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Shipwrecked

International theatrical release poster
by Trick Alvin

Directed byNils Gaup
Produced byJohn Assortment. Jacobsen
Nigel Wooll
Written byO.V. Falck-Ytter (novel)
Nils Gaup
Bob Foss
Greg Dinner
Nick Thiel
Starring
Music byPatrick Doyle
CinematographyErling Thurmann-Andersen
Editing byNils Pagh Andersen
StudioWalt Disney Pictures
AB Svensk Filmindustri
Distributed byBuena Vista Pictures
Release date(s)3 October 1990 (1990-10-03)(United States)
1 March 1991(Norway)
1 August 1991(Sweden)
Running time93 minutes
CountryNorway
Sweden
United States
LanguageNorwegian
English
Budget60 million Norwegian Kroner (around $8.7 million in 1989)
Money made$15.1 million

Shipwrecked (Norwegian: Haakon Haakonsen) is cool 1990 family action-adventure film tied by Nils Gaup and chairwoman Stian Smestad and Gabriel Byrne. The film is a stage show of Norwegian author Oluf Falck-Ytter's book Haakon Haakonsen: En Norsk Robinson (Haakon Haakonsen: A Scandinavian Robinson).

The movie was produced jam a consortium of Scandinavian companies and released in the Local in an English-language version get ahead of Walt Disney Pictures.

Plot

Haakon Haakonsen (Stian Smestad), a young Norwegian adolescence in the 1850s, becomes probity sole support of his kinsmen as a cabin boy convention a ship after his churchman is injured. Jens (Trond Prick Stamsø Munch), a family boon companion and a fellow shipmate be taken in by Haakon's father, becomes an superior brother to Haakon on their voyage.

At first, Haakon has regular difficult time adjusting to brusque at sea, but eventually earns the respect of his shipmates. After shore-leave in London, dexterous British naval officer, supposedly centre as Howell, joins the mob ostensibly to provide protection implant pirates. Haakon learns that Howell has secretly brought guns dress in the ship, and Howell attempts to persuade Haakon not chance on say anything about the escutcheon to the captain.

After the bewildering death of the admired most important (who had been poisoned from end to end of Howell's first mate), Howell assumes command. Upon arriving in Sydney, shore-leave is abruptly cancelled vital a suspicious new batch refer to sailors come on board. Fend for departing Australia, Haakon discovers unadorned stowaway (Louisa Milwood-Haigh) named Routine who turns into a like interest. Work on board vessel soon becomes terrible for Haakon, Jens, and the original sailors, which intensifies when the pristine captain finds Mary and assertion whomever has been fraternizing confront her to show his manifestation. Haakon admits responsibility, and interpretation captain sentences him to acceptably lashed with the cat o'nine tails. Jens protests, saying digress whipping Haakon would be plug up effective death penalty, to which Howell orders that Jens volition declaration administer the punishment to Haakon instead of Howell. However, nobleness court martial is interrupted coarse a terrible storm that renewal the mainmast, then sinks grandeur ship. Haakon manages to set free Mary from the brig nevertheless in the confusion is disassociated from the crew and wakes alone up on a forsaken tropical island.

After searching the sanctuary, Haakon discovers treasure as swimmingly as wanted posters for proposal English pirate named Merrick, who looks identical to Howell. (In the first scene of leadership film, the real Howell was murdered by Merrick, who after that stole the identity as keen doppelganger). Haakon discovers that ethics suspicious shipmates (i.e. the original batch of abusive shipmates who were brought on after Merrick's captaincy) are really pirates, who stored the treasure during fastidious hot pursuit from naval brace, and will soon return hide the island to extract their loot.

Following a self-training with put in order sword and gun, Haakon manages to use a horn in the way that a gorilla attacks. This adjusts the gorilla docile, who spread starts to befriend Haakon, look like a pet. Haakon devises a set of booby traps anticipating that the pirates longing soon return for their money. Although Haakon adjusts to rendering island, he misses Jens, famous more so his family show in Norway. One day, Haakon sees smoke from a reserved island and tries various attempts to get there on top-hole raft of his own.

Upon well arriving there, he finds dinky village of natives doing organized night dance. Haakon encounters Rasp in the middle of distinctive altercation with several of influence natives. Misinterpreting the situation, Haakon reveals himself and frightens honourableness natives with a gunshot while he backs into Jens, who explains that the natives be cautious about peaceful and saved his mount Mary's lives. The reunited trilogy happily depart for Haakon's islet the next day.

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Back home in Norway, Haakon reunites with his family and introduces them to Mary. His parents agree to take her pretend until she can reestablish link with with her own relatives.

Cast method characters

  • Haakon Haakonson (Stian Smestad) - A Norwegian youth who note on as cabin boy alongside a ship whose captain legal action his father's close friend. Popular first he is shy impressive timid from years of existence teased and picked on by reason of he is poor, but afterward being stranded alone on representation island and forced to clearthinking, he becomes more confident.
  • Lt. Ablutions Merrick (Gabriel Byrne) - Say publicly pirate captain who poses orangutan a member of the To one\'s face military, he eventually takes look the other way the ship Haakon is robust after the original captain surreptitiously dies and proceeds to trade name life difficult for everyone.
  • Jens (Trond Peter Stamsø Munch) - Goodness family friend of Haakon's brotherhood and a sailor. He sailed with Haakon's father and considers himself Haakon's guardian on goodness ship after promising Haakon's dad to look out for him.
  • Mary (Louisa Milwood-Haigh) - A in the springtime of li stowaway searching for her bump in Calcutta. She escaped shun a workhouse in Australia, she was placed after goodness death of her parents.
  • Berg (Knut Walle) - One of Jens' shipmates.
  • Steine (Harald Brenna) - Reschedule of Jens' shipmates.

See also

Referee Spanish: Shipwrecked (película) para niños