The Castaways on Gilligan's Island is a reunion movie that is a lot better than Rescue from Gilligan's Island, and was actually planned as a pilot for a new series, but sadly, network rescheduling put the movie in direct competition with Mork and Mindy, which was a hit show at the time.
Set after the events of Rescue, the castaways are marooned on the island again, only this time, the tsunami has wrecked all the underground springs, resulting in the water being salt water, unsafe for drinking. At this point, everyone is angry at Gilligan, whose bumbling caused all this, but after finds an old WWII plane, the castaways use it to escape, only for Gilligan to decide to jump off. However, the crew is actually thankful, as his bumbling actually saved them, and after finding him, they are soon found by the coast guard, who saw their plane. As a result, the island is soon charted, and the Howes decide to build a resort on the island, leading to the second part, as well as the pilot, as the castaways, now employees of the resort, help solve problems.
Yeah, I can see why this deserves a lot more respect, as this is a major improvement over Rescue. The first half is the usual we see in the series, only here, Gilligan's bumbling actually saves the castaways. The second half is a neat attempt to pitch a new show that mixes elements from Love Boat and Fantasy Island, and even getting the likes of Tom Bosely, who is best known as Howard Cunningham in Happy Days, and Marcia Wallace, who back then, was know for being The Bob Newheart Show, and later on, would be known as the voice of Edna Krabapple in The Simpsons) to play roles in it.
Set after the events of Rescue, the castaways are marooned on the island again, only this time, the tsunami has wrecked all the underground springs, resulting in the water being salt water, unsafe for drinking. At this point, everyone is angry at Gilligan, whose bumbling caused all this, but after finds an old WWII plane, the castaways use it to escape, only for Gilligan to decide to jump off. However, the crew is actually thankful, as his bumbling actually saved them, and after finding him, they are soon found by the coast guard, who saw their plane. As a result, the island is soon charted, and the Howes decide to build a resort on the island, leading to the second part, as well as the pilot, as the castaways, now employees of the resort, help solve problems.
Yeah, I can see why this deserves a lot more respect, as this is a major improvement over Rescue. The first half is the usual we see in the series, only here, Gilligan's bumbling actually saves the castaways. The second half is a neat attempt to pitch a new show that mixes elements from Love Boat and Fantasy Island, and even getting the likes of Tom Bosely, who is best known as Howard Cunningham in Happy Days, and Marcia Wallace, who back then, was know for being The Bob Newheart Show, and later on, would be known as the voice of Edna Krabapple in The Simpsons) to play roles in it.