| In Search of the Castaways | 
| Director: Robert Stevenson
Actors: Maurice Chevalier, Hayley Mills, George Sanders, Wilfrid Hyde-white, Michael Anderson Jr.
Studio: Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (44 reviews)
Sales Rank: 3907
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: G (General Audience)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 98 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: DISD29151D
UPC: 786936208368
EAN: 0786936208368
ASIN: B00005JLJC
Release Date: May 3, 2005
Theatrical Release Date: December 21, 1962
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Description
Embark on an amazing adventure awash with intrigue over land and sea, now on Disney DVD for the first time! Hayley Mills stars as fearless Mary Grant, whose only clue to her missing father -- a sea captain -- is a mysterious message in a bottle. One clue leads to a thousand thrills when Mary, her brother, and their fellow searchers must brave earthquakes, fire, flood, and even a giant condor on their perilous rescue mission. Maurice Chevalier, George Sanders, and Wilfrid Hyde-White also star in this spectacular fantasy-adventure based on celebrated novelist Jules Verne's popular book. Brimming with special effects, this is your passport to surefire family fun!
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In Search of the Castaways was Hayley Mills's third feature for Disney, an agreeable adventure--loosely based on a Jules Verne story--with enough derring-do to make kids happy and with the right touch of self-conscious silliness to keep adults smiling. Mills plays Mary Grant, a missing freighter captain's daughter convinced her father is still alive somewhere in Earth's southern hemisphere. With the help of her brother (Keith Hamshire) and a veteran seaman (an extremely unlikely if charming Maurice Chevalier), Mary convinces a shipping magnate, Lord Glenarvan (Wilfrid Hyde-White), to set sail and find the missing Captain Grant. The team survives freezing weather, avalanches, a menacing condor, an active volcano, Maori captors, and a plot by a slick George Sanders to steal a ship. Meanwhile, Mary and Glenarvan's rakish son, John (Michael Anderson Jr.), engage in flirtatious feuding. The many memorable action sequences are wildly improbable (all the more so watching the nonchalant Chevalier have a go at Indiana Jones-like heroics) and liberally employ old-fashioned process shots, mattes, paintings, and other pre-digital special effects. The incomparable Hyde-White looks as if he's having fun alternately harrumphing and encouraging good old British resolve, while Sanders effortlessly portrays, for the umpteenth time, his brand of enchanting villainy. Directed by Robert Stevenson (Mary Poppins). In Search of the Castaways is presented here in its original, full-screen format. --Tom Keogh
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In Search of the Castaways December 20, 2008
For an oldie, it's pretty good. Good rainy day movie for young teens. The fx still good. Disney collectable.
 Good Movie October 24, 2008
I have loved this movie since I was a little girl. I bought it to share with my niece who wasn't sure she wanted to watch an "old movie" But once it started, nothing could draw her away. She loved all the action and unusual circumstances. The special effects are good for the year it was made. This movie is fun with clean language and you aren't ashamed to watch with the whole family.
Charming October 12, 2008
A definite must for the whole family to watch... if ya enjoy disney you'll love this forgotten classic.
Great Stuff!! August 29, 2008
My girlfriend loves this movie and I was so glad I could easily find it on DVD on Amazon! Thanks so much...easy to find and great quality!!
Classic Disney August 29, 2008
This has always been one of my favorite Disney movies. I believe it is a classic that should be in everyone's library, but that is me. The acting and special effects are a little cheesy by today's standards, but it reminds me of simpler times when I was a kid.
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