Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe

Name: Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe
Director: Rod Hardy
Released: 1996
Duration: 1 h 26 min
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, William Takaku, Polly Walker, Ian Hart, James Frain

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1996
Rod Hardy
86 mins

Review

A star rating of 2 out of 5.

David Parkinson

Pierce Brosnan makes an unconvincing job of playing Daniel Defoe's famous castaway in this dismally dumbed-down screen bowdlerisation. Ian Hart cameos as the novelist to set up the tale of shipwreck and survival, but the events that unfold in this dramatisation from co-directors Rod Hardy and George Miller often bear little resemblance to those in the novel. Much time is spent dwelling on Brosnan's relationships with Lysette Anthony and Polly Walker, while William Takaku's Friday is almost completely a figment of the screenwriters' imaginations.

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Cast

rolenameRobinson CrusoePierce BrosnanPatekWilliam TakakuMaryPolly WalkerDaniel DefoeIan HartRobertJames FrainPatrickDamian LewisJamesBen Robertson

Crew

rolenameDirectorRod HardyDirectorGeorge Miller (1)

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Languages

English

Guidance

Contains some violence and swearing.

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Colour