Island At The Top of The World

Name: Island At The Top of The World
Released: 1974-12-20
Cast: David Hartman, Donald Sinden, Jacques Marin, Mako, David Gwillim

G
1h 34m
1974

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An American archaeologist joins a rich English businessman, an eccentric French inventor, and an Eskimo trapper on an awe-inspiring search for a long-lost son. What they discover is a world forgotten by time in the grand fantasy adventure tradition of Jules Verne and H.G. Wells, and alive with romance, and comedy!

Director:

Robert Stevenson

Producer:

Winston Hibler

Writer:

John Whedon

Cast:

David Hartman, Donald Sinden, Jacques Marin, Mako , David Gwillim, Agneta Eckemyr

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

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Reviews

Starburst

John Brosnan

It's a fast, relatively painless hour and a half which won't bore you even though you may wish that the script could have been a little meatier.

'...once you've recovered from the lack of monsters, it's a rollicking old-school adventure...'

The Island at the Top of The World is simply too ordinary, too familiar, and most importantly too late.

The Arctic looks like a melted dessert, the Viking village like a low-rent neighborhood in Disneyland, and the Vikings themselves like Hell's Angels on Halloween.

Unimaginative plot, interminable dialogue in 'Old Norse', some pointless love interest, and a particularly repulsive poodle.

June 21, 2017

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