Man Friday

Jun 18 1976 PG 1h 55m
Adventure, Drama

Englishman Robinson Crusoe, stranded alone on an island for years, is overjoyed to find a fellow man, a black islander whom he names Friday. But Crusoe cannot overcome the shackles of his own heritage and upbringing and is incapable of seeing Friday as anything other than a savage who needs Crusoe's brand of cultural and religious enlightenment. Friday attempts to share his own more generous and unashamed culture, but ultimately realizes that Crusoe can never see him as anything but an inferior being. With that awareness, Friday sets out to turn the tables on Crusoe.

Plot

Englishman Robinson Crusoe, stranded alone on an island for years, is overjoyed to find a fellow man, a black islander whom he names Friday. But Crusoe cannot overcome the shackles of his own heritage and upbringing and is incapable of seeing Friday as anything other than a savage who needs Crusoe's brand of cultural and religious enlightenment. Friday attempts to share his own more generous and unashamed culture, but ultimately realizes that Crusoe can never see him as anything but an inferior being. With that awareness, Friday sets out to turn the tables on Crusoe.

Written by

Daniel Defoe, Adrian Mitchell

Directed by

Jack Gold

Cast

Peter O'Toole, Richard Roundtree, Peter Cellier

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America, United Kingdom

Production Companies

ITC, ABC Entertainment, Keep Films

Languages

English

Awards

1 nomination

Trailers
Man Friday - Running
Freitag und Robinson (1975) DEUTSCH TRAILER [HD]
Scores
# of Votes
1,169
Average Rating
6.2 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA