deserted island

Man Friday (1975)

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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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Jack Gold
  • Profile picture of Peter O'Toole
    Robinson Crusoe Peter O'Toole
  • Profile picture of Richard Roundtree
    Friday Richard Roundtree
  • Profile picture of Peter Cellier
    Carey Peter Cellier
  • Profile picture of Joel Fluellen
    Doctor Joel Fluellen

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Keywords

  • deserted island