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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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)
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