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Liam Cunningham, Jesse Spenser and Brana Bajic star in one of literature's grandest stories, the "Swiss Family Robinson," about immigrants who are sailing to America when a violent storm capsizes their boat. Stranded on a seemingly deserted island, the family must use the island's natural resources and their own ingenuity to make a new home for themselves. But their island paradise is soon shaken in this stirring rendition by signs of a mysterious island tribe who also inhabit the island - and by the onslaught of bloodthirsty pirates!, The oft-filmed Johann Wyss novel +The Swiss Family Robinson was given its most faithful treatment to date in this two-part TV movie version. In Stranded, the saga of the ill-fated Robinsons begins as Father (Liam Cunningham), Mother (Brana Bajic) and their four children prepare to emigrate from their native Switzerland to America. En route, they are shipwrecked and marooned on a seemingly uninhabited island. Unlike previous adaptations, in which the Robinsons' resourceful efforts to adapt to their new "home" is telescoped into a few months, this version covers several years in the family's lives, with two of the younger characters played by different actors as the aging process kicks in. Along the way, the Robinsons must deal with hostile natives and bloodthirsty pirates, with the help of such unexpected but welcome allies as friendly islander Namatiti (Ridad Lardpanna) and fellow castaway Emily Montrose (Jenna Robinson). Released on video before its Hallmark Channel cable-TV debut on June 15 and 16, 2002, Stranded was filmed on location in Thailand. ~Saw Film/TV Guide/Internet/Catalog/Expert, Hallmark Entertainment offers up one of literature's grandest stories, the Swiss Family Robinson, about immigrants who are sailing to America when a violent storm capsizes their boat. Stranded on a seemingly deserted island, the family must use the island's natural resources and their own ingenuity to make a new home for themselves. But their island paradise is soon shaken in this stirring rendition by signs of a mysterious island tribe who also inhabit the island - and by the onslaught of bloodthirsty pirates!, Classic tale of a family of migrants on their way to America who are washed onto a deserted island by a violent storm. The castaways must make their home on the island and ward off the unwelcome attentions of their new neighbours and pirates.

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