DISNEY: SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON(1960)
One of Disney's greatest live action movies! This is such
a wonderful movie, good for the whole family, with great
actors(perennial Disney actors Tommy Kirk and Kevin
Corcoran, James McArthur[Hawaii 5-0], the great Sessue
Hayakowa, John Mills and Dorothy McGuire!) and scenery!
Worth many many watches!!! A+
A review from IMDb.com:
I first saw this during it's initial theatrical release when I was
6 years old and of course immediately loved it and have seen
it several times over the years. It's one of those family classics
that even though it's dated it seems to live on forever entertaining
new generations. A great live-action film from the Disney studios.
When many years after I first saw this movie, I first visited Disneyland
in 1984, the first thing I wanted to see was the Swiss Family Treehouse
exhibit. The attraction had lost it's luster and I was the only one visiting
it. They've since turned it into Tarzan's tree house from what I
understand. The movie doesn't lose it's luster and the tree house
is the film's central attraction. It does seem a little unbelievable
that a family who could construct such a fantastic structure why
couldn't they use those same skills to repair their ship wreck or
build a new ship to take them away from the island? This is
beautifully photographed by cinematographer Harry Waxman,
John Howell is the production designer and Jack Stephens is the
set decorator. Ken Annakin who directed several adventure films
is the director. Lowell S. Hawley who was one of the writers on
Disney's Zoro TV series wrote the screenplay in his adaptation
of the Johann David Wyss novel. John Mills and Dorothy McGuire
play the parents and James McArthur, Tommy Kirk and Kevin
Corcoran are their sons in the story of a family shipwrecked on
a remote island with dangerous animals and the threat of
bloodthirsty pirates in the waters. Janet Munro, Sessue Hayakawa
and Cecil Parker round out the cast. I would give this an 8.5 out
of 10. - johno-21