The Castaways on Gilligan's Island
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Written by |
Sherwood Schwartz Al Schwartz Elroy Schwartz |
| Directed by | Earl Bellamy |
| Starring |
Bob Denver Alan Hale, Jr. Dawn Wells Jim Backus Natalie Schafer Russell Johnson Judith Baldwin |
| Music by | Gerald Fried |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Sherwood Schwartz |
| Producer(s) | Lloyd J. Schwartz |
| Cinematography |
Joe Jackman Keith Smith |
| Editor(s) | Albert J. Zuniga |
| Running time | 70 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Redwood Productions Sherwood Schwartz Productions Universal Television |
| Distributor | NBC |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | May 3, 1979 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Rescue from Gilligan's Island |
| Followed by | The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island |
The Castaways on Gilligan's Island is a 1979 made-for-television comedy film that continues the adventures of the shipwrecked castaways from the 1964–67 sitcom Gilligan's Island and the first reunion movie, Rescue from Gilligan's Island, featuring the original cast from the television series with the exception of Tina Louise, who was replaced in the role of Ginger Grant by Judith Baldwin. Written by Al Schwartz, Elroy Schwartz and series creator Sherwood Schwartz and directed by Earl Bellamy, it was first broadcast on NBC May 3, 1979. Unlike the independently-produced Rescue from Gilligan's Island, this and the subsequent The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island were produced by Universal Television.
The movie picks up directly after the end of Rescue from Gilligan's Island. The castaways are once again stranded on the same island that they had been on for so many years. The storm has contaminated all of the underground springs, and they are desperately searching for fresh water. Gilligan stumbles upon a couple of planes that are hidden in the jungle that they failed to notice throughout their 15 years on the island. It is revealed that the island was a base of operations for the Army Air Corps during World War II, and the hangar was abandoned and heavily overgrown with jungle brush, and as such hidden from plain sight. The tidal wave destroyed the foliage and exposed the hangar. The Professor believes that he can combine the two planes into one and fly them all back to civilization. He succeeds in cobbling together an airworthy plane and, dubbing it Minnow III, they head back.
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