screenshots / Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe / 1997 Miramax Films

Based on the 1719 novel Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe this survival adventure film stars Pierce Brosnan (as Robinson Crusoe) and Papua New Guinean actor William Takaku (as Man Friday).

Co-directed by Rod Hardy (Buffalo Girls) and George T. Miller (Journey to the Center of the Earth) who both are originally from Australia.

The film was not released theatrically in the United States or United Kingdom.

The production filmed on location in Papua New Guinea

William Takaku passed in 2011 at the age of 56.