Man Friday (1975 film)
- Peter O'Toole: Robinson Crusoe
- Richard Roundtree: Friday
- Peter Cellier: Carey
- Christopher Cabot: McBain
- Joel Fluellen: Doctor
- Sam Seabrook: Girls
- Stanley Bennett Clay: Young
Friday and Robinson ( Original Title: Man Friday ) is an American- British adventure film from 1975 directed by Jack Gold, the screenplay was written by Adrian Mitchell on the basis of own play, which is based on the novel Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. .
Action
The film begins with a scene in which Robinson Crusoe sitting on a beach and reads the Bible. Furthermore, we learn that he is a British sailor who was stranded after a shipwreck on an island.
Crusoe meets one day locals who he kills except one. He gives the survivor was named Friday. Crusoe declares him to his servant, behaves dominant and eventually violent. Friday fights back and change behavior of Crusoe.
The men build together a raft, on which they reach the island home Friday. The islanders fear that Crusoe could have a bad influence on the children and show him.
Reviews
Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun - Times on March 12, 1976, the film is an unfortunate attempt to construct a modern fairy tale. He was well-intentioned; a remake of Robinson Crusoe with the same cast could have been interesting. The contrasting acting approaches of Peter O'Toole and Richard Roundtree are interesting, but the main characters are the " grace of the screenplay " delivered.
Rotten Tomatoes wrote that " subversive satirical variation " of the story was a " naughty " criticism of colonialism, racism and class system.
The lexicon of international film wrote that the film was a " clever anti - colonization history as often bitterly ironic settlement with the patriarchal, self-righteous attitude of white Weltbeglücker ".
The magazine TV Movie 6/2008 wrote that the film was " politically correct, but unfortunately, many ". He may show Robinson as " simple-minded exploiters " during Friday as am working.
Awards
Jack Gold was nominated in 1975 for the Golden Palm.
Background
The world premiere took place at the International Film Festival in Cannes in May 1975.