Beverly Hills Family Robinson
Beverly Hills Family Robinson is a 1997 American Walt Disney television film based on the novel Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss. The film features Dyan Cannon, Martin Mull, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Ryan ODonohue as the main cast and was aired on ABC.
Marsha Robinson Dyan Cannon is a famous TV personality and has her own lifestyle and cooking show. Together with her husband Doug Martin Mull, a dentist, her daughter Jane Sarah Michelle Gellar and her son Roger Ryan ODonohue she lives in Beverly Hills. Marshas TV show takes her and her family to Hawaii. When the Robinsons arrive in Honolulu their yacht is captured by modern pirates at night and when they wake up in the morning they find themselves and their unbidden guests on the open sea. But being the Robinsons they trick the pirates and leave them behind in a lifeboat.When things finally seemed to be good and the Robinsons try to sail to the next harbor, the yacht gets into a storm and the family shipwrecks on a deserted island. Of course, Marsha Robinson being a socialite freaks out and threatens her husband with a nervous breakdown if they arent saved within the next 45 minutes and the rest of the family isnt fond of their situation either. But nobody saves them and nobody knows where they are. So theres nothing to do but settle in, survive and build a tree house. ........
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