Robinson Crusoe (50th Anniversary Edition)

I've read the original story by Daniel Defoe over and over again throughout the years, I never understood why RC kept saying throughout the story how miserable he was, it made no sense, he was living in paradise, it's the modern world that is horrible. I enjoyed the movie quite a bit but it needed to be longer to show more of what RC went through to setup his island utopia. This older movie of RC is definitely the best but to properly portray the life of RC the movie would need to be 4 hours long.

Movie followed the story line very accurately! The acting was definitely in the style of the time it was made, but it followed the book rather than going off into wild side stories as another version I watched did. Enjoyable.

Greetings All, I remember seeing this a long time ago and I wanted to add this to my collection. The movie is a great version of Robinson Crusoe and stays pretty true to the book. Acting is great and the rest of the cast fits right in! Copy is good, sound and clearness good. Cheers! William

Dvd arrived very quickly and in great condition. Full screen, okay print, English subtitles, 89+min., several extras. Hard to find, expensive 65+ year old movie needs a remastered blu-ray release. At a reasonable price. Although I consider this version the best, it's not by much. Dan O'Herlihy does a fine job as Crusoe. Other versions have been good, too. This one is well worth a watch.

The definitive version of the classic story of castaway Robinson Crusoe and reformed cannibal Friday as they work together to return to civilization. Dan O'Herlihy earned his Oscar nomination for Best Actor in Luis Bunuel's adventure classic.

as old as this movie is,{50 years young} its still a very notable story of a man whose restlessness strands him on a deserted island. the storyline has many facets to it. crusoe struggles with the elements and also with his own desperation of escaping his loneliness which is slowly eating away his sanity. it shows mans truimph against all odds.

We appreciated that someone had remastered this old classic. The video (film picture) quality was disappointing, but this is not the fault of the seller or remasterer, as the original probably was not of the highest video quality. The dvd was shipped very promptly.

This old movie is just a classic....the best movie of the book I think.....very close to the book and the acting is wonderful....one for the whole family that the kids will love and understand.

What a journey!

If you don't mind old movies, this one is great. I got it for my two boys. We read the book and then wanted to see a movie. There were many different versions to pick from. This one is the oldest one but it follows the details of the book quite faithfully. We enjoyed the movie.

I think this is the best film of the Robinson Crusoe story by a very long way. It's the most faithful to the original story and the character's inner life. It brilliantly illustrates his formidable character and also the fundamental conflicts between what he believes about the world, his own and other people's nature, his beliefs and received wisdom, and the contrast with what he actually experiences and does and understands. The DVD itself is a bit disappointing. I had previously seen an illicit xvid rip of an older version and this modern "50th Anniversary Edition" DVD is hardly better than a rather ancient and not very well executed amateur encode from another era. At least it's legal I suppose. This film deserves a genuine restoration and high quality transfer to blu-ray and DVD but it's probably never going to happen.

bored the kids,wouldn't watch it