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The Island

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The Island (1980)
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A journalist takes his son with him to investigate pirate activity off the coast of Florida. But he gets stranded on a mysterious island--where he might not be alone.A journalist takes his son with him to investigate pirate activity off the coast of Florida. But he gets stranded on a mysterious island--where he might not be alone.A journalist takes his son with him to investigate pirate activity off the coast of Florida. But he gets stranded on a mysterious island--where he might not be alone.
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    • Michael Ritchie
    • Peter Benchley(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Michael Caine
    • David Warner
    • Angela Punch McGregor
    • Michael Ritchie
    • Peter Benchley(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Michael Caine
    • David Warner
    • Angela Punch McGregor
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    • 88User reviews
    • 47Critic reviews
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    David Warner, Don Henderson, Colin Jeavons, and Dudley Sutton in The Island (1980)
    David Warner and Jeffrey Frank in The Island (1980)
    Michael Caine and Angela Punch McGregor in The Island (1980)
    Michael Caine and Jeffrey Frank in The Island (1980)
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    Michael Caine and Jeffrey Frank in The Island (1980)
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    Michael Caine
    Michael Caine
    • Blair Maynard
    David Warner
    David Warner
    • John David Nau
    Angela Punch McGregor
    • Beth
    Frank Middlemass
    Frank Middlemass
    • Windsor
    Don Henderson
    Don Henderson
    • Rollo
    Dudley Sutton
    Dudley Sutton
    • Dr. Brazil
    Colin Jeavons
    Colin Jeavons
    • Hizzoner
    Zakes Mokae
    Zakes Mokae
    • Wescott
    Brad Sullivan
    Brad Sullivan
    • Stark
    Jeffrey Frank
    • Justin Maynard
    John O'Leary
    • Doctor #1
    Bruce McLaughlin
    • Doctor #2
    James J. Casino
    • Doctor #3
    • (as Jimmy Casino)
    Suzanne Astor
    • Mrs. Burgess
    Susan Bredhoff
    • Kate
    Reg Evans
    Reg Evans
    • Jack the Bat
    Steve Gladstone
    • Pirate
    David Hart
    David Hart
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      • Michael Ritchie
      • Peter Benchley(screenplay) (novel)
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    • Trivia
      In this movie's story, the pirates are descendants of the French Buccaneers of Hispaniola. The secret enclave of them has been in existence since it was established by Jean-David Nau a.k.a. François l'Olonnais (c. 1635 - c. 1668) during the seventeenth century. L'Olonnais was a real-life pirate who was active in the Caribbean Sea during the 1660s. The pirate leader played by David Warner is called John David Nau, named after their legendary ancestor.
    • Goofs
      Just as Michael Caine exits the plane right before it explodes, he yells "Run, Jeffrey, run" to his son. But his son's name (the character) is Justin, not Jeffrey. Jeffrey is the first name of the actor who plays the son.
    • Quotes

      Windsor: Are you wise enough to feel privileged by what you see here? You and I are the only living men to see what you lies before you now.

      Blair Maynard: A bunch of arseholes playing Long John Fucking Silver?

    • Connections
      Featured in Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck (2013)
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      Ein Heldenleben
      by Richard Strauss

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    6/10
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    This film is a true oddity. In some ways it could have been a good children's film, with oddball pirates and exotic locations, but unfortunately is full of nudity and violence, particularly at its gory climax. Some truly bizarre scenes, such as the pirate who sets light to his hat during raids, a mating ritual involving some kind of mud and an otherwise naked man who carries a leather pouch in front of his genitals when he turns up on a hunt party. Intermingled among this weirdness is some intended comedy, sometimes inappropriate, such as when one pirate sniffs another's feet during a burial at sea. No doubt it is things like this which has earned the film a cult status.

    But viewed as an adult film, it makes little sense. This starts early in the film when a gun shop is quite happy to sell a weapon to a 12 year old boy (are US gun laws really this slack?). Next Michael Caine decides to take his son with him on what is a potentially dangerous trip (his son wants Disneyland). Next a wacko pilot (and his pet pig) take Caine and son to Navidad where they are flagged down when trying to land (no explanation for this is given) and the plane crashes. The pilot is remarkably chipper about this. And this is merely the first 20 minutes before we meet the pirates and their peculiar ways.

    This bizarreness does make the film strangely watcheable.
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    • Release date
      • June 13, 1980 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda
    • Production companies
      • Universal Pictures
      • Zanuck/Brown Productions
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    • 1 hour 49 minutes
      • Dolby

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