Robinson Crusoe on Mars [blu-ray] / a Paramount release ; directed by Byron Haskin ; screenplay by Ib Melchior and John Higgins ; produced by Aubrey Schenck ; executive producer, Edwin F. Zabel ; a Schenck-Zabel production ; Paramount Pictures Corporation and Devonshire Pictures, Inc.
Paul Mantee, Victor Lundin, Adam West. Based on a story by Daniel Defoe. Videodisc release of the 1964 motion picture. Special features: 1994 audio commentary featuring screenwriter Ib Melchior, actors Paul Mantee and Victor Lundin, production designer Al Nozaki, Oscar-winning special effects designer and "Robinson Crusoe on Mars" historian Robert Skotak, and excerpts from a 1979 audio interview with director Byron Haskin; Destination: Mars, a video featurette by filmmaker and space historian Michael Lennick detailing the science and dreams behind the film; music video fur Lundin's song "Robinson Crusoe on Mars;" stills gallery; and theatrical trailer.
Summary:
When his spaceship crash-lands on the barren wastelands of Mars, U.S. astronaut Commander 'Kit' Draper must fight for survival, with a pet monkey seemingly his only companion. But is he alone?
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