Shipwrecked (1990)

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92 min - Adventure | Family - 1 March 1991 (USA)

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A young Norwegian boy in 1850's England goes to work as a cabin boy and discovers some of his shipmates are actually pirates.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Stian Smestad	...	Haakon Haakonsen
	Gabriel Byrne	...	Lt. John Merrick
	Louisa Milwood-Haigh	...	Mary (as Louisa Haigh)
	Trond Peter Stamsø Munch	...	Jens
	Bjørn Sundquist	...	Mr. Håkonsen
	Eva von Hanno	...	Mrs. Håkonsen
	Kjell Stormoen	...	The Captain
	Karl Sundby	...	Bosun
	Knut Walle	...	Berg
	Harald Brenna	...	Steine
	John Sigurd Kristensen	...	Bakken
	Geo von Krogh	...	Old Salt
	Frank Krog	...	Wernes
	Joachim Rafaelsen	...	Ole
	Guy Fithen	...	Thatcher

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Storyline

Haakon Haakonsen didn't want to go to sea so young, but when his father, a Norwegian sailor, comes home with a badly wounded foot in the 1850s, the Haakonsen family finances require him to enlist as ship boy aboard a British ship under Royal Navy authority. After some hazing he buckles up to learn the hard work and gets accepted by the rough crew. Then Royal Navy lieutenant John Merrick is welcomed to take charge of security on a long voyage to Sidney and Calcutta, through pirates-infested waters, but Haakon distrusts him after finding out that he packed concealed weapons; indeed Merrick secretly poisons the captain. Haakon and his guardian angel, his father's best mate Jens, were about to feel the claw of the cat for helping a stowaway when a rock wrecks the ship. Haakon washes up an island where he finds a pirates treasure and weapons. Written by KGF Vissers

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A quest for survival that became the adventure of a lifetime.

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Adventure | Family

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Country:

Norway | Sweden | USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 March 1991 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Piratgrottans hemlighet See more »

Filming Locations:

Fiji See more »

Box Office

Budget:

NOK 60,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

SEK 244,787 (Sweden)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Filmkameratene A/S, Svensk Filmindustri (SF), Walt Disney Pictures See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

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Trivia

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. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: 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. See more »

Quotes

Merrick: I want whoever did this dead. I want my treasure! I want every rock, every hole, every tree on this island searched.
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Connections

Featured in "Siskel & Ebert: The Hard Way/Closet Land/New Jack City/Shipwrecked/Ju Dou" (1991) See more »

Shipwrecked (1990)
Haakon Haakonsen (original title)

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