The Island at the Top of the World (30th Anniversary Edition)
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• DVD-Video
• NTSC
In Theaters : 20 December, 1974
DVD Release : 07 September, 2004 |
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The Island at the Top of the World (30th Anniversary Edition) Customer Reviews
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Nice idea but technically imperfect execution
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The movie boasts a story squarely in the Rider Haggard "lost world" mould with a soupcon of Jules Verne and Edgar Rice Burroughs thrown in for good measure.It is improbable to say the least but as the vehicle for a roistering adventure yarn it will do very nicely
Donald Sinden plays an Edwardian adventurer and explorer ,Sir Anthony Ross whose son has gone missing following an expedition .Ross is convinced that he is somewhere in the Arctic and mounts an expedition to track him down .The basis for his belief is somewhat flimsy -being a map carved on whalebone and a cryptic entry in a ship's log.They do arrive at the Arctic and discover Ross junior along with a lost Viking tribe .The stage is set for an eventful narrative involving volcanoes and romance and ballooning -all good colourful amterial for a family oriented adventure.
The problem is that its effects are second rate even by the standards of its day with some especially wobbly process work ,and today's juvenile audience tends to be quite unforgiving on such matters .If you can overlook this then add another star to my rating
Sinden is fine ,giving the right blustery touch to the early scenes whicch give way to self-knowledge and greater compassion as his character learns more about himself and others .Sinden was a great King Lear in Stratford years ago and -on a massively lesser scale of quality -there is a touch of Lear's journey to self knowledge here but without the tragedy
Its quite good fun but I fear its technical shortcomings will pose an insuperable barrier for some viewers |
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