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	Crusoe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Crusoe, the latest interpretation of this saga, is more in keeping with Bunuel's version, and therefore the book itself, but it suffers from deliberate pacing and a shallow, uninspired viewpoint.
		The twist here is that Crusoe is portrayed as a Virginian slave trader who journeys to the island of Guinea in the hope of purchasing low-priced captives.
		Crusoe sets sail at an inopportune time of year, weather-wise, and it proves to be his undoing.
	members.dca.net /dnb/reviews/crusoe.htm (500 words)

	Bright Lights Film Journal \| Robinson Crusoe on Mars
		Robin Crusoe (1966), which took place on an Earth-bound island; however, Robinson Crusoe on Mars is actually a thoughtful updating of Defoe’s original, transplanting our hero’s 18th century wanderlust efficiently to American dreams of space travel in the 1960s.
		Robinson Crusoe on Mars encourages the viewer to face issues that are as relevant today as they were in the 1960s: propaganda, war, and discrimination.
		I transcribed subsequent quotations from a videotape of Robinson Crusoe on Mars.
	www.brightlightsfilm.com /42/robcrusoe.htm (2620 words)

	Robinson Crusoe on Mars - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Robinson Crusoe on Mars is a 1964 science fiction film retelling of the classic novel by Daniel Defoe.
		Many of the Mars scenes were filmed in Death Valley, California, at Zabriskie Point.
		Commander Christopher 'Kit' Draper (Paul Mantee) and Colonel Dan McReady (Adam West) are in orbit about Mars when emergency maneuvers to avoid colliding with a meteor force an unplanned descent to the surface.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Robinson_Crusoe_on_Mars (499 words)

	Mars My Destination: The Golden Age of Red Planet Film (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		At the same time as these fanciful Mars missions were being committed to film, visionaries like rocket pioneer Wernher von Braun had more realistic Mars journeys on their drawing boards.
		True, Haskin stretches the truth by making Mars more hospitable than it really is: in the movie, Draper does not need his space suit, and he is able to replenish his supply of breathing oxygen by heating local rocks.
		With talk of real Mars missions in the early decades of the new century, cinematic trips to the Red Planet have once again become fashionable.
	www.space.com.cob-web.org:8888 /spaceimagined/movies/mars_destination_chaikin_000310.html (1207 words)

	Escape Velocity: Robinson Crusoe on Mars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Disney's "Mission To Mars" and Warner Bother's "Red Planet" reportedly both feature American astronauts stranded on Mars -- in the first case the astronauts are a rescue team, in the second a colonization crew from the dying Earth.
		It is this very isolation that threatens another American astronaut in the 1964 Paramount film, "Robinson Crusoe on Mars", a surprisingly beautiful piece of celluloid shot on location in Death Valley and augmented with process photography and set-piece crystalline rocks colored outstandingly bright pink, green, purple and orange.
		Once on Mars, he begins a desperate struggle for air, water, food, heat and shelter, talking to himself (and the audience) to dispel the chilling loneliness.
	www.destinationspace.net /escape/biorocm.asp (921 words)

	Walter Coppedge Symposium Paper
		Every reader brings to Robinson Crusoe (as to Hamlet, as to The Waste Land) a template to be imposed upon the material.
		Crusoe is ill with the calentures; in his fevered tossing his sternly patriarchal father appears--not to help him, but, as he says, to forgive him for his disobedience, even though God will not.
		Crusoe frees a sacrificial victim, whom he christens "Lucky"--lucky, as he tells, because there is no one to sell him to.
	www.has.vcu.edu /eng/symp/coppedge_txt.htm (2083 words)

	Daniel Defoe
		While hiding as a fugitive in a churchyard after the rebellion was put down, he noticed the name Robinson Crusoe carved on a stone, and later gave it to his famous hero.
		Crusoe rescues the captain and crew from the hands of mutineers and returns to England.
		Robinson marries and promises before end of the novel to describe his adventures in Africa and China.
	www.kirjasto.sci.fi /defoe.htm (1829 words)

	2.11: Street Cred
		Robinson Crusoe on Mars (aside from being saddled with one of the worst movie titles of all time) captures the optimistic side of the Space Age.
		Just like the original Defoe tale, Robinson Crusoe on Mars is the story of a voyager who finds himself marooned far from home and must create a new life for himself.
		Robinson Crusoe on Mars is an undiluted and unselfconscious hymn to American ingenuity and the best Jimmy Stewart/Frank Capra impulses of fairness and equality.
	www.wired.com /wired/archive/2.11/streetcred.html?pg=10 (375 words)

	Daniel Defoe
		He was an outsider, being a Dissenter or Puritan, the son of a butcher, and a suspected government spy (this suspicion was confirmed in the nineteenth century).
		Because of Robinson Crusoe's success, it was immediately pirated, abridged, imitated, translated and adapted for the stage as pantomime and as drama.
		Defoe's greatest work, by the general agreement of critics and the acclaim of readers throughout the world, is Robinson Crusoe.
	academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu /english/melani/novel_18c/defoe/index.html (778 words)

	The San Diego Chapter of the Mars Society
		The post-season work party to the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) had to be postponed at least until probably October, just prior to the start of the 2005-2006 season in November.
		The Association of Mars Explorers is sponsoring a workshop to define a 500-day Design Reference Surface Expedition Campaign for a Human Base constructed in the vicinity of Meridiani Planum in the year 2019.
		Mars: The Future Isn't what it Used to Be -- a multimedia and panel discussion of how the plans for sending humans to Mars have changed from the past to the present and on into the future.
	chapters.marssociety.org /SanDiego/Meetings/20050610.html (1837 words)

	Celestron Mars Opposition 2003 Home Page
		Mars is the fourth closest planet to the Sun and the seventh largest overall.
		Mars is well-known for "The Face," a hill, in the nothern plains of Mars, with the appearance of an extraterrestrial face.
		Mars is the planet that is considered the best candidate (besides Earth) to harbor life.
	www.celestron.com /mars/images.htm (474 words)

	Robinson Crusoe 1,000,000 A.D. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Robinson Crusoe 1,000,000 A.D. Robinson Crusoe 1,000,000 A.D. Earth in 1,000,000 A.D. is a planet of surprises, from huge saltwater flowers and colorful day-bats; from deadly rippers that lurk for Alex, to living caves; a curious smudge beside the moon, and more.
		Robinson Crusoe 1,000,000 A.D. I have created a website and now a blog to tell you about the SF novel Robinson Crusoe 1,000,00 A.D. More on this soon -- for now, please visit http://www.robinsoncrusoe.org/ to learn about the e-book and print editions.
		Daniel Defoe created his masterpiece in 1719, and launched a genre that would include the 1963 cult classic Robinson Crusoe on Mars.
	www.robinsoncrusoe.org /blog/blog.html (206 words)

	USCCB - (Office of Media Relations) - Robinson Crusoe on Mars Gives Lunar Rendition of Family Classic
		Also included on the toll-free line is a review of Robinson Crusoe on Mars, this week’s suggested home video for family viewing.
		The family video of the week is Robinson Crusoe on Mars -- The U.S. Catholic Conference classification is A-I -- general patronage.
		Robinson Crusoe on Mars is an engaging science-fiction variation on the Defoe story which here has astronaut Paul Mantee marooned on Mars with only a monkey as company, until he rescues a human-like slave from an alien spaceship.
	www.usccb.org /comm/archives/1998/98-009.shtml (940 words)

	Robinson Crusoe on Mars - Paul Mantee, Adam West, Victor Lundin - 1964 - widescreen & spectacular
		For the first half of the film, "Crusoe" is primarily a one-man show, and it's up to Paul Mantee to carry the film's first act virtually all alone (though the monkey is constantly with him).
		Although I'm happy that "Crusoe" still gets played on TV every so often, I think it's a HUGE mistake that this marvelous sci-fi film is not available on tape or DVD at this time (my own VHS copy of "Crusoe" is a copy from a friend who taped it off TNT one afternoon).
		With Mars making its closest approach to Earth on August 26/27, 2003, this is a good film to pop in the VCR (if you're lucky to own an out-of-print copy).
	www.learmedia.ca /product_info.php/products_id/977 (1833 words)

	Escape Velocity - Paul Manatee's Robinson Crusoe on Mars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Paul Mantee, star of the sci fi cult film Robinson Crusoe on Mars, takes a circumspect look at how lonely the planet Mars can be.
		Then there are the few who look him right in the face and admit: "You haven’t changed a bit." The tendency is to hunt these down later at the hotel bar.
		Robinson Crusoe on Mars remains a nice film.
	www.destinationspace.net /escape/rcomman.asp (617 words)

	AMCTV.com MEMBER REVIEWS: Robinson Crusoe on Mars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Although a bit corny, it does follow the plot of the original "Robinson Crusoe" and is pretty enjoyable.
		With apologies to Robinson Crusoe." (Shouldn't that be Daniel Defoe?) This is a marvelous, human movie, about men, Terran and otherwise, and primates in general.
		Robinson Crusoe on Mars (RCOM) stands a head and shoulders above the current crop of garbage being passed off as "science fiction".
	www.amctv.com /show/review?CID=10189-ES (1241 words)

	Robinson Crusoe On Mars
		"Stranded on Mars with only a monkey as a companion, an astronaut must figure out how to find oxygen, water, and food on the lifeless planet." There is no real video or DVD release for this yet.
		My Billy Jack flashback having ended, I can tell you that the point remains that what you have with RCOM is that rarest of birds: an intelligently done survival tale (aside from the dubious science) with the absurdly spectacular drive-in title.
		Eventually he calls this guy Friday (interestingly, Draper never refers to himself as Robinson Crusoe, but does compare himself to Christopher Columbus, probably because he was in the wilderness by himself so long that he couldn't wait to ride the Nina, if you know what I mean!).
	monsterhunter.coldfusionvideo.com /Robinson_Crusoe_On_Mars.html (1797 words)

	World of Westfahl Article: Reading Mars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The problem was that this old, colorful Mars was now taboo, and the new, forbidding Mars allowed for only a limited number of stories involving things like crash landings or grim efforts to live through a Martian sandstorm.
		Robinson is thus a writer self-consciously following in the footsteps of many distinguished predecessors who wrote about the planet Mars.
		Second, I found Red Mars to be an exhausting book, in the sense that one almost begins to feel physically tired while reading about all the work that Robinson's characters must do as part of their efforts to make Mars into an Earthlike environment.
	www.sfsite.com /gary/ww-mars03.htm (1606 words)

	Another Oh, the Humanity! Review
		I think when the Gilligan’s Island theme song said “like Robinson Crusoe, it’s primitive as can be,” they were talking about this movie.
		Robinson Crusoe on Mars is actually a pretty fun, good movie.
		It is, of course, very much a film of its time, the early 60’s, when it seemed that Mars might actually be somewhat livable and monkeys are a fine thing to send on space missions with lonely men who could be marooned for months.
	www.ohthehumanity.com /review.php3?ID=413 (587 words)

	Classic Science Fiction Reviews
		As the slightly goofy title suggests, the story of Robinson Crusoe on Mars is based on the novel Robinson Crusoe by eighteenth century author Daniel Defoe.
		While the movie is effective in exploring the numerous and immense difficulties faced by a man fighting for survival in a harsh, dangerous environment (very intelligently adapted to an imagined Martian experience), it doesn't go as far as it perhaps could or should in exploring Kit's interiority.
		The bottom line is that Robinson Crusoe on Mars can be pretty slow and boring at times, reminiscent of some of the worse moments of a movie like Marooned (a.k.a.
	www.scifi.com /sfw/issue150/classic.html (743 words)

	Robinson Crusoe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Defoe's inspiration for Crusoe was probably a Scottish sailor named Alexander Selkirk, who was rescued in 1709 by Woodes Rogers' expedition after four years on the uninhabited island of Juan Fernández off the Chilean coast.
		Rogers's "Cruising Voyage" was published in 1712, with an account of Alexander Selkirk's ordeal.
		The opera includes a duet by Robinson Crusoe and Friday.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Robinson_Crusoe (1954 words)

	Robinson Crusoe On Mars (1964) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		A two man expedition to Mars crash lands; one man survives.
		The first part of the film is a senseible attempt to portray realistically his ingenious measures to survive in the incredibly hostile environment.
		From there, it's chase and escape, as the two make their way to the martian polar cap and rescue.
	members.tripod.com /~lestat2000/robinson (83 words)

	Robinson Crusoe - Movie Info - Moviefone
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	movies.aol.com /movie/robinson-crusoe/1096045/main (112 words)

	Scifilm -- Reviews, ROBINSON CRUSOE ON MARS (1964)
		Two astronauts on a probe of Mars are knocked off course and forced to seek safety on the red planet.
		While he manages to adapt, he is susceptible to the loneliness of his isolation until he happens upon an escaped slave from an interplanetary mining concern.
		When the film was completed, Paramount and producer Aubrey Schenk were impressed enough to announce a sequel which was to be titled "Robinson Crusoe in the Invisible Galaxy" but disappointing box office results quelled that project.
	www.scifilm.org /reviews2/crusoemars.html (820 words)

	dlOckman Reviews Robinson Crusoe on Mars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Long ago, I saw an SF movie called "Robinson Crusoe on Mars", with Paul Mantee and Adam West.
		The story - an American astronaut crash lands on Mars, losing his co-pilot and craft, and is left to face a desolate existence on the red planet.
		He soon finds he is not alone, however, and his resulting adventures are the stuff of space-age legends.
	www.pacifier.com /~dlockman/Rconmars.htm (131 words)

	Monstervision.info Description for Robinson Crusoe On Mars
		The original story by Daniel Defoe (1660-1731), who is also known for having written the first ghost stories in English literature, was so realistic, many readers were convinced that Crusoe was a real person and demanded that he be rescued.
		Another amusing attempt to update the original Robinson Crusoe story was this Disney comedy/drama, about a U.S. Navy pilot (Dick Van Dyke) who ditches and gets his rubber raft to a deserted island.
		There, he finds a NASA chimp who was also lost on a test flight, an abandoned German submarine, and his "Friday" turns out to be a pretty native girl (Nancy Kwan) on the run from her angry father - a Polynesian chief on a nearby island.
	www.angelfire.com /mn/nn/RobinsonCrusoeMars.html (628 words)

	MARSPX.COM
		October 6, 2006 This image from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity near the rim of "Victoria Crater.".
		September 19, 2006 NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has extended the long-armed antenna of its radar, preparing the instrument to begin probing for underground layers of Mars.
		NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft was circling the planet, snapping photos of possible landing sites for its sister ship Viking 2, when it spotted the shadowy likeness of a human face.
	marspx.com (151 words)

	Robinson Crusoe - HobbyTalk
		The machines in RCOM are the same basic design as those from WOTW but they are not the same miniatures.
		The ones used in RCOM were carved from balsa wood while the WOTW miniatures were made of hand-formed copper.
		Not sure of the size of the RCOM machine miniatures but I believe that they were smaller too.
	www.hobbytalk.com /bbs1/showthread.php?t=104751 (682 words)

	eBay.co.uk - Robinson Crusoe, robinson crusoe dvd, Fiction Books, Antiquarian Books Pre-1940 items at low prices (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (an old book)
		Robinson Crusoe 1960/70s TV Series - DVD's - Mint
		Robinson Crusoe Book and Recording (Peter Pan) 45 rpm
	search.ebay.co.uk /Robinson-Crusoe_W0QQftsZ0 (337 words)

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