

The Family That Dwelt Apart
A family of seven lives on a New England island with nobody else. One winter, they got stranded because the bay froze over. This didn't much matter to them, but someone on the mainland remembered them and launched an aerial rescue mission; an unfounded story that one boy had appendicitis results in a larger rescue mission, with the situation rapidly escalating into a major catastrophe all because of the rescue mission.
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- Theatrical14 Oct 1973
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The Family That Dwelt Apart was released on 14 October 1973.
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CinemaSerf
5/17/2024
It's EB White's commentary that raises a smile as we follow the tragedy of the poor "Pruitt" family. They live, quite contentedly, on a remote island - all seven of them - surviving on a diet of tins and corn biscuits whilst hibernating the winter through snuggly safe in their home. One year, though, the cold is especially bad and someone on the mainland realises how isolated they are. Alarmed, somebody somehow also …
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