The Island

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The Island is an adventure-horror-thriller with Michael Caine and David Warner (actor). Directed by Michael Ritchie. Based on a book written by Peter Benchley who is also known for the books Jaws and The Deep. (He was also involved in the production of The Island.) The Island takes place in the Caribbean where reporter Caine and his son meet a gang of barbaric pirates who seem to be living in the past. Like most books of Benchley's novels, th... more
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  • 1980

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  • 114 min (68.4 hs )

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Michael Ritchie

Michael Brunswick Ritchie (November 28, 1938 - April 16, 2001) was an American film director. Ritchie was born in Waukesha, Wisconsin, the son of Patricia (née Graney) and Benbow Ferguson Ritchie, who was a college professor. His sister, Elsie, acted in two of his films ( The Candidate and Smile)....

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The Island

The Island is a novel by Peter Benchley, published in 1979 by Doubleday & Co. Blair Maynard, a divorced journalist in New York City, decides to write a story about the unexplained disappearance of yachts and other small boats in the Caribbean, hoping to debunk theories about the Bermuda Triangle....
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