"Fantasy Island" (1978) TV series 1978-1984

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Creator:

Gene Levitt
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Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7

Release Date:

28 January 1978 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama | Fantasy

Plot:

Tales of visitors to a unique resort island that can fulfill literally any fantasy requested.

Plot Keywords:

Island | Resort | Midget | Dwarf | Dream Comes True

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 9 nominations

Cast

Ricardo Montalban	...	Mr. Roarke (70 episodes, 1978-1984)
Hervé Villechaize	...	Tattoo (42 episodes, 1978-1983)

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Series Directed by
Earl Bellamy		(19 episodes, 1978-1980)
Cliff Bole		(8 episodes, 1978-1984)
George McCowan		(7 episodes, 1978-1981)
Michael Vejar		(7 episodes, 1979-1981)
Bob Sweeney		(7 episodes, 1982-1984)
Philip Leacock		(6 episodes, 1982-1984)
Don Weis		(6 episodes, 1982-1984)
Leslie H. Martinson		(5 episodes, 1981-1983)
Arnold Laven		(2 episodes, 1978-1979)
Lawrence Dobkin		(2 episodes, 1979)
Rod Holcomb		(2 episodes, 1980)
Richard Benedict		(unknown episodes)
George W. Brooks		(unknown episodes)
Don Chaffey		(unknown episodes)
Carl Kugel		(unknown episodes)
Ricardo Montalban		(unknown episodes)
Gene Nelson		(unknown episodes)
Larry Stewart		(unknown episodes)
Robert C. Thompson		(unknown episodes)

Series Writing credits
Ron Friedman		(13 episodes, 1978-1980)
Larry Forrester		(10 episodes, 1980-1983)
Gene Levitt		(9 episodes, 1978-1983)
Steve Fisher		(7 episodes, 1978-1980)
Skip Webster		(7 episodes, 1978-1980)
Don Ingalls		(7 episodes, 1980-1984)
Worley Thorne		(6 episodes, 1978-1984)
Arthur Rowe		(6 episodes, 1978-1981)
Stephen Lord		(6 episodes, 1979-1981)
William Douglas Lansford		(5 episodes, 1978-1979)
Herman Groves		(5 episodes, 1979-1983)
Katharyn Powers		(4 episodes, 1979-1983)
Anne Collins		(4 episodes, 1983-1984)
Michael Fisher		(3 episodes, 1978-1979)
Robert Sherman		(3 episodes, 1983-1984)
Tim Maschler		(2 episodes, 1978-1979)
James Schmerer		(2 episodes, 1978)
Robert Brennan		(2 episodes, 1979)
Robert Earll		(2 episodes, 1979)
Paul Savage		(2 episodes, 1981-1983)
Charlene Keel		(2 episodes, 1982-1984)
Sheila R. Allen		(2 episodes, 1984)
David Chambers		(2 episodes, 1984)
Larry Alexander		(unknown episodes)
Frank Dandridge		(unknown episodes)
Lorin Dreyfuss		(unknown episodes)
Ruel Fischmann		(unknown episodes)
Marion Hargrove		(unknown episodes)
Robert Heverly		(unknown episodes)
David Landsberg		(unknown episodes)
Donna Lee		(unknown episodes)
Arthur C. Pierce		(unknown episodes)
John Whelpley		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Aaron Spelling	....	executive producer (152 episodes, 1978-1984)
Gordon Rowe	....	associate producer (12 episodes, 1983-1984)
Leonard Goldberg	....	executive producer (9 episodes, 1978-1984)
Don Ingalls	....	producer (7 episodes, 1980-1984)
Arthur Rowe	....	supervising producer (7 episodes, 1980-1984)
Michael Vejar	....	associate producer / co-producer (5 episodes, 1978-1980)
Christopher Chulack	....	associate producer (4 episodes, 1980-1982)
Carl Pingitore	....	co-producer (4 episodes, 1980-1982)
Michael Fisher	....	producer (3 episodes, 1978)
Janice Cooke-Leonard	....	associate producer (2 episodes, 1980-1983)

Series Original Music by
Laurence Rosenthal		(8 episodes, 1978-1984)
Charles Albertine		(3 episodes, 1978-1981)
Elliot Kaplan		(3 episodes, 1978)
Ken Harrison		(3 episodes, 1980-1984)

Series Cinematography by
Emmett Bergholtz		(8 episodes, 1978-1984)
Donald H. Birnkrant		(2 episodes, 1978)
Sherman Kunkel		(unknown episodes)
Irving Lippman		(unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
John Woodcock		(2 episodes, 1978)
William B. Stich		(2 episodes, 1980-1981)
Ronald LaVine		(2 episodes, 1982)

Series Casting by
Claire Newell		(5 episodes, 1980-1982)
Robin Lippin		(2 episodes, 1983-1984)
Joe Scully		(unknown episodes, 1978-1980)
Al Onorato		(unknown episodes)

Series Art Direction by
Ross Bellah		(12 episodes, 1978-1984)
David Marshall		(7 episodes, 1980-1984)
Zoltan Müller		(3 episodes, 1978-1981)
Alfeo Bocchicchio		(2 episodes, 1978)
Frederick P. Hope		(2 episodes, 1978)
Robert Purcell		(unknown episodes)

Series Set Decoration by
Audrey A. Blasdel		(9 episodes, 1978-1984)
Ted Lake		(9 episodes, 1978-1984)
Frank Lombardo		(2 episodes, 1978)

Series Costume Design by
Grady Hunt		(4 episodes, 1978-1984)

Series Makeup Department
Sharleen Rassi	....	key hair stylist / hair stylist (16 episodes, 1978-1982)
Ben Lane	....	makeup supervisor (7 episodes, 1978-1981)
Nora de la Torre	....	makeup artist (7 episodes, 1980-1984)
Leo Lotito Jr.	....	makeup supervisor / makeup artist (5 episodes, 1982-1984)
Joan Phillips	....	hair stylist (2 episodes, 1980-1984)

Series Production Management
Robert M. Beche	....	unit production manager (8 episodes, 1980-1984)
Harry Hogan III	....	unit production manager (3 episodes, 1978)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Robert M. Rolsky	....	second assistant director (6 episodes, 1980-1984)
Wallace Van Allen	....	assistant director / first assistant director / ... (5 episodes, 1978-1982)
Richard Learman	....	assistant director (2 episodes, 1978)
Robert Gilmore	....	assistant director (2 episodes, 1982-1983)
Lindsley Parsons III	....	second assistant director (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Michael Walsh	....	lead man (66 episodes, 1981-1984)
Claudia Gilligan Ivanjack	....	painter (23 episodes, 1978)
Steven Johnson	....	property master (3 episodes, 1980-1982)
Michael Wiegand	....	property master (2 episodes, 1981-1982)
David Kirk	....	construction coordinator (2 episodes, 1983-1984)
Hank Stonecipher	....	supervising construction coordinator (2 episodes, 1983-1984)

Series Sound Department
George Ronconi	....	sound mixer (6 episodes, 1978-1984)
Christopher Chulack	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)
Richard Friedman	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)
Doug Grindstaff	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)
Don Isaacs	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)
Al Kajita	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)
Hank Salerno	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)
Larry Singer	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)
Luke Wolfram	....	sound editor (unknown episodes)

Series Special Effects by
Bill Clove	....	special effects (6 episodes, 1978-1982)
Ken Speed	....	special effects assistant (unknown episodes)

Series Visual Effects by
Hal Miles	....	visual effects (1 episode, 1980)
Bill Millar	....	special visual effects (unknown episodes)

Series Stunts
Gary Hymes	....	stunt double (8 episodes, 1979-1982)
Roy E. Harrison	....	stunt coordinator (6 episodes, 1978-1982)
Charlie Picerni	....	stunts (6 episodes, 1978-1982)
Gregory J. Barnett	....	stunts / stunt coordinator (4 episodes, 1978-1980)
Richard Epper	....	stunts (3 episodes, 1978-1979)
Jesse Wayne	....	stunt double (3 episodes, 1978-1979)
Allan Graf	....	stunt double: Dick Butkus (2 episodes, 1978-1980)
Jimmy Nickerson	....	stunt coordinator (2 episodes, 1983-1984)
Bruce Paul Barbour	....	stunt performer (2 episodes, 1983)
Leslie Hoffman	....	scuba diver / stunt double: Pamela Franklin / ... (unknown episodes)
Whitey Hughes	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Gene LeBell	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Greg Walker	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
James Winburn	....	stunts (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Robert Seaman	....	camera operator (11 episodes, 1981-1984)
Bob West	....	key grip (5 episodes, 1980-1984)
Julius Metoyer	....	gaffer (4 episodes, 1980-1984)
Bill Fleming	....	key grip (3 episodes, 1978-1980)
Cliff Ralke	....	camera operator (3 episodes, 1978-1980)
Ron Francis	....	camera operator (2 episodes, 1978-1981)
Rick Fee	....	assistant camera (2 episodes, 1984)
Dale Alexander	....	key grip (unknown episodes)
Adam Glick	....	set lighting technician (unknown episodes)
Serge Poupis	....	first assistant camera (unknown episodes)
Joseph Staton	....	second assistant camera (unknown episodes)

Series Casting Department
Al Onorato	....	casting supervisor / casting executive (7 episodes, 1978-1981)
Meryl O'Loughlin	....	casting executive (4 episodes, 1982-1984)
Nancy Woodruff Blum	....	casting associate (2 episodes, 1980-1981)
Robin Lippin	....	casting associate (2 episodes, 1982)
Kathleen Conner	....	casting associate (2 episodes, 1983-1984)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Ronald V. Barry	....	costume supervisor: men (24 episodes, 1980-1981)
Gregory B. Peña	....	costumer (22 episodes, 1981-1982)
Grady Hunt	....	wardrobe / wardrobe selector (8 episodes, 1978-1984)

Series Editorial Department
Virgil E. Hammond III	....	post-production (12 episodes, 1978-1984)

Series Music Department
Laurence Rosenthal	....	composer: theme music (3 episodes, 1978-1981)
Jay Kleinberg	....	music editor (2 episodes, 1982-1983)

Series Transportation Department
Gina August	....	driver (22 episodes, 1982-1984)
Chris Haynes	....	production driver (2 episodes, 1982)

Series Other crew
Richard Vitagliano	....	location coordinator (4 episodes, 1978-1981)
Michael Looney	....	location coordinator / production coordinator (3 episodes, 1978)
Skip Webster	....	executive story consultant (3 episodes, 1978)
James Schmerer	....	executive script consultant / executive story consultant (2 episodes, 1978)
Albert Aley	....	story editor (2 episodes, 1980-1981)
Katharyn Powers	....	story editor (2 episodes, 1983-1984)
Art Scholl	....	pilot (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures Television
• Spelling-Goldberg Productions

Distributors

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1978-1984) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Columbia TriStar Domestic Television (2001)
• RTL-TVi (2004) (Belgium) (TV)
• Sony Pictures Television (2002-)
• The Program Exchange (USA)

Special Effects

• F-Stop Film & Video (titles and opticals) (as F-Stop)

Other Companies

• Burbank Studios, The  filmed at
• Chrysler Corporation  automobiles provided by (as Chrysler)
• F.W. & Associates  automobiles provided by

Runtime:

60 min (157 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:PG | Argentina:Atp

Filming Locations:

Bronson Canyon, Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures Television

Trivia:

The waterfall seen during the opening sequences is the real-life Wailua Falls in Kauai, Hawaii.

Quotes:

[repeated line]
Tattoo: Da plane. Da plane.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Andy Richter Controls the Universe: Crazy in Rio (#2.7)" (2003)

I liked this show as a kid

I used to love this show as a child. What a wonderful concept, a person pays for a vacation, which acts out his or her "Fantasy". Thankfully this was not part of an adult programming. However, the show had reunions of people meeting loves from high school, and events people wanted. The show's writers had imagination too show what you want can turn into a nightmare. Ricardo mentioned this line in every third show. Ricardo, and Tatoo were well casted. As I matured, I will agree with the other posts that the storylines were thin, the sets cheap, along with rushed directing and scripts. Hard to watch again, but the what kept myself watching for a couple of minutes is some of the neat concepts, and the freshness of having new guests every week. With all television, the ideas became old, and they pushed the series 2 years too long.