Swiss Family Robinson

Swiss Family Robinson is another longtime favorite for my son. He watched it all the time when we had the Disney Channel, and I had to get it on DVD once we got rid of cable. Even now at 17, he still enjoys it. It’s a great adventure story and one of those classic Disney movies that’s just fun to watch again and again. Perfect for anyone who enjoys older Disney films.

We received 2 DVD's in this set, brand new. I remembered watching this movie when I was young, and decided to buy it for our family since it's rated G. Thank you God for Walt Disney who made so many wonderful family movies rated G. I congratulate all of the fine and wonderfully talented, brave, and daring actors in this movie who did most of the stunts themselves, including ACTUALLY riding a REAL ostrich, zebra, baby elephant, and donkey; pretend to wrestle with an enormous snake in a REAL swamp, which ACTUALLY wrapped itself around them; had to be brave enough to go to, and temporarily live, on an island experiencing an epidemic; experience a typhoon; and pretend not to be terrified of a REAL tiger ! Disk 2 was so fun and I highly recommend it for even the youngest kids because they show the entire Tree House that was built in a REAL tree--FANTASTIC--and everything WORKED !! The Tree House is the REAL DEAL ! Disk 2 featured a fun and enjoyable ethnic island musical documentary about the work done by the islanders, actors, and staff on-site; entertaining actor interviews; video clips; Walt Disney enjoying himself in the Tree House like a kid again; and video clips of John Mills family including daughter Hayley (whom we know well from "The Parent Trap" and her other Disney movies), etc. Many animals were brought to a REAL island and there were many duplicate animals for acting purposes so as not to be overworked. After watching both DVD's, it appeared to me that the actors were the ones who got a few scrapes and bruises and near-misses, but fortunately, no person or animal was seriously hurt. Considering all the garbage movies on the market today, I count myself fortunate to have grown up in an (older) era of wonderfully appropriate movies for children that I still remember with fondness today as an adult. My family enjoyed this movie. It would be fun just to experiment and try to build a tree-house like that--with fully functioning utilities--SO COOL !! You can't hardly ignore the sparks of creativity that entice you to want to build one yourself.

I've always enjoyed this movie. As a kid, I loved the tree house MOST but also the scenery and the adventures they all had. As an adult I can well appreciate the idea of living in solitude with family on a tropical island, making do with what you have and the very real appreciation of needing to plan to fend off both unwelcome human or animal invaders. For those whining about stereotypes and animals, the Chinese pirates in this part of the world are well documented and I commend (old) Disney for getting the look of the ships so correct for this film. Looking at paintings and very early photos of these pirates, they did it very well. With regards the animals, a small child would be easy prey for some larger predators, like a tiger, or even Fritz's size with a huge boa squeezing the life out of you. I don't blame Francis for wanting a baby elephant (what kid stranded on an island wouldn't want one??) and I was glad to see them save the zebra. These are all things you take in stride as a kid, he was harming any of them after all, but people really want to project their baggage onto everything I guess. Overall a great family adventure movie and one I wish there were more of. Tales from this time when the world was still being discovered are always fascinating.

Another great Disney movie which provided me with fond memories of my childhood. I first watched this movie during its initial release. Sad to think that all of the main actors in the movie have passed away but what a privilege to have a history of their dedication to their art and craft. When I first watched this movie as a child, I immediately told my parents that I wanted to go to Hollywood and be a movie star just like Kevin Corcoran was in Swiss family Robinson! My dad told me to go ahead and have fun. But he wouldn’t drive me to the Hollywood studio so I just stayed home and became a regular kid! Ha!

The most annoying thing is the child actor yelling his head off about the animals or whatever strikes his fancy. The other thing that's somewhat annoying is that there aren't any extras on the bluray. It's essentially just the movie with some chapters setup for those who want to skip to certain scenes. To me this is essentially a G-rated Errol Flynn without the Australian actor and shot in 65mm color. It's fairly staged and has that … unconvincing Disney gloss to both the acting and production values, notably the script, but like a lot of Disney fare it has a watchable quality to it, though I should probably give it three stars were it not for the high production values. The film has been edited some from what I recall from when I saw it in the theatre all those years ago. But, what are you going to do, write a letter to Disney and complain? Or, I could be not remembering the film correctly, but there were things that my cousin pointed out that simply aren't in the film anymore. Oh well. On the upside the film looks absolutely crystal clear and detailed like never before, or not since it's initial release. And there's no real psychiatric nor even psychological undercurrent here. It has a lot of coming of age stuff, and a family struggling to survive in the south seas, and faced with the peril of not just native fauna, but Asiatic pirates who are in fact multiethnic in spite of sailing a Chinese Junk. If you have some family or are baby sitting for the evening, then give this film a shot.

La calidad del producto es excelente y aparte recomiendo ampliamente la película, un clásico de Disney que no se debe olvidar.

ふとしたことから60年位まえの記憶が蘇り、いろいろ検索して見つけ出しました。 記憶してたｽﾄｰﾘｰとほぼ同じだと思います。楽しく鑑賞しました。

Pelicula entretenida y divertida. Es lo que queria.

Quick delivery, great film

Got it for my two grandkids aged 6 and 11. Fast delivery. Came in 2 discs, the second one was interviews and background info on the movie.