Friday and Robinson
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Friday and Robinson |
| Original title | Man Friday |
| Country of production | USA , UK |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1975 |
| length | 115 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Jack Gold |
| script | Adrian Mitchell |
| production | Gerald Green |
| music | Carl Davis |
| camera | Álex Phillips junior |
| cut | Anne V. Coates |
| occupation | |
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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 based on his own play, which is based on the novel Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe .
action
The film begins with a scene in which Robinson Crusoe is sitting on a beach reading the Bible . We also learn that he is a British sailor who was stranded on an island after a shipwreck.
One day Crusoe meets locals whom he kills except for one. He names the survivor Friday . Crusoe declares him to be his servant, behaves dominantly and eventually becomes violent. Crusoe's mindset is dominated by nationalism, fear of God, and a sense of the superiority of the white race. Friday learns the English language quickly and starts arguing with Crusoe. He questions the values of Crusoe. Crusoe tries to transfer his ideas of property and fear of God to Friday, which fails. When Friday refuses to continue being treated as a slave, Crusoe realizes that he does not want to live alone and recognizes Friday as a human being - but as one who has fewer rights than him. When an English ship arrives, both are overjoyed, but it turns out to be a ship owned by slave traders who want to buy Friday. Robinson and Friday kill traders and the ship drives away. When Friday and Robinson discuss sexual morality in Friday's tribe, Robinson has a fit of anger and performs a mock execution on Friday. Then the relationship is broken and the two just coexist. Friday begins to work again in a slave-like relationship. One day, Freitag forces Robinson to build a raft that will take them to their home island on Friday. Friday tells the others about Robinson's bad influence he could have on the children, and they expel him. Robinson returns to his island where he commits suicide.
Reviews
Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times of March 12, 1976 that the film was an unfortunate attempt to construct a modern fairy tale. He was well meant; 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 leading actors are at the mercy of the script .
Rotten Tomatoes wrote that the "subversively satirical variation" of the story was a "cheeky" criticism of colonialism, racism and the class system.
The lexicon of international films wrote that the film was "a clever anti-colonization story as an often bitter and ironic reckoning with the patriarchal, self-righteous attitude of white people who enjoy the world" .
The magazine TV Spielfilm 6/2008 wrote that the film was "politically correct, but unfortunately too long" . He shows Robinson as a "simple-minded exploiter" while Friday works wisely.
Awards
Jack Gold was nominated for the Palme d'Or in 1975 .
backgrounds
The world premiere took place in May 1975 at the Cannes International Film Festival .
Web links
- Friday and Robinson in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Friday and Robinson at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Film review by Roger Ebert, accessed March 20, 2008
- ↑ uk.rottentomatoes.com/synopsis, accessed on March 20, 2008 ( memento of the original from April 3, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Friday and Robinson in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed March 20, 2008
- ↑ TV Spielfilm 6/2008, page 107
- ↑ Man Friday premiere dates, accessed March 20, 2008
