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'''''The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island''''' is a 1981 made for television movie. |
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==Production== |
==Production== |
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The original script was going to be known as ''The [[Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders]] on Gilligan's Island'', but was changed to have the Harlem Globetrotters star instead.{{Citation needed|date=May 2010}} On the original series, the Howells are childless; despite this, a new character of Thurston Howell IV (the Howells' son, portrayed by [[David Ruprecht]]) was added due to the ailing health of actor [[Jim Backus]]. Thurston Howell III was written out of the script by saying he was tending to business on the mainland United States, and ordered his son, Thurston Howell IV, to manage the island resort. In an effort to keep up continuity, Backus insisted on making a brief appearance, and he is featured briefly at the end. Neither of the previous actresses who played Ginger agreed to reprise their role in this film |
The original script was going to be known as ''The [[Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders]] on Gilligan's Island'', but was changed to have the Harlem Globetrotters star instead.{{Citation needed|date=May 2010}} On the original series, the Howells are childless; despite this, a new character of Thurston Howell IV (the Howells' son, portrayed by [[David Ruprecht]]) was added due to the ailing health of actor [[Jim Backus]]. Thurston Howell III was written out of the script by saying he was tending to business on the mainland United States, and ordered his son, Thurston Howell IV, to manage the island resort. In an effort to keep up continuity, Backus insisted on making a brief appearance, and he is featured briefly at the end. Neither of the previous actresses who played Ginger agreed to reprise their role in this film. |
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This would be the final performance together of [[Martin Landau]] and [[Barbara Bain]], the husband and wife team best known for their starring roles in ''[[Mission: Impossible]]'' and ''[[Space 1999]]''. They divorced in 1993. |
This would be the final performance together of [[Martin Landau]] and [[Barbara Bain]], the husband and wife team best known for their starring roles in ''[[Mission: Impossible]]'' and ''[[Space 1999]]''. They divorced in 1993. |
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Like the original 1964-67 sitcom, ''The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island'' featured a [[laugh track]]. |
Like the original 1964-67 sitcom, ''The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island'' featured a [[laugh track]]. |
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==Cast== |
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*[[Bob Denver]] - [[Gilligan (fictional character)|Willy Gilligan]] |
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*[[Alan Hale, Jr.]] - [[The Skipper|Skipper Jonas Grumby]] |
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*[[Russell Johnson]] - [[The Professor (Gilligan's Island)|Professor Roy Hinkley, Jr.]] |
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*[[Jim Backus]] - [[Thurston Howell III]] |
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*[[David Ruprecht]] - Thurston Howell IV |
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*[[Natalie Schafer]] - [[Lovey Wentworth Howell|Lovey Howell]] |
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*[[Judith Baldwin]] - [[Ginger Grant]] |
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*[[Dawn Wells]] - [[Mary Ann Summers]] |
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*[[Martin Landau]] - J. J. Pierson |
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*[[Barbara Bain]] - Dr. Olga Schmetner |
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*[[Scatman Crothers]] - Dewey Stevens |
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*[[Whitney Rydbeck]] - George (the robot) |
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*[[Dreama Denver]] - The Howells' secretary |
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*[[Rosalind Chao]] - Hotel clerk |
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*[[Stu Nahan]] - Sportscaster #1 |
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*[[Chick Hearn]] - Sportscaster #2 |
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*Bruce Briggs - Referee |
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*Cindee Appleton - Linda |
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*Wendy Hoffman - Jackie |
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*The [[Harlem Globetrotters]] - themselves |
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**[[Geese Ausbie]] |
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**[[Clyde Austin]] |
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**[[Jimmy Blacklock]] |
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**[[Nate Branch]] |
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**[[Lou Dunbar]] |
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**[[Tex Harrison]] |
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**[[Theodis Lee]] |
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**[[Bobby Joe Mason]] |
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**[[Curley Neal]] |
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**[[Robert Paige]] |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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| The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's island | |
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| Written by | David P. Harmon Gordon Mitchell Al Schwartz Elroy Schwartz Sherwood Schwartz |
| Directed by | Peter Baldwin |
| Starring | Bob Denver Alan Hale, Jr. Dawn Wells Jim Backus Natalie Schafer Russell Johnson Constance Forslund |
| Music by | Gerald Fried |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producers | Lloyd J. Schwartz (producer) Sherwood Schwartz (executive producer) Hap Weyman (producer) |
| Cinematography | Keith C. Smith |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Production company | Universal Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC |
| Release | May 5, 1981 |
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island is a 1981 made for television movie.
Synopsis
The film is a sequel to the TV movie The Castaways on Gilligan's Island. Gilligan and his friends still own and operate the vacation resort The Castaways. In the film, the Harlem Globetrotters, a traveling troupe of merry basketball players, are on a plane ride over the Pacific Ocean when it has engine trouble and they are forced into an emergency landing onto Gilligan's Island. After a brief time struggling in the jungle, they are discovered by Gilligan and Skipper and welcomed to The Castaways. Meanwhile, a corporate raider has a plan to bamboozle the owners of The Castaways (Gilligan and his friends) into signing over ownership to him, as the island contains ore which provides large sources of energy. Eventually Gilligan and the Skipper uncover the conspiracy, and it results in a basketball game between the Globetrotters and a team of robots assembled by the corporate raider. Notable sports broadcasters Chick Hearn and Stu Nahan appear as part of the basketball game premise, with Hearn calling the play-by-play action of the climactic showdown.
Production
The original script was going to be known as The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders on Gilligan's Island, but was changed to have the Harlem Globetrotters star instead.[citation needed] On the original series, the Howells are childless; despite this, a new character of Thurston Howell IV (the Howells' son, portrayed by David Ruprecht) was added due to the ailing health of actor Jim Backus. Thurston Howell III was written out of the script by saying he was tending to business on the mainland United States, and ordered his son, Thurston Howell IV, to manage the island resort. In an effort to keep up continuity, Backus insisted on making a brief appearance, and he is featured briefly at the end. Neither of the previous actresses who played Ginger agreed to reprise their role in this film.
This would be the final performance together of Martin Landau and Barbara Bain, the husband and wife team best known for their starring roles in Mission: Impossible and Space 1999. They divorced in 1993.
Like the original 1964-67 sitcom, The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island featured a laugh track.
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External links
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