Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #14713 in DVD
• Released on: 2004-09-07
• Rating: G (General Audience)
• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
• Format: NTSC
• Original language: English, French
• Running time: 93 minutes

On the DVD
cc1974 behind-the-scenes featurette
Special effects camera dailies
1968 pre-production trailer
Original trailers and TV spots
French-language track
French and Spanish subtitles

Synopsis
This Disney family adventure, directed by Robert Stevenson in his Jules Verne mode, concern a group of explorers who travel to the Arctic Circle in 1908 to explore the uncharted wastes of the North Pole. Sir Anthony Ross (Donald Sinden), a rich Londoner, organizes an Arctic exploration team in hopes of locating his missing son. Providing expert advice is Prof. John Ivarson (David Hartman), a professor of Nordic history. As the group explores the frozen tundra, they come across an unknown valley, skirting the borders of a giant volcano, that turns out to be a lost Viking kingdom. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

DVD Menu

• Side #1 --
  • Play
  • Scene Selection
  • Bonus Features
    • 1968 Pre-Production Teaser
    • 1974 Behind-the-Scenes Featurette
    • Special Effects Camera Dailies
      • Play
    • Trailers
      • Tigger Combo
      • Release
    • TV Spots
      • Combo Tigger
      • Boulder
      • Volcano
      • Teaser
    • Still Gallery
    • Register Your DVD
  • Set Up
    • Audio Options
      • English
      • French
    • Captions & Subtitles
      • Captions: English for the Hearing Impaired
      • Subtitles: French
      • Subtitles: Spanish
      • Subtitles: None

Customer Reviews

I want this soundtrack!
I've always loved this movie. Now...I wish I could find the soundtrack, or at least the main title track for download!

What a surprise...I still like it
There has been a number of movies that, after loving them as a young kid in Scotland, I have picked up years later only to be disappointed (I am thinking 'Warlords of Atlantis' and 'People that time forgot'). I was wary about picking up 'The Island at the Top of the World' because I had fond memories of seeing it one Christmas years ago on British television.
Imagine my surprise when I sat down to watch this Walt Disney movie again last night when it actually surpassed my fond memories of the movie.
The story follows the adventure of an eccentric Englishman, an American professor and a zany French aviator as they search for the Englishmans son who went missing in the arctic circle years earlier.
What they discover is an ancient Viking culture on a volcanic island which legends holds is "Where whales go to die.". The green fields and tranquil landscape is a striking contrast to the bleak vistas of the ice fields surrounding it, and the xenophobic Vikings are understandably wary of these strangers. This long lost Viking colony apprently never ventured from their island believing the rest of the world to be covered by inhospitable ice shelves.
The movie, which was nominated for an Oscar in the production design dept. really is a fun ride with the same flavor of a number of the fantasy adventures that were released by Mickey Mouse's company in the early 1970s.
This DVD is a bare bones release but for the cheap price it is easy to recommend it for pick up.

ONE OF DISNEYs LAST GREAT ADVENTURES
Sir Anthony Ross (Donald Sinden) goes on a quest for his missing son (David Gwillim) that leads him to the ISLAND AT THE TOP OF THE WORLD via airship with the aid of Professor Ivarsson (David Hartman), Captain Brieux (Jacques Marin) and Oomiak (Mako). Director Robert Stevenson directed this film based on a novel by Ian Cameron, which treads on Jules Verne territory. Director Stevenson here makes one last attempt at the grandeur of the genre emulating earlier Disney productions such as 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA (1954) and IN SEARCH OF THE CASTAWAYS (1962). Thanks to this DVD on Anchor Bay Entertainment this film looks even better than it did in the theatre and on earlier VHS editions. The esoteric and enigmatic images are sharp, crisp, and richly colorful and lushly textured giving this film a new dimension. Maurice Jarre composed an adventurous and melodic score giving this underrated film the prestige it deserved. I really enjoy this film and have watched it many times over.