Swiss Family Robinson (1960 film)

Swiss Family Robinson
Swiss Family Robinson
	Original theatrical poster
Directed by	Ken Annakin
Written by	Lowell S. Hawley
Based on	The Swiss Family Robinson; by Johann David Wyss
Produced by	Bill Anderson; Basil Keys; Walt Disney;
Starring	John Mills; Dorothy McGuire; James MacArthur; Janet Munro; Sessue Hayakawa; Tommy Kirk; Kevin Corcoran; Cecil Parker; Andy Ho; Milton Reid; Larry Taylor;
Cinematography	Harry Waxman
Edited by	Peter Boita
Music by	William Alwyn
Production; company	Walt Disney Productions
Distributed by	Buena Vista Distribution
Release date	December 21, 1960;
Running time	126 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$4 million
Box office	$40 million

Swiss Family Robinson is a 1960 American adventure film starring John Mills, Dorothy McGuire, James MacArthur, Janet Munro, Tommy Kirk, and Kevin Corcoran in a tale of a shipwrecked family building an island home. It was the second feature film based on the 1812 novel The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss, a previous adaptation having been released by RKO Pictures in 1940. Directed by Ken Annakin and shot in Tobago and Pinewood Studios outside London, it was the first widescreen Walt Disney Pictures film shot with Panavision lenses; when shooting in widescreen, Disney had almost always used a matted wide screen or filmed in CinemaScope.^[2]

Upon its release, Swiss Family Robinson was a major success with both critics and audiences and remains one of Disney's most beloved live-action feature films.

^ BFI: Swiss Family Robinson Retrieved 2013-03-10
^ IMDb: Filming locations for Swiss Family Robinson Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2013-03-10

[BFI-1] BFI: Swiss Family Robinson Retrieved 2013-03-10

[locations-2] IMDb: Filming locations for Swiss Family Robinson Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2013-03-10

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