Production Year: 1998 - Comedy - Director: Terry Johnson - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over, 12 years and over - Starring: Timothy Spall, Martin Clunes, Jeff Rawle, David Bamber, Sylvia Syms more
When four businessmen (Timothy Spall, Martin Clunes, Jeff Rawle, and David Bamber) embark on a "team building" trip, they end up stranded on an island with a dodgy mobile phone and... more
Boat. Except here there are four men, who, when their boat sinks, find themselves stranded on a small island in the middle of the Lake District's Derwent Water w...
Boat. Except here there are four men, who, when their boat sinks, find themselves stranded on a small island in the middle of the Lake District's Derwent Water w...
Boat. Except here there are four men, who, when their boat sinks, find themselves stranded on a small island in the middle of the Lake District's Derwent Water w...
Neville's Island [VHS]
Neville's Islandis an ITV TV film which plays likeThe Lord of the FliesmeetsThree Men in a ... more
Boat. Except here there are four men, who, when their boat sinks, find themselves stranded on a small island in the middle of the Lake District's Derwent Water with a sausage and an almost defunct mobile phone. Given that our heroes are middle-aged executives on a weekend training exercise, tempers and personalities soon fray. Starting Martin-Men Behaving Badly-Clunes this is essentially a comedy, though the funniest lines go to Timothy Spall as the mercilessly sarcastic Gordon. Jeff Rawle is Neville, the capable team leader, David Bamber the organised Angus, while Clunes has the plum role as Roy, whose mental instability triggers the sometimes-surreal concluding sequences. In a scene parallelingScream(1996) the rules of the stranded-on-an-island film genre are established, allowing writer Tim Firth to have fun twisting the clichés. He even feints that the film is about to turn into a slasher pic, or the UK's answer toDeliverance(1972).Neville's Islanddoes get a little out of its depth when it ventures into metaphysical waters, but the performances are perfectly judged and the exceptionally sharp dialogue delivers sustained amusement and intermittent belly laughs.--Gary S Dalkin
Pittsburgh, Pa. Less than two miles from Paradise Island Bowl and Beach Less than two miles to Robert Morris University Island Sports Center Hotel Features. Complimentary breakfasts featuring Jimmy Dean breakfast sandwiches Indoor pool and spa tub Fitness center Guestrooms. Complimentary high speed wired and wireless Internet access Coffeemaker 32 inch, flat screen LCD televisions
Pittsburgh, Pa. Less than two miles from Paradise Island Bowl and Beach Less than two miles to Robert Morris University Island Sports Center Hotel Features. Complimentary breakfasts featuring Jimmy Dean breakfast sandwiches Indoor pool and spa tub Fitness center Guestrooms. Complimentary high speed wired and wireless Internet access Coffeemaker 32 inch, flat screen LCD televisions
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Comedy - Director: Richard Boden, Mandie Fletcher, Martin Shardlow - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Hugh Laurie, Miranda Richardson, Stephen Fry, Brian Blessed, Tim McInnerny, Tony Robinson, Rowan Atkinson
Production Year: 2004 - Comedy - Director: John Hay - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jimi Mistry, Kate Miles, Dougray Scott
Comedy - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring: Tessa Peake-Jones, Buster Merryfield, David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst
Classification: 15 years and over, 12 years and over
Production Year: 1998
Running Time: 1 hour 26 minutes
Video Category: Feature Film, Television
Plot: The story of four middle aged businessmen, who whilst on a team building exercise in the Lake District, manage to become shipwrecked on a deserted island... As night sets in it becomes clear that the island is not as deserted as they first thought...
When four businessmen (Timothy Spall, Martin Clunes, Jeff Rawle, and David Bamber) embark on a "team building" trip, they end up stranded on an island with a dodgy mobile phone and one cold sausage. Soon they are at each other's throats--and they're not alone. This made-for-TV film is based on the play by Tim Firth, a sort of THE OFFICE meets LORD OF THE FLIES
Languages
Main Language: English
Subtitle Language: None
Technical information
Special Features: Chapter Points, Scene Selection, Scene Selection, Stills Gallery
Advantages: cute characters, good story, good songs too Disadvantages: is one in a series, ali isn't all that hot
...whilst they leave the Great Valley and Littlefoot and his friends decide to take matters in their own hands by crossing the "big water" to an unknown island. At the Big water they encounter an old friend from The Land Before Time DVD number 2, he's called Chomper, the tiny friendly T-rex. Chomper has to protect the gang from his own carnivorous parents, which adds tension to the storyline as they have some really close calls! Plenty of drama in this one, you're sure to enjoy as we all did :)
Some fantastic songs, although the graphics and cartoons are pretty much the same as the old style t.v. and video issues. It depends if you prefer this look, although I personally think they could have digitally remastered it a bit more. Of course not to the extent of finding nemo, but perhaps a nice intermediate.
Overall a 4 star rating, although...
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Advantages: great visuals Disadvantages: no original ideas
...All the ideas of this film are taken from other places. The whole one story which we think is right and actually turns out to be the total opposite is taken from The Running Man. The whole being chased, once again The Running Man & Blade Runner, also Logan's Run.
Establishing that there has been some sort of pollution and people can't go outside apart from one place on Earth known as The Island is the first 20 minutes or so of the film. We learn about their lifestyle and characters, learn a little about The Island. You get there by winning the lottery. Everyone dressing the same and looking the same and not knowing anything about sex? Directly lifted from George Lucas' THX 1138.
The main character has weird dreams of drowning, being chased and killed or hurt. You totally know most of these things are going to happen or come close to...
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Advantages: Its a brilliant film Disadvantages: It could happen in the future
...I bought this DVD in Germany for 21.99 euros which is about £15.60 which is quite good value for me. I only bought this because Ewan McGregor is in the starring role and I absolutely love his films. Anyway here's my review of The Island.
DVD Basics
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Running time - 130 minutes
Languages - English/German
Subtitles - English/German
For Hard of Hearing - English/German
Region 2
Rating - For people over the age of 16
Cast
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Ewan McGregor - Lincoln Six Echo
Scarlett Johansson - Jordan Two Delta
(Also stars Sean Bean, Michael Clark Duncan, Steve Buscemi)
The Film
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Set in the year 2100, this film starts by showing us that the earth's population (or the population of the United States) are now living underground in a sterile environment following a massive pollution of earth's atmosphere...
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