Man Friday (1975)
1h 55m
Running Time
March 4, 1975Release Date
Man Friday (1975)
1h 55m
Running Time
March 4, 1975Release Date
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Plot.
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.
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Currently Man Friday is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Tubi TV, Plex, Plex Player, Plex Channel, Amazon Video, fuboTV, Crackle, Shout! Factory TV
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Cast & Crew.
Peter O'Toole
Robinson Crusoe
Richard Roundtree
Friday
Peter Cellier
Carey
Christopher Cabot
McBain
Joel Fluellen
Doctor
Sam Seabrook
Young Girl
Stanley Bennett Clay
Young Boy
Conrad Hool
Slave Master
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Details.
Release DateMarch 4, 1975
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 55m
Content RatingPG
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Wiki.
Man Friday is a 1975 adventure film directed by Jack Gold and starring Peter O'Toole and Richard Roundtree. It is adapted from the 1973 play by Adrian Mitchell based on Daniel Defoe's 1719 novel Robinson Crusoe, but reverses the roles, portraying Crusoe as a blunt, stiff Englishman, while the native he calls Man Friday is much more intelligent and empathic. The film can be regarded as being critical of western civilization, against which it draws a contrasting picture of Caribbean tribal life.