Rescue from Gilligan's Island

Starring:Bob Denver, Alan Hale Jr., Jim Backus, Natalie Schafer, Judith Baldwin, Russell Johnson, Dawn Wells, Vincent Schiavelli, Art LaFleur, Norman Bartold, Barbara Mallory, June Whitley Taylor, Martin Rudy, Mary Gregory, Glenn Richards, Diana Chesney, Victor Rogers, Michael Flanagan, Martin Ashe, Robert Wood
Director: Leslie H. Martinson
Studio: Brentwood Home Video
Product Type: DVD

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Product Description
After fifteen years on a deserted island, the crew is finally rescued! The question is whether they are ready for the changes that have taken place in the outside world.

All the crazy characters we have loved over the years reunite! Join Gilligan (Bob Denver), the Skipper (Alan Hale) and the rest of the crew on their voyage through sharks, tidal waves and even foreign spies!

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Starring Jim Backus, Judith Baldwin, Bob Denver, Alan Hale, Russell Johnson, Natalie Schafer, Dawn Wells

Directed by Leslie H. Martinson

Running time: 95 minutes

Average customer rating:

how crappy can a dvd transfer be??
True Gilligan Groupie Movie
Could Have Been Better, But Had More Pluses Than Minuses.
Typical Gilligan
They are finally rescued!

Rescue from Gilligan's Island
Starring: Bob Denver , Alan Hale Jr. , Jim Backus , Natalie Schafer , and Judith Baldwin
Director: Leslie H. Martinson
Manufacturer: Brentwood Home Video
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ASIN: B00005KHJF
Release Date: 2002-01-01

Product Description

After fifteen years on a deserted island, the crew is finally rescued! The question is whether they are ready for the changes that have taken place in the outside world.

All the crazy characters we have loved over the years reunite! Join Gilligan (Bob Denver), the Skipper (Alan Hale) and the rest of the crew on their voyage through sharks, tidal waves and even foreign spies!

System Requirements:

Starring Jim Backus, Judith Baldwin, Bob Denver, Alan Hale, Russell Johnson, Natalie Schafer, Dawn Wells

Directed by Leslie H. Martinson

Running time: 95 minutes

Customer Reviews:

how crappy can a dvd transfer be?? .......2007-05-28

well just rent the dvd and see. Don't buy it because I made the mistake of buying it and I had to sell it to a dvd collector and I didn't get much for it.

True Gilligan Groupie Movie.......2007-03-10

I love the way these people remain true to their characters from the past.
They help each other survive being rescued from their paradise, only to realize that they still need each other.
They eventually have a reunion like most families do (or should).
All the originals are great actors who are total professionals at being Gilligan's themselves.
They are a true American family on or off the Island, on and off the screen too.

Could Have Been Better, But Had More Pluses Than Minuses........2007-02-12

First, this idea would have been enough to fill a 75 minute, and maybe a 90 minute time slot. Unfortunately, they had two hours of TV time (94 minutes sans commercials) to use up.

Second, Judith Baldwin was adequate as Ginger, but Tina Louise was Ginger, even if she wanted nothing to do with reunions. By the way, I think its neat that the surviving original cast (excluding Louise) seem to be close and enjoy being together. It showed in this. And Bob Denver is at his best.

Third, when my wife and I watched this, it has been years since seeing the original, and she didn't think the original was that silly; I pointed out it was. But that is the best thing about it: it was designed for those who loved the original, and it fit the bill.

Fourth, this movie clearly illustrates the goal of the series. The cast consisted of people from all walks of lives, and how people can learn to get along with each other.

Fifth, when it got going, this movie had great ideas. What interested me about this was it dealt with the characters adjusting to real life, and it did that very well. The other plot, the Russians trying to get the disk back from Gilligan, was hilarious, and Vincent Schiavelli and Art LeFleur were excellent as Dimitri and Ivan.

Sixth, the ending was designed to allow for more reunion movies. Nothing more. And that was disappointing.

Typical Gilligan.......2007-01-03

Gilligan saves the day by screwing up.. again. That is the main theme of the show, and this movie is no exception.

They are finally rescued!.......2006-11-16

First shown in 1987.
Yes. The castaways are finally rescued, but that is just the beginning. Now they have to get their life back together and adjust to life in America since they have been away for 15 years. The hard part now is saying "Goodbye" to one another after relying on each other all those years.
All of the original cast members from Gilligan's Island return (except one): Alan Hale Jr, Bob Denver, Jim backus, Natalie Schaffer and Dawn Wells. Judith Baldwin plays "Ginger".
Note: You will notice that the special effects, props and set decoration is still like a Grade-B movie. That is done on purpose for the true fans.

Jim Backus died July 3, 1989.
Alan Hale Jr died January 9, 1990.
Natalie Schaffer died April 10, 1991.
Bob Denver died September 2, 2005.

This DVD from Digiview Productions plays like a rough cut of the tv-movie. There are no starting or ending credit either. Let's hope that someone will release a better quality print, perhaps in Blu-ray.

Followed by 2 more reunion movies:
The Castaways of Gilligan's Island (1979-TV)
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island (1981-tv).

Other reunions:
The New Adventures of Gilligan-animated series (1974-77)
Gilligan's Planet---animated series (1982-83)

The New Gidget, episode "Gilligan's Island, Sept. 19, 1987.

ALF, episode "Somewhere Over The Rerun" Sept. 28, 1987, with Alan Hale Jr, Bob Denver,Russel Johnson, Dawn Wells.

BAYWATCH, February 24, 1992, with Bob Denver and Dawn Wells.
ROSANNE, May 24, 1995 with Bob Denver, Russel Johnson, Dawn Wells, Tina Louise.
MEEGO, episode "Mommy & Meego", 1997 with Bob Denver, Russell Johnson, Dawn Wells.
SURVIVING GILLIGAN's ISLAND: THE INCREDIBLY TRUE STORY OF THE LONGEST 3-HOUR TOUR IN HISTORY, Oct. 24, 2001, with Bob Denver, Russell Johnson, Dawn Wells, Tina Louise.
2nd TV LAND AWARDS, March 17, 2004, Bob Denver, Russell Johnson, Dawn Wells, Tina Louise. This was the last appearance with Bob Denver.

Average customer rating:

how crappy can a dvd transfer be??
True Gilligan Groupie Movie
Could Have Been Better, But Had More Pluses Than Minuses.
Typical Gilligan
They are finally rescued!

Rescue From Gilligan's Island
Starring: Bob Denver , Alan Hale Jr. , Jim Backus , Natalie Schafer , and Judith Baldwin
Director: Leslie H. Martinson
Manufacturer: Westlake Ent. Group
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B00023XK5C
Release Date: 1978-01-01

Description

Gilligan (Bob Denver), the Skipper (Alan Hale Jr.), the Howells (Jim Backus, Natalie Schafer), the Professor (Russell Johnson), Mary Ann (Dawn Wells), and Ginger (Judith Baldwin) have been shipwrecked for 15 long years, but when a decaying Soviet satellite crashes on the uncharted tropical island, their dreams of rescue finally come true! Or do they?!

Customer Reviews:

how crappy can a dvd transfer be?? .......2007-05-28

well just rent the dvd and see. Don't buy it because I made the mistake of buying it and I had to sell it to a dvd collector and I didn't get much for it.

True Gilligan Groupie Movie.......2007-03-10

Could Have Been Better, But Had More Pluses Than Minuses........2007-02-12

Typical Gilligan.......2007-01-03

Gilligan saves the day by screwing up.. again. That is the main theme of the show, and this movie is no exception.

They are finally rescued!.......2006-11-16

Average customer rating:

An Entertaining Comedy
Gather 'round, little buddies!
SUPERBAD QUALITY

Rescue From Gilligan's Island

Manufacturer: Digiview Productions
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

Gilligan's Island - The Complete Second Season
Gilligan's Island - The Complete First Season
Gilligan's Island - The Complete Third Season

ASIN: B000B6S17M

Product Description

Fifteen years after the SS Minow's infamous "3 hour tour" Gilligan and his fellow shipwrecked friends have found a way off the island for good.

Customer Reviews:

An Entertaining Comedy.......2007-04-12

The spirit and flavor of the TV show are maintained as Gilligan and his fellow castaways are captured on this film lenth version of what happened 15 years later. Consistently the captain chides his "little buddy" about one mishap after another, but in many cases, Gilligan's misdirected efforts turn a curse into a blessing as things work out. The professor ascertains that a tsunami is on the way, so with grit and determination the castaways plan ahead so they can survive the storm.

Skipping ahead in the storyline, they're rescued through one of Gilligan's errors, i.e., starting a fire in a hazardous situation. Upon returning to civlization, they see how much the world has changed and how intimate their island bonding had become. They all get together for a Christmas party on the Minnow II and oddly enough they get lost at sea again. Would you belive it, they end up on the same island as before! What are the odds! It's great laughs and a fun nostaglic look at classic TV through a medium that allows an extended storyline.

Gather 'round, little buddies!.......2006-08-26

Fifteen years after that three-hour tour and not much has changed on Gilligan's Island. Gilligan and the Skipper are still too dumb to realize that if they built another hut, the Skipper wouldn't have to listen to Gilligan's snoring all night. The Howells are still wealthy and clueless. The Professor is still building wacky stuff out of coconuts and Mary Ann is still cramming her hinder into those eye-wateringly tight shorts.

Of course, there is one change. The movie star is now played by Judith Baldwin instead of Tina Louise, which means that she now looks completely different to and is over ten years younger than the real Ginger. Oh well, I was always a Mary Ann man myself.

Let's begin at the beginning. For starters, anyone with ears will notice that the Digiview Productions version of this TV movie ships without the opening and closing theme song. Not that the credits are missing, they're run accompanied by a dignified silence. Presumably Digiview didn't have the rights to the distinctive Gilligan's Island music, even though they tend to release films that are public domain.

I have read about something like this concerning the status of MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000 episodes. Just because a film has fallen into public domain, it doesn't follow that the whole movie is now free for all. It's possible that after the film company's rights have expired, individual copyrights then revert to the original creators. So while no one may exclusively own the entire film, pieces of it may now be owned by different individuals or companies (i.e. the rights to music, the ownership of the title, etc). This is why you will sometimes see films on MST3k with the original title and opening/closing credits lopped off and a new title and material shoved in their places.

I have no idea if that's what happened in this case, but I thought it was interesting enough to share.

In any event, Gilligan discovers an odd metal disc washed up on the beach. Using this, the Professor fixes his barometer just in time to discover a major tsunami is headed for the island. (I know barometers and tsunamis don't work that way. Don't tell me; tell the Professor.) Facing certain destruction, the castaways decide to tie all their huts together to form a large boat and let the tidal wave sweep them into the shipping lanes. For added safety, they each decide to tie themselves to poles inside the boat while the storm is raging. If anyone reading this has any bizarre bondage fantasy involving any Gilligan's Island character, then this is definitely your DVD. (Shame on you!)

The scheme works, and the former castaways find themselves back among civilization. They each go their separate ways, although they come to discover that life off the island isn't as rewarding as they thought it would be. Indeed at one point, the Professor tries to tie their various misadventures in modern life to the Seven Deadly Sins, but I'm fairly certain that they don't. Of course, I wasn't expecting much from any biblical allusions in RESCUE FROM GILLIGAN'S ISLAND.

I won't give away the exact details of the ending. But given that there were several follow-on TV movies featuring the words "Gilligan's Island" in the title, you shouldn't be totally surprised by the conclusion.

Meanwhile while all that other stuff is going on, it turns out that the metal disc Gilligan found had fallen off of a Soviet spy satellite (complete with recycled Star Trek sound effects). Obviously, this means that two bungling agents must stalk Gilligan to recover their equipment. This subplot springs from nowhere and at the end, to nowhere it returns.

For better or worse, this is exactly like the TV show. All it lacks is a laugh track. Of course, it looks as though it had about the same amount of money spent on it as the original. One assumes the boat scenes were filmed in Sherwood Schwartz's bathtub.

The similarity to the TV series is probably why I liked it. You know exactly what kind of corny, stupid jokes you're going to get. Gilligan is going to do something stupid. The Skipper is going to sit on something freshly painted. The Skipper is going to smack Gilligan with his hat. I had worried that a show that worked better in small doses would be too ridiculous when stretched to 90 minutes, but surprisingly a quick pace prevents this.

There are also some good gags based on everything that the crew missed while on the island. Skipper laments skipping the era of the mini-skirt. The castaways are baffled by the identities of President Carter, President Ford and Mr. Watergate.

My guess is that this was intended at the time to bring the Gilligan's Island of the past into the present to wring out some nostalgia for times gone by. There are a lot of cracks at "modern" day practices: movies are dirtier than Ginger is expecting, the Professor's university is now more interested in money than academics. But to the viewer of today, it just looks like the filmmakers dropping 60s icons into clichés of the 70s. To the 21st century viewer, they are not back in "today", they are just in a different set of pop culture references.

The picture and sound quality on the Digiview Productions release are acceptable, if not actually good. But I'm guessing that if you're trying to impress your friends and enemies with your giant plasma screen and glorious surround sound speakers, this wouldn't be the movie you'd pop into your system anyway.

I doubt there's anyone reading this who doesn't already know if they'd like the movie or not. So, in summation, all I have to say is: "It's Gilligan's Island." Those three words will determine your enjoyment level.

SUPERBAD QUALITY.......2005-11-15

I would not recommend this DVD to my worst enemy.

The quality of the video is horrible. It's like you're watching it through a white bed sheet.
The sound is lousy too........... as a matter of fact, for some strange reason the Gilligan theme song had been edited out... No kidding, in the title credit sequence and the ending titles sequence all you see is video, BUT NO AUDIO.... completely silent.

To tell you the truth, even for a buck it cost too much for this trash.

Save your dollar, peoples

Average customer rating:

Hmm, a different ending...

Rescue From Gilligan's Island

Manufacturer: Digiview Productions
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

Product Description

Fifteen years after the SS Minnow's infamous "three hour tour", Gilligan and his fellow shipwrecked friends have found a way off the island for good! Thrust back into reality will the 7 companions find their reentry to civilization more difficult than anticipated?

Customer Reviews:

Hmm, a different ending..........2007-02-11

The ending was kind of surprising, I don't think I liked it, but maybe it was good for them under the circumstances.

Basically, they didn't find the life off the island that agreeable since they were changed and since what was waiting for them was not what they dreamed about.

I think I kind of liked watching this movie. I think if was fair.

Over the Hill Gang & Rescue From Gilligan's Island; 2 Great Adventures

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Over the Hill Gang & Rescue From Gilligan's Island; 2 Great Adventures

Manufacturer: Brentwood
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Western action in Over the Hill Gang. A retired Texas Ranger and his 3 aged pals clean up the town run by a crooked mayor, a drunken judge, and a trigger happy sheriff. We all know the story of Gilligan's island; but here's what happened when they were rescued. Original cast! Great ending.

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Rescue From Gilligan's Island
Starring: Bob Denver , Alan Hale Jr. , Jim Backus , Natalie Schafer , and Judith Baldwin
Director: Leslie H. Martinson
Manufacturer: Miracle Pictures
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ASIN: B00023BLYO
Release Date: 2002-02-02

Customer Reviews:

how crappy can a dvd transfer be?? .......2007-05-28

well just rent the dvd and see. Don't buy it because I made the mistake of buying it and I had to sell it to a dvd collector and I didn't get much for it.

True Gilligan Groupie Movie.......2007-03-10

Could Have Been Better, But Had More Pluses Than Minuses........2007-02-12

Typical Gilligan.......2007-01-03

Gilligan saves the day by screwing up.. again. That is the main theme of the show, and this movie is no exception.

They are finally rescued!.......2006-11-16

Rescue from Gilligan's Island/Wackiest Wagon Train

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Rescue from Gilligan's Island/Wackiest Wagon Train

Manufacturer: Diamond Ent. Corp.
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ASIN: B000A8AY62
Release Date: 2005-01-01

Average customer rating:

not as good as the first time but kids love it
Great bargin

Rescue from Gilligans Island/Wackiest Wagon Train
Starring: Rescue from Gilligans Island , and Wackiest Wagon Train
Manufacturer: Krb Music
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ASIN: B000807B18
Release Date: 2005-09-13

Product Description

CATCOM Double feature includes 2 movies - Rescue from Gilligan's Island and The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West + cartoons and commercials (just like the old drive in double features).

Customer Reviews:

not as good as the first time but kids love it.......2006-02-08

i remember "rescue from gilligan's island when it first came on t.v. the cast looked and acted older but the story was flat and the only thing only made it fun was seeing our old friends. the other feature is "the wackest wagon train in the west" is the 70's show cut to a feature movie. not great but my kids love both movies and we watch them together, so that makes this $1 bin find movie much fun and transfer looks good also.

Great bargin.......2005-04-05

I liked Rescue From Gilligan's Island it seemed to be a good copy. The movie also ties up the story from the original show. I liked to see what happend to the characters, and they all seemed to have held up very well. Also included is The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West I thought it was an inferior show that was just an attempt to transport Gilligan's Island to the wild west with less great actors, still it was interesting to see it. I found this DVD for a dollar so it was very much worth it, though there is no extras or chapter menus.

Bob Denver Double Feature - Rescue from Gilligan's Island - Wackiest Wagon Train in the West

Average customer rating:

a sad "rescue" and a dusty's trail complation movie

Bob Denver Double Feature - Rescue from Gilligan's Island - Wackiest Wagon Train in the West

Manufacturer: Family Value Collection
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

Product Description

The Gang on Gilligan's Island my have found a rescue, when a Russian satellite crashes on the island. In the Wackiest Wagon Train, Bob Denver plays Dusty, the bumbling assistant. It's like Gilligan's Island meets the Old West, only based on the 1973 Dusty's Trail.

Customer Reviews:

a sad "rescue" and a dusty's trail complation movie.......2006-03-28

i picked this double feature from a $1.00bin at wal-mart because my family loves gilligan's island and dusty's trail. my wife and i if you have seen my other reviews show our two boys old shows we watched growing up rather than let them watch some of the junk that passes for family tv now.
rescue from gilligan's island takes place 15 years after the show ended,and the problem is they waited to long to film it. what should have been a vist with old friends is just not as funny as the still try to do the slap stick comedy and the castaways are just to old to make it funny. it comes across as scary to see these older people falling and getting hit because you worry they may get hurt,so strike one.they take away some of gilligan's good natured sillyness and if you can believe it made him even dumber,strike two. and on top of all that the cast looks tired and just going through the motions(tina louise, who hated the show and felt it messed up her career didn't even show up so a woman named judith baldwin replaces her in the role of ginger)and the jokes are flat. even my young sons think this one isn't very good. a sad way to say goodbye to our friends.
the wackiest wagon train the west is the gilligan clone set in the west called dusty's trail(i have already reviewed that series in here), it's three episodes cut together to make a movie.stick with the almost complete first and only season dvd instead. for a dollar it's ok but anymore than that and your paying to much.

Rescue From Gilligan's Island / There Goes The Bride

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Rescue From Gilligan's Island / There Goes The Bride
Starring: Bob Denver; Tommy Smothers
Director: Multi
Manufacturer: Miracle Pictures
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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