Castaway
One Year on a Deserted Tropical Island. 'Wife' 20-30 needed to accompany man 35+. Write to Box 775 with details and evening phone number.
19861h 57mNo ratings yet
- Adventure
- Drama
- Romance
Overview
Middle-aged Gerald Kingsland advertises in a London paper for a female companion to spend a year with him on a desert island. Young Lucy Irving takes a chance on contacting him, but once on the island, things prove a lot less idyllic than in the movies. Gradually, it becomes clear that it is Lucy who has the desire and the strength to try and see the year through.
Keywords
- based on true story
- based on memoir or autobiography
- deserted island
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- March 5, 1986
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Cast
- Oliver Reed,Amanda Donohoe,Georgina Hale,Frances Barber,Tony Rickards,Todd Rippon,John Sessions,Virginia Hey,Sorel Johnson,Len Peihopaand 12 more
- Director
- Nicolas Roeg
- Writer
- Allan Scott,Lucy Irvine
- Producer
- Rick McCallum,Peter Shaw,Richard Johnson
- Cinematography
- Harvey Harrison
- Music
- Stanley Myers
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- $1,000,000
- IMDb
- tt0092732