Man Friday (1975)

Directed by

Jack Gold

Genre

drama film, adventure film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 55m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 35 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An Englishman named Crusoe lives alone on a tropical island until he meets a native man he calls Friday. The film shows their growing relationship with Crusoe as a rigid and closed-minded figure while Friday is more perceptive and kind.

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What happens

Man Friday is a 1975 adventure film directed by Jack Gold and starring Peter O'Toole and Richard Roundtree. It is adapted from the 1973 play by Adrian Mitchell based on Daniel Defoe's 1719 novel Robinson Crusoe, but reverses the roles, portraying Crusoe as a blunt, stiff Englishman, while the native he calls Man Friday is much more intelligent and empathic. The film can be regarded as being critical of western civilization, against which it draws a contrasting picture of Caribbean tribal life. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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