Shipwrecked (film)
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| Shipwrecked | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Nils Gaup |
| Starring | Stain Smestad Gabriel Byrne Louisa Millwood-Haigh Trond Peter Stamsø Munch |
| Distributed by | Walt Disney Studios |
| Release date(s) | 1992 |
| Running time | 92 min |
| Language | English |
Shipwrecked is a 1990 adventure film directed by Nils Gaup, and staring Stain Smestad, Gabriel Byrne, Louisa Millwood-Haigh, and Trond Peter Stamsø Munch.
A dramatization by Norwegian author O. V. Falck-Ytter's Haakon Haakonsen. En norsk Robinson ("Haakon Haakonsen. A Norwegian Robinson"), an action-adventure story aimed at youths, it was inspired by Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe and published in 1873.
[edit] Plot Details
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
A young Norwegian boy in 1850's England goes to work as a cabin boy and discovers some of his shipmates are actually pirates.
[edit] Trivia
- Among the debris washed ashore after the shipwreck is an anchor, which could not possibly have floated ashore.
- Haakon's footwear repairs itself as he spends time on the island. When he's washed ashore, he's barefoot, or nearly so, and when he falls into the pit he has just part of a shoe on his right foot. Then, as he builds the boobytraps, he has parts of shoes on both feet. He sees the flare from the other island, builds a boat and launches it barefoot - then wades out of the water on the other island wearing two completely intact shoes.
