The film: The Island At The Top Of The World (1974)
Why you should see it: Adventure! Danger! Thrills! An airship!
We say again: An airship. Yes, it’s Disney does Verne-lite as Victorian gentleman Sir Anthony Ross (Donald Sinden) goes in search of his missing son.
His trip takes him to the high arctic, where he encounters a tribe of lost Vikings.
Where are they now? Sir Donald can usually be found these days playing fussy older gentlemen in the likes of Midsomer Murders and Judge John Deed.
Co-star David Hartman all but gave up movies after the film, but did go on to have a lucrative career working for ABC news.
How it could be remade: McG is trying to bring 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea back, so why not hitch the Disney name to that bandwagon?
Steampunk’s big right now, so put Dwayne Johnson in a top coat and tails at the helm of a bloody great airship and have him track down a missing relation. It’s got to be better than the modernised Journey To The Centre Of The Earth – and that got a sequel!
Plus, Sinden can nab a cameo. As a fussy older gentleman, natch.
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jceaser
Jun 8th 2009, 0:57
"The horse without a head" was another classic.
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