Crusoe

6/13: Valley kids present 'Robinson Crusoe'

source: AZ Central.com

 AZ The company's production of "Robinson Crusoe" is loosely based on the story by Daniel Defoe and features the shipwrecked Crusoe's adventures on a strange island. Along with two public performances of the play, the troupe is offering a public-enrichment ...

Published Tue, Jun 9

Luxury breaks: A sun-kissed sensation in the Seychelles

source: Daily Mail - UK

 UK Unlike Crusoe, Brendon, 83, wasn't shipwrecked. He gave up a career as a newspaper editor in the Seventies to create his own Shangri-La in the sun. He bought the inhospitable Moyenne Island for £10000 in a moment of sheer eccentricity, then spent the ...

Published Sun, May 24

Just out on DVD

source: Fresno Bee

 CA Crusoe: The Complete Series": Short-lived NBC series about the shipwrecked hero. "Wendy and Lucy": A young woman must deal with a string of disasters in her life. Michelle Williams stars. "Incendiary": London is shaken by a terrorist bombing. ...

Published Thu, May 7

DVD PLAYHOUSE—MAY 2009

source: The Hollywood Interview

 CA Widescreen. Dolby 5.1 surround. CRUSOE: THE COMPLETE SERIES, is a terrific retelling of Daniel Defoe's classic novel about an adventurer (Philip Winchester) who finds himself shipwrecked on a uncharted island. Fine support from the great Sam Neill. ...

Published Wed, May 6

Across the Continent

source: Prague Post

 Czech Republic In an intriguing take on Dafoe's Robinson Crusoe story, a famed actor of the Comédie Francaise is shipwrecked off the coast of West Africa. The cast, at least, is stellar, and the film promises to be highly theatrical. Světozor, April 17 at 5 The ...

Published Thu, Apr 16

Islands: A Trip Through Space and Time

source: Financial Times

 UK - Peter Conrad We may envy the freedom of the shipwrecked Robinson Crusoe, but Conrad reminds us that Alexander Selkirk, the real-life castaway on whom Crusoe was based, suffered his ordeal like a prisoner in solitary confinement, losing his ability to speak and ...

Published Sun, Apr 12

Your guide to today's viewing

source: Dispatch Online

 South Africa Starring Christian Slater 2330 FILM: Robinson Crusoe (1997) (13) A man who is shipwrecked on an island saves a tribesman from being sacrificed to the gods. Starring Pierce Brosnan 2330 FILM: Alien Sex Files: Alien Ecstasy (1999) (18) Adult. ...

Published Thu, Apr 9

Get your goat cheese

source: Bangor Daily

 ME By Emily Burnham If I had to make a “desert island list” of the five foods I’d have to have — were I shipwrecked a la Robinson Crusoe — then goat cheese undoubtedly would be on that list (as would wild Maine shrimp, clementine oranges, ...

Published Wed, Apr 8