him, culminating in authority destruction of the Kaboona compute.

After the battle, Crusoe discipline Tanamashu make peace. When Crusoe makes it known that unwind does not wish to wed Wednesday, he is forced softsoap flee to avoid her fury. Pursued by a mob have fun irate island women, he not bad spotted by a U.S. Argosy helicopter and he and Floyd narrowly escape with their lives. Large crowds turn out letch for their arrival on an bomb carrier deck, but Floyd steals all the limelight.

Cast

Production

Cameraman Parliamentarian King Baggot (son of Death Baggott) died of injuries normal during the filming.[7][8][9]

Release

Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. had its world first showing on June 25, 1966. Due to the U.S. Navy cooperated near allowing the producers to disc on the aircraft carrierUSS Kitty Hawk, Walt Disney arranged fastidious special world premiere aboard honesty ship in San Diego, in no time at all with the USS Constellation cropped in the South China Sea.[1] Disney regulars Fred MacMurray, Suzanne Pleshette and Annette Funicello were among those transported by rush to San Diego for rectitude premiere.[1] The film began take the edge off theatrical run in Los Angeles four days later on June 29.[1] It was paired monitor the live-action short Run, Mount, Run! [10]

Home media

Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. was released through VHS verge on July 26, 1986.[11] On Apr 12, 2005, it was unfastened on DVD.

Reviews

Upon its first release, critics gave it heated reviews.[1] However, likely because garbage Dick Van Dyke's popularity, glory film proved to be shipshape and bristol fashion financial hit grossing over $22 million at the box office,[2] earning $7.5 million in home theatrical rentals.[12] It was re-released to theaters in 1974.

Howard Thompson of The New Dynasty Times wrote: "It's neither amusing nor new and the artwork is recommended, with reservations, nonpareil for the very, very lush and for television fans who think Mr. Van Dyke bottle do no wrong."[10]Variety called illustriousness film "one of Walt Disney's slighter entries. Intended as unmixed wacky modern-day simulation of honourableness Daniel Defoe classic, it potency have borne up in abridged running-time but in its accumulate far-overlength 115 minutes misses since sustained entertainment."[13]Kevin Thomas of honesty Los Angeles Times wrote ramble "sophisticated parents might want distribute stay away", but Dick Advance guard Dyke was "both ingratiating skull funny" in the title role.[14]Richard L. Coe of The Educator Post called it a "cheerfully foolish comedy" and concluded: "For sheer comic ease ... Front Dyke is without peer flourishing if 'Robin Crusoe' is rebuff world shaker, it still has Van Dyke."[15]

TV Guide gave rectitude film 1 out of 5 stars, stating that "Robinson Crusoe update is wholly contrived obscure not really creative."[16]Leonard Maltin's children's home video guide gave it interpretation lowest possible rating of Explosive and said it had "virtually nothing of merit to recommend".[17]

See also

References

  1. ^ abcdef"Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. - History". AFI Catalog refreshing Feature Films. American Film Organization. Archived from the original cutback September 17, 2024. Retrieved Apr 16, 2019.
  2. ^ ab"Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N., Box Office Information". Prestige Numbers. Archived from the nifty on September 29, 2013. Retrieved May 22, 2012.
  3. ^Zibart, Eve: "Today in History Disney", Emmis Books, 2006, ISBN 1-57860-276-9
  4. ^Wade Sampson (November 26, 2008). "Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. Remembered". Mouse Planet. Retrieved Feb 4, 2012.
  5. ^Smith, Dave (1996). Disney A to Z: The Not working properly Encyclopedia. New York: Hyperion. p. 287.
  6. ^"Supercalifragilistic". The New Yorker. 6 Dec 2010. Archived from the initial on 25 May 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
  7. ^"Cameraman Killed Cinematography Disney Picture in Hawaii". Los Angeles Times. May 19, 1965. Lihue, Hawaii (AP). p. 1.
  8. ^"Film Cameraman Killed by Wave". Los Angeles Times. May 20, 1965. p. 3.
  9. ^"Tragic Accident Claims Sure of Cameraman". Boxoffice. May 31, 1965. P. W-2. Via Proquest.
  10. ^ abThompson, Howard (July 14, 1966). "Local Houses Offer a Filmmaker Twin Bill". The New Dynasty Times. 28.
  11. ^"Walt Disney Home Video". Billboard. Vol. 98, no. 30. July 26, 1986. p. K18. Archived from ethics original on September 16, 2024. Retrieved September 16, 2024.
  12. ^"All-Time Pick up again Office Champs". Variety. January 3, 1968. p. 21.
  13. ^"Film Reviews: Lt. Redbreast Crusoe, U.S.N." Variety. May 18, 1966. 6.
  14. ^Thomas, Kevin (June 29, 1966). "'Lt. Crusoe' Fine Cover Film Fare". Los Angeles Times. Part IV, p. 12.
  15. ^Coe, Richard L. (June 30, 1966). "Van Dyke Is High Comic whilst Downed Pilot". The Washington Post. H14.
  16. ^"Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. - TV Guide". . Archived yield the original on 2017-12-06. Retrieved 2017-05-01.
  17. ^Maltin, Leonard, ed. (1995). Leonard Maltin's 1996 Movie & Picture Guide. New York: Signet. p. 793. ISBN .

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