The Island (1980 film)
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| Directed by | Michael Ritchie |
| Produced by |
David Brown Richard D. Zanuck |
| Written by | Peter Benchley |
| Starring |
Michael Caine David Warner Angela Punch McGregor Frank Middlemass Don Henderson Dudley Sutton Colin Jeavons |
| Music by | Ennio Morricone |
| Cinematography | Henri Decaë |
| Edited by | Richard A. Harris |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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114 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $22,000,000 |
| Box office | $15,716,828 (USA) |
The Island is a 1980 American action-adventure horror film, directed by Michael Ritchie and starring Michael Caine and David Warner. The film was based on a novel of the same name by Peter Benchley who also wrote the screenplay. It is about a savage group of pirates, made up of outcasts, thieves, and murderers, who are hidden from the outside world by an uncharted Caribbean island, and who've raided boats to sustain themselves, since the 18th century.
Blair Maynard (Michael Caine) is a British-born American journalist who was once in the Navy, decides to investigate the mystery of why so many boats disappear in the Bermuda Triangle of the Caribbean. He takes his estranged son Justin (Jeffrey Frank) with him to the area on the "vacation" and, while fishing, both are attacked by an unkempt man and forcibly brought to an uncharted island. On the island, Blair discovers the terrible truth: the inhabitants on the island are actually a centuries-old colony of savage French pirates.
The group has been living on the island for centuries, unseen by society, who sustain themselves by raiding pleasure boats. The pirates kill whomever comes to the island, however, Blair and his son are both kept alive due to a false assumption regarding their lineage and a need to offset the negative effects of inbreeding. Blair is used to impregnate a female (Angela Punch McGregor) and act as a scribe for the largely illiterate group, while Justin is brainwashed to become a surrogate heir to Nau, the pirate leader (David Warner). Blair struggles to escape from the island, but all attempts fail.
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