Product Details

• Actors: Pierre Richard, Jean-Claude Leguay, Nicolas Cazal
• Directors: Thierry Chabert
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Silver Nitrate
• DVD Release Date: November 14, 2006
• Run Time: 193 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000HLDFFE
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #136,371 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Prepare to be swept away with Daniel Defoe’s timeless classic, The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. -Modern rendition of the classic by Daniel Defoe -On the heels of the Pirates of the Caribbean phenomenon

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Robinson Crusoe UPDATED!, March 6, 2007

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Dallas Guy "QuantumRift" (Sierra Vista, AZ USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (DVD)

Timeless classic! The only drawback is the dubbing from French into English. If you can get by that in the first few minutes the rest of the film is great! I found it entertaining and thought provoking, as I often wondered how I would fare if dumped in similar situation. Good for an evening, but a bit long (over three hrs).

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Crusoe as shamed by Friday and uplifted by him, March 3, 2011

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Robert J. Crawford (Balmette Talloires, France) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (DVD)

This a a very good version of an old classic, occurring about 100 years after the original (in 18C not 17C). Crusoe is a civilized man who finds himself alone of the island for many years, falling into a bit of savagery and engaging in a long dialogue with his God. Along comes Friday from a group of competing cannibals, and they begin a conflicted and complicated relationship that is funny and engaging. Friday doesn't buy a lot of Crusoe's ideas, from wearing shirts to the promises of catholicism, but he does appreciate Crusoe and they learn to live together, in mutual respect. This is very well done, with a near anthropological sensibility and truly fine acting, esp. Friday. There are also two subplots in the book, one about why Crusoe was set adrift with a aftermath that is significant and the other about Friday's uneasy reception in a slave-holding colony and their subsequent departure for Europe, where further conflict and prejudice surely await.

Unfortunately, this is a clunkily dubbed copy of a French film, without the option to watch it in the original version. I was able to forget about this because of the quality of the film, but it was so poorly done that I almost stopped watching it in the beginning. Recommended as an excellent extension of the original story, which I now feel inspired to read.

4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good escapism, December 7, 2008

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Paul Jameson (Oceanside, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (DVD)

The main actor is a bit goofy sometimes and the English dubbing is ok I guess, but the men who play the natives look like what people would like natives of the south seas to look like: brown, athletic and handsome. Actually the best acting is done by the guy who plays Friday and he looks the part. Good entertainment and makes one want to escape to the islands - without the cannibals of course. I have lived in and sailed through the islands and it makes me a bit homesick.