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Swiss Family Robinson (Vault Disney Collection) | 
 enlarge | Director: Ken Annakin
Actors: John Mills, Dorothy McGuire, James MacArthur, Janet Munro, Sessue Hayakawa
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $10.66
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Rating:  105 reviews
Sales Rank: 766
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: G (General Audience)
Region: 1
Discs: 2
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 126 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 02155300
ISBN: 0788826417
UPC: 786936143836
EAN: 9780788826412
ASIN: B00005RRG7
Theatrical Release Date: December 21, 1960
Release Date: May 7, 2002
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON
Amazon.com
The Disney touch is all over this grand, colorful version of the Johann Wyss adventure of a European family set off for the new world of New Guinea. The film opens on a ship jostled and torn by a raging storm while a family struggles to make it through alive. Tossed into a reef near a deserted tropical island, father John Mills takes charge and the family soon turns their island prison into a veritable paradise. Their multilevel tree house, built in record time, is complete with running water and a working pipe organ scavenged from the ship, while their grand yard is abloom in English roses. As a tale of hardship and pioneer pluck, the tale is pure fantasy, but as entertainment it's energetic and appealing. The island is impossibly populated by ostriches, zebras, lions, and elephants, a private zoo that delights the youngest boy and offers plenty of comic relief. The two older brothers discover even wilder life when they rescue the prisoner of oriental pirates (led by hard-bitten Sessue Hayakawa). There's little real danger anywhere in the film--even the climactic battle with the pirates is a cartoonish affair, with coconut bombs and nonlethal booby traps, until the final desperate, deadly moments. Hardly a faithful adaptation of the novel, but a lush, beautifully photographed film and an entertaining adventure safe for all ages. Dorothy McGuire costars as the proper, worry-prone mother. (Ages 5 and older) --Sean Axmaker
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 105
 Disappointed August 10, 2010
John M. Kusiak
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Be sure to read the fine print. I was looking at the price and little did I know there is a different zone on Movie CD's. This one is for Europe.
 Stirs the imagination. July 24, 2010
Ginger Snap (Darke Co., Ohio)
I loved this movie as a child and now my granddaughter ask me to buy it for her so she could watch it again and again. I've always wanted to live in that tree house~
A Family Classic May 31, 2010
LAUNA STOUT- CraftsForKids.BellaOnline (California, USA)
I watched this movie in the 60's and bought it when it was available on VHS. It has such a good family story with adventure and excitement that as a youth I was on the edge of my seat through the pirate scares. It is a timeless classic that I was thrilled to own now as a DVD. I can watch it by myself, or with my grandchildren and I enjoy it every time. Their tree house is so fanciful and elegant, but now as an adult I am sure they dealt with all sorts of creatures they were not used to. This should be in every family movie collection.
2010 KID APPROVED (although it's a Classic) April 14, 2010
Cameron (Central Pennsylvania)
My son (age 20) found Swiss Family Robinson in a store a year ago and added it to his collection. When he was home on spring break, he brought it along to show to his 6 year old nephew who was sleeping over. Now this 6 year old is indoctrinated into all the flashy, realistic-animation that all the studios are putting out for children, but sat mesmermized at this Disney Classic. We decided to order it for his 7th birthday, a few week later. At his birthday, he also received a recent animated release, but it was Swiss Family Robinson that he wanted to show to his Dad. I'm glad I can find the "old familiar" at Amazon, along with the new (yes, I pre-ordered Avatar).
Glad to find it February 5, 2010
C. Blevins (wildomar California)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this movie for my 4yr old, because its always been one of my favorites.
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