Directors:
Robert Stevenson, Peter EllenshawWriter:
Lowell S. HawleyProducer:
Walt DisneyEditor:
Gordon StoneProduction Designer:
Ernest ArcherProduction Company:
Walt Disney ProductionsThe 8 Jan 1960 DV reported that both the Walt Disney Company and Irwin Allen’s Saratoga Productions registered the title with the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). Although the 1867 novel by Jules Verne was in the public domain for most territories around the world, it retained copyrights in France, Portugal, Belgium, and several Latin-American states. Prompted by the success of its 1954 version of Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (see entry), the Disney company undertook thirty months of negotiations with the late author’s estate to secure worldwide rights. Disney filed a protest against Allen with the MPAA on 28 Oct 1959, but Allen argued that the author was more important than the title, and he could still release his film anywhere the story was not protected. At the time of the article, preproduction had been underway at Disney Studios for six months. Allen ultimately chose to film another Verne novel, Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962, see entry).
Nearly two years later, the 21 Nov 1962 Var ran a brief account of the film’s “royal” premiere in London, England, attended by Princess Margaret, Lord Snowden, and actor Maurice Chevalier. Initial U.S. openings were scheduled for Los Angeles, CA, and Kansas City, MO.
The 27 Dec 1962 and 3 Jan 1963 DV reported earnings of $394,800 for the two weeks following its 19 Dec 1962 opening at twenty-five Los Angeles, CA, theaters. Reviews were generally positive, although the 22 Dec 1962 NYT advised that the picture was best suited for children.
Registered for copyright as ...
The 8 Jan 1960 DV reported that both the Walt Disney Company and Irwin Allen’s Saratoga Productions registered the title with the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). Although the 1867 novel by Jules Verne was in the public domain for most territories around the world, it retained copyrights in France, Portugal, Belgium, and several Latin-American states. Prompted by the success of its 1954 version of Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (see entry), the Disney company undertook thirty months of negotiations with the late author’s estate to secure worldwide rights. Disney filed a protest against Allen with the MPAA on 28 Oct 1959, but Allen argued that the author was more important than the title, and he could still release his film anywhere the story was not protected. At the time of the article, preproduction had been underway at Disney Studios for six months. Allen ultimately chose to film another Verne novel, Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962, see entry).
Nearly two years later, the 21 Nov 1962 Var ran a brief account of the film’s “royal” premiere in London, England, attended by Princess Margaret, Lord Snowden, and actor Maurice Chevalier. Initial U.S. openings were scheduled for Los Angeles, CA, and Kansas City, MO.
The 27 Dec 1962 and 3 Jan 1963 DV reported earnings of $394,800 for the two weeks following its 19 Dec 1962 opening at twenty-five Los Angeles, CA, theaters. Reviews were generally positive, although the 22 Dec 1962 NYT advised that the picture was best suited for children.
Registered for copyright as The Search of the Castaways.
In England in the 19th century, Professor Paganel, a whimsical French scientist, finds a floating bottle containing a note which he believes to have been written by the missing Captain Grant. Paganel and Grant's two teenaged children, Mary and Robert, approach wealthy shipping magnate Lord Glenarvan, the owner of Captain Grant's ship, and persuade him to finance a search expedition. Finally Paganel, Mary, Robert, Glenarvan, and his son John set sail for South America. In the Andes an earthquake sends them down a mountain on a glacier. A giant condor snatches up Robert, but Thalcave, an Indian chief, rescues him and later claims to know the whereabouts of Captain Grant. The group, after surviving a tidal wave and a lightning storm in their continuing search for Grant, discovers that the well-meaning Thalcave was mistaken; and they depart for Australia, where Paganel feels sure they will find Grant. In Melbourne they are met by Thomas Ayerton, who produces evidence that Captain Grant is in New Zealand. Unaware that Ayerton is the third mate who caused a mutiny on Grant's ship, the search party once more sets sail. Ayerton, a gunrunner, causes another mutiny; he sets the group adrift, and they are captured by Maori cannibals. They escape to a volcano and evade their pursuers by starting an avalanche which triggers off an eruption. They then find Captain Grant, overcome Ayerton and his mutineers, and sail for home. Songs : "Merci Beaucoup" (Paganel); "Grimpons!" (Paganel & Robert); "Enjoy It" (Mary, John, Robert & Paganel); "The Castaways Theme" ...
In England in the 19th century, Professor Paganel, a whimsical French scientist, finds a floating bottle containing a note which he believes to have been written by the missing Captain Grant. Paganel and Grant's two teenaged children, Mary and Robert, approach wealthy shipping magnate Lord Glenarvan, the owner of Captain Grant's ship, and persuade him to finance a search expedition. Finally Paganel, Mary, Robert, Glenarvan, and his son John set sail for South America. In the Andes an earthquake sends them down a mountain on a glacier. A giant condor snatches up Robert, but Thalcave, an Indian chief, rescues him and later claims to know the whereabouts of Captain Grant. The group, after surviving a tidal wave and a lightning storm in their continuing search for Grant, discovers that the well-meaning Thalcave was mistaken; and they depart for Australia, where Paganel feels sure they will find Grant. In Melbourne they are met by Thomas Ayerton, who produces evidence that Captain Grant is in New Zealand. Unaware that Ayerton is the third mate who caused a mutiny on Grant's ship, the search party once more sets sail. Ayerton, a gunrunner, causes another mutiny; he sets the group adrift, and they are captured by Maori cannibals. They escape to a volcano and evade their pursuers by starting an avalanche which triggers off an eruption. They then find Captain Grant, overcome Ayerton and his mutineers, and sail for home. Songs : "Merci Beaucoup" (Paganel); "Grimpons!" (Paganel & Robert); "Enjoy It" (Mary, John, Robert & Paganel); "The Castaways Theme" (Mary).
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