Films involving Dwarfism

Dwarfism: Minor Films no photo.

Title	Escape from Atlantis (1997)
Alternative/Original Title
Disability	Dwarf
Country	USA
Length	89
Genre	Fantasy
Rating	1
Director	Strathford Hamilton
Cast	Jeff Speakman Brian Bloom
Notes	Film fiends might enjoy here the number of borrowings from other films. None of which I'm sure are intentional just a way lessening the burden of writing a script. A father who is worried about the waywardness of his children hires a yacht hoping a cruise will put them on the right course. Appropriately there is a teenage son and daughter and a younger son. But, alas, they are shipwrecked on an island where they are greeted by dwarfs. Then they meet the rest of the inhabitants who are as varied a bunch as you could well, not imagine, but steal from other films. This exotic clan who claim to be the denizens of Atlantis might appeal to fans of Startrek. Naturally there are a couple of normal villeins to provide romantic fodder for the teenage son and daughter. There's an enemy which allows the father to take on Yul Brynner's role from "The Magnificent Seven". And there's even a white horse with a clued on horn, I mean a unicorn. The extras aren't directed just let loose. The baddies defeat the goodies and who knows if there was a happy ending, I didn't stay that long.

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