Surviving Gilligan's Island: The Incredibly True Story of the Longest Three Hour Tour in History
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- 2001
- 1h 40m
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A fun behind-the-scenes look into the 60's television series, "Gilligan's Island."A fun behind-the-scenes look into the 60's television series, "Gilligan's Island."A fun behind-the-scenes look into the 60's television series, "Gilligan's Island."
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I loved this documentary but kinda got the impression it was somewhat biased against Tina Louise. She is portrayed as selfish and self-centered in the show and the documentary states incorrectly she never participated in any reunions and cut her ties to the show because she thought it hurt her career. She did on several occasions appear in reunions the most famous was the 1988 Gilligan's Island reunion on the David Letterman show which was the last time the entire cast was together before the passings of Jim Backus in 1989, Alan Hale Jr in 1990 then Natalie Schafer in 1991. Tina has also appeared at a few others reunions the most recent was the TV Land awards. Still this documentary sheds light on a great deal of what went on behind the scenes and a must have for anyone who grew up on this show. The story of Jim Backus' battle with Parkinsons is compelling as is the story of Natalie Schafer's battle with breast cancer.
- atlantic965
- Oct 11, 2004
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- TriviaDwayne Hickman, who appears here as a network executive, was the star of the earlier TV series "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis", in which Gilligan star Bob Denver had appeared as regular character Maynard G. Krebbs.
- GoofsAs Dawn Wells, Samantha Harris says she won the 'Ms. Fitness' contest, but there was no such thing at the time "Gilligan's Island" was being filmed. The first fitness contest was held in the mid-nineties.
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Natalie Schafer: Have you read the script? It's dreadful.
- ConnectionsFeatures The Twilight Zone (1959)
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By what name was Surviving Gilligan's Island: The Incredibly True Story of the Longest Three Hour Tour in History (2001) officially released in Canada in English?
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