Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
Since we've finished up the Disney and Pixar animated films, let's return to some live-action films that have a presence in the parks, beginning with Swiss Family Robinson. The Movie: Swiss Family Robinson is an adventure film directed by Ken Annakin. It was filmed on the island of Tobago in the Caribbean and is the first Disney movie shot in Panavision. The stars of the movie include Oscar-winner John Mills, Oscar-nominee Dorothy McGuire, a pre-Hawaii Five-0 James MacArthur, and Disney regulars Janet Munro, Tommy Kirk, and Kevin Corcoran. Swiss Family Robinson received positive reviews and was the highest grossing movie of 1960, beating out other popular films such as Psycho, Spartacus, and Exodus. Swiss Family Robinson is based on the novel by Johann David Wyss. The movie, set in the early 19th century, begins with the Robinsons (William, Elizabeth, and their three sons Fritz, Ernst, and Francis) on a ship headed to New Guinea that is chased into a sto...