Robinson Crusoe on Mars

Defoe, Daniel, 1661-1661?-1731. Robinson Crusoe. Film adaptations. (Added Author). Haskin, Byron, 1899-1984 (Added Author). Mantee, Paul, 1931- (Added Author). Lundin, Victor. (Added Author). West, Adam, 1928- (Added Author). Criterion Collection (Firm) (Added Author). Paul Mantee, Victor Lundin, Adam West, and The Woolly Monkey. (Cast).

Summary: "Special-effects wunderkind and genre master Byron Haskin (The War Of The Worlds, The Outer Limits) won a place in the hearts of fantasy-film lovers everywhere with this gorgeously designed journey into the unknown. When his spaceship crash-lands on the barren wastelands of Mars, U.S. astronaut Commander 'Kit' Draper (Paul Mantee) must fight for survival, with a pet monkey seemingly his only companion. But is he alone? Shot in vast Techniscope and blazing Technicolor, Robinson Crusoe On Mars is an imaginative and beloved techni-marvel of classic science fiction."--Container.

Record details

ISBN: 9781934121825
ISBN: 1934121827
Physical Description: videorecording (DVD)
videorecording (DVD)
videodisc
1 videodisc (110 min.) : Dolby digital mono. sd., col. ; 12 cm. + 1 booklet (12 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
Publisher: [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, c2007.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Based on a story by Daniel Defoe. Originally released as a motion picture in 1964. Special features: 1994 audio commentary featuring screenwriter Ib Melchior, actors Paul Mantee and Victor Lundin, production designer Al Nozaki, Oscar-winning special effects designer and "Robinson Crusoe on Mars" historian Robert Skotak, and excerpts from a 1979 audio interview with director Byron Haskin ; excerpts from Melchior's original screenplay. Survival kit: "Destination: Mars": a new video featurette by Michael Lennick detailing the science and dreams behind Robinson Crusoe on Mars ; new music video for Lundin's song "Robinson Crusoe on Mars" ; stills gallery of behind-the-scenes photos, production designs, and promotional material ; theatrical trailer ; plus, a booklet featuring a new essay by filmmaker and space historian Michael Lennick, Melchior's "Brief Yargorian dictionary" of original alien dialect, and a list of facts about Mars from his original screenplay. 2.35:1 aspect ratio. At head of title: Byron Haskin's.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	A Paramount release; directed by Byron Haskin ; screenplay by Ib Melchior and John Higgins ; produced by Aubrey Schenck ; executive producer, Edwin F. Zabel ; a Schenck-Zabel production ; Paramount Pictures Corporation and Devonshire Pictures, Inc.
Participant or Performer Note:	Paul Mantee, Victor Lundin, Adam West, and The Woolly Monkey.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Home use only.
Language Note:	In English with optional English subtitles for the hearing-impaired.