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Castaway (1986)
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Oliver Reed and Amanda Donohoe star here in Nicolas Roeg's interpretation of the real-life experiences of Lucy Irvine, who replied to a newspaper advert from Gerald Kingsland for a woman to join him for a year on a desert island. It's essentially an excuse for Reed and Donohoe to get their kit off, but both cope well with their roles as the castaway and the sex-mad middle-aged man who is her companion. However, in the end you can't help feeling that this is just a lot of nudity (though Reed's is luckily often hidden by well-positioned foliage) used to spice up a tale of two selfish people who probably deserved each other. JB
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Running time
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112mins
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Country of origin
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UK
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Genre
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Drama Based on a true story
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Original language
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English
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Screenplay
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Allan Scott, from the books Castaway by Lucy Irvine and The Islander by Gerald Kingsland
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Theatrical distributor
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Columbia-Cannon-Warner
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UK cinema certificate
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15
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