Swiss Family Robinson [2 Discs]

Director: Ken Annakin Ken Annakin

Overview

"This two-disc set from Disney will please fans of the family-adventure Swiss Family Robinson. The DVD offers a standard full-frame transfer. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Stereo. There are neither subtitles nor closed captions on this release. Supplemental materials include: a commentary track recorded by actors Ken Annakin, Kevin Corcoran, Tommy Kirk, and James MacArthur; an animated short; an interview with James MacArthur; and a handful of vintage Disney materials. This is an excellent disc for fans of classic live-action Disney films."

Product Details

Release Date:	05/07/2002
UPC:	0786936143836
Original Release:	1960
Rating:	G
Source:	Walt Disney Video
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, THX-Supervised Mastering]
Language:	English
Time:	2:06:00
Sales rank:	3,169

Special Features

Audio commentary with Ken Annakin, Tommy Kirk, James MacArthur, and Kevin Corcoran; Original theatrical animated short, "Sea Salts"; "Adventure in the Making"; Conversations with James MacArthur; "Pirates!"; "Swiss Family Treehouse"; Production archives; 1960 Disney studio album; Spanish-language track; Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound; THX-certified, THX Optimizer; Widescreen (2.35:1) original aspect ratio enhanced for 16x9 televisions

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

John Mills	Father
Dorothy McGuire	Mother
James MacArthur	Fritz
Janet Munro	Roberta
Tommy Kirk	Ernst
Kevin Corcoran	Francis
Sessue Hayakawa	Pirate Chief
Cecil Parker	Capt. Moreland
Andy Ho	Auban
Milton Reid	Big Pirate
Larry Taylor	Battoo
William Alwyn	Composer
Muir Mathieson	Composer

Technical Credits

Lowell Hawley

Ken Annakin	Director
William H. Anderson	Producer
Danny Lee	Special Effects
Walter Stones	Special Effects
Bill Anderson	Producer
Lowell Hawley	Screenwriter
Eustace Lycett	Special Effects

Editorial Reviews

One of the most popular family adventure stories of all time is this novel by Johann Wyss about a shipwrecked nineteenth-century family's survival on a desert island. Filmed on a low budget for RKO in 1940, it was redone by Walt Disney 20 years later in typically pleasing Disney style. Combining charm, suspense, and ingenuity, The Swiss Family Robinson became a popular and enduring film. It was produced in Great Britain and starred the fatherly British actor John Mills as the Robinson patriarch. Tommy Kirk and Kevin Corcoran were among the young actors who used the film as a springboard to careers in film and television.