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The Island at the Top of the World

Year:

1974

Duration:

93 min

Genres:

Adventure | Family | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

IMDB rate:

6.3

Director:

Robert Stevenson

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar.

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1974-12-20

Filming Locations: Redmond, Oregon, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Sverre Anker Ousdal

David Hartman

Prof. Ivarsson

Donald Sinden

Sir Anthony Ross

Jacques Marin

Captain Brieux

Mako

Oomiak

David Gwillim

Donald Ross

Agneta Eckemyr

Freyja

Gunnar Öhlund

The Godi

Lasse Kolstad

Erik

Erik Silju

Torvald

Rolf Søder

The Lawspeaker

Torsten Wahlund

Sven

Niels Hinrichsen

Sigurd

Denny Miller

Town Guard

Brendan Dillon

The Factor

James Almanzar

French Engineer

Ivor Barry

The Butler

Lee Paul

Chief of Boat Archers

Ian Abercrombie

Train Conductor (uncredited)

Jackson Bostwick

Pilot (uncredited)

Herman Poppe

Sentry (uncredited)

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Trivia

The dust-cover blurb for one of the editions of the film's source Ian Cameron 1961 novel "The Lost Ones" read: "An epic story of adventure, set in the Arctic, which leads to the legendary graveyard of the whales...". The whales graveyard is featured in this movie version.

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The French Hyperion blimp from the film was recreated for the Disneyland Resort Paris theme park in its Discoveryland section. During the early 1990s, it was considered the largest ever prop in any Disney theme park across the world.

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The pronunciation of the character name of "The Godi" portrayed by Gunnar Öhlund was actually pronounced "Go-dah".

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Goofs

The Hyperion's propellers are hand cranked men by men on the ground. When the entire ship is viewed at rest the propellers are nowhere near the ground.

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Quotes

Oomiak: What fame, not even my dogs know me.

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