When a storm washes a canoe bearing an infant boy ashore upon a small South Pacific island, he is at first well-received as a gift from the heavens, even to the point of the tribal chief adopting him ...
A 1969 short film produced by Brigham Young U. gets feature-length treatment in "The Legend of Johnny Lingo," a waterlogged seafaring adventure targeting family auds. Pic is better at conveying ...
Johnny Lingo, one of the sharpest traders in the south pacific islands decides to bargain for a wife, and offers a record price of eight cows for Mahana, a plain girl who shuns contact. This causes ...
Pride and self-worth emerge as dominant themes in “The Legend ofJohnny Lingo,” the beautiful South Seas serving as a nicebackdrop. Based on the popular Patricia McGerr novel “Johnny Lingo’sEight-Cow ...
There’s a fine line between folkloric simplicity and plain amateurishness. Most of the time, The Legend of Johnny Lingo is on the wrong side of that line. Set circa 1900 on the islands of the South ...
When a storm washes a canoe bearing an infant boy ashore upon a small South Pacific island, he is at first well-received as a gift from the heavens, even to the point of the tribal chief adopting him ...
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