Robinson Crusoe (1997 film)
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| Directed by |
Rod Hardy George T. Miller |
| Produced by | Njeri Karango |
| Written by | Christopher Lofton |
| Starring |
Pierce Brosnan William Takaku Polly Walker Ian Hart James Frain Damian Lewis Martin Grace |
| Music by | Jennie Muskett |
| Cinematography | David Connell |
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Sue Blainey Richard Bracken Tod Scott Brady Greg Feathermann Keith Reamer Kevin Stitt David Zieff |
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| Distributed by | Buena Vista Pictures |
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92 min approx. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Robinson Crusoe is a 1997 Australian-American adventure survival drama film directed by Rod Hardy and George T. Miller, and starring Pierce Brosnan in the titular role of Robinson Crusoe, based on Daniel Defoe's classic novel.
The film opens to a fictionalized Daniel Defoe being offered to read a castaway's autobiography. He grudgingly obliges and begins to get engrossed in the narrative.
Robinson Crusoe (Pierce Brosnan) is a Scottish gentleman with experience in the Royal Navy and the British army. He accidentally kills his lifelong friend Patrick (Damian Lewis) in a duel over his childhood love Mary. Patrick's brothers arrive and threaten Crusoe, but his page manages to buy time for an escape. Fleeing back to Mary, Crusoe subsequently ends up leaving for a year so that Mary can attempt to smooth over relations with Patrick's family.
Crusoe joins the merchant marine transporting assorted cargoes between ports in the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic oceans. He chronicles the ship's journeys at the behest of the captain until a typhoon shipwrecks him near the coast of New Guinea.
On his first day ashore on the island he buries other crew members who had washed up on the surrounding beaches. The next day he headed to the ship, which had beached itself on a reef. He salvages tools, supplies and weapons from the ship. Crusoe also frees the captain's corgi Skipper from a supply room. Crusoe begins to acclimate himself to the island while hoping for a passing European ship. One day a ship finally appears, but Crusoe notices it too late to be rescued. Crusoe resolves to acclimate himself to the island and moves inland, building a shelter and growing food.
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