1990 - SHIPWRECKED, entertaining adolescent boys adventure story

The Disney company has their name on the top of this picture but the reality is this was a Norwegian film made with a Norwegian director and a Norwegian cast.  Disney picked up the North American release and had the film dubbed into English since movie studios believe that audiences are too stupid to read subtitles.

A very entertaining adventure film aimed at the family audience but 13 year old boys were probably the intended audience.  The film was shot in Norway, the Fiji Islands, and England.

The story concerns a young boy who has signed on to a ship as a cabin boy.  He has various adventures which involve, a storm at sea, pirates, and buried treasure.  He ends up getting shipwrecked on a deserted island and finally has a confrontation with the pirates where he fights them off with a bunch of Home Alone type traps he has devised. Along the way he meets a girl who is a stowaway on the ship in need of rescuing.

 

It's all presented in a fast moving film that races from one situation to another.  The viewer doesn't have time to think about some of the plot holes and contrivances in the story.

 The film was written by Nils Gaup, Bob Foss, Greg Dinner and .  Nick Thiel.  The running time is a fast paced 93 minutes.