Miramax Films
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Language
English
Description
During the Napoleonic Wars, a British frigate, the HMS Surprise, and the larger French warship, Acheron, stalk each other off of the coast of South America. Lucky Jack, as he is referred to by his crew, is well regarded by his men, who trust him implicitly, even after the first devastating battle and an apparent personal vendetta against the French captain. The ship's surgeon balances the violence of his chosen life with the quiet demeanor of the...
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002], c1996
Language
English
Description
A film adaptation of the Daniel Dafoe novel in which an Englishman, the sole survivor of a high-seas shipwreck, takes up a solitary existence on a deserted tropical island, but finds he is not alone when he is compelled to save a member of a barbaric tribe who is slated to become a human sacrifice.