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Crusoe (2008)

Crusoe poster
Genre
drama television series, adventure television series
Country
United States
Length
1 season, 13 episodes
Rated
TV-PG
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 26 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A sailor named Robinson Crusoe has been stranded alone on a tropical island for six years. He desperately wants to get back to his family. His only friend is a native man he named Friday, whom he rescued and taught to speak English.

isolatedsurvivalistadventurousearnestold-fashionedslow-pacedreflectivedramatic

What happens

Crusoe is an adventure-drama television series, based loosely on the 1719 novel Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. The series' 13 episodes aired on NBC from October 17, 2008, to January 31, 2009, during the first half of the 2008–09 television season. It follows the adventures of Robinson Crusoe: a man who has been shipwrecked on an island for six years and is desperate to return home to his wife and children. His lone companion is Friday, a native whom Crusoe rescued and taught English. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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