The read
Audiences rate it 19 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
Englishman Robinson Crusoe, stranded alone on an island for years, is overjoyed to find a fellow man, a black islander whom he names Friday. But Crusoe cannot overcome the shackles of his own heritage and upbringing and is incapable of seeing Friday as anything other than a savage who needs Crusoe's brand of cultural and religious enlightenment. Friday attempts to share his own more generous and unashamed culture, but ultimately realizes that Crusoe can never see him as anything but an inferior being. With that awareness, Friday sets out to turn the tables on Crusoe.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes43%
Audiences rate it 19 points higher than critics do.
36 audience votes
Key crew
- Jack GoldDirector
- Carl DavisOriginal Music Composer
- Adrian MitchellScreenplay
Cast
- Peter O'TooleRobinson Crusoe
- Richard RoundtreeFriday
- Peter CellierCarey
- Christopher CabotMcBain
- Joel FluellenDoctor
- Sam SeabrookYoung Girl
- Stanley Bennett ClayYoung Boy
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Themes
deserted island