Disney's Swiss Family Robinson [DVD]

Watched this many many years ago, thought it would be good to watch again and wasn't disappointed. Perhaps not for todays children but maybe ????

This is a film I have not seen since I was a kid. And we kept a copy recorded on VHS from TV. It does not seem to come on television these days, which is a shame - as it's up there with Treasure Island on Robinson Crusoe. Where some of its inspiration may have come from. It's a film that has something for everybody, as it does has some mild adult themes by the way of romance, in the coming of age sort of thing. But it also deals with the bonding of family, and of the challenges that needed to be overcome. That will havean inspiring affect to even audiences today, and so it's not one of those films that should be left buried in the past. However, having received my copy today, I will treasure it, and see to it it remains in circulation long after I'm gone.

Good family viewing

We loved it all.I must have read the book fifty years ago! I must read it again!

Saw this film many years ago. Hopefully my children and grandchildren enjoy the film as much as I did.

Just what I wanted

a very good family movie

On spite of its remoteness to the original book it is a good film. I liked it and will probably watch it again.

Got it for my two grandkids aged 6 and 11. Fast delivery. Came in 2 discs, the second one was interviews and background info on the movie.

La calidad del producto es excelente y aparte recomiendo ampliamente la película, un clásico de Disney que no se debe olvidar.

Pelicula entretenida y divertida. Es lo que queria.

ふとしたことから60年位まえの記憶が蘇り、いろいろ検索して見つけ出しました。記憶してたｽﾄｰﾘｰとほぼ同じだと思います。楽しく鑑賞しました。

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)Product DescriptionThe film was based on the book by Johann Wyss, written to preserve the tales he and his sons made up while imagining themselves in Robinson Crusoe's predicament. Not originally intended for publication, the narrative was later edited and illustrated by Wyss' descendants.