Hawaii
by George Roy Hill
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Actor: Carroll O'Connor, Gene Hackman, Julie Andrews, Max von Sydow, Richard HarrisDirector: George Roy Hill
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 161 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-04-12
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Movie Reviews of Hawaii
Movie Review: Hawaii, the Destruction of An Epic
Summary: 2 Stars
The complete uncut original version of this film is one of my favorites as it was for my late mother. I feel it was one of the greatest film epics Hollywood had produced. The acting was superb. Max Von Sydow is my favorite actor. Julie Andrews was magnificent as well as a little known actress named Jocelyn Lagarde who played the Ali Nui, in fact she was nominated for an academy award. I met Manu Tupou who played Keoki and thanked him for his excellent portrayal.
The marriage of film music with the movie by the late Elmer Bernstein was film scoring at its finest. The cinematography was breath taking and the screenplay was witty and engaging. The story albeit a shorter adaption of the mamoth Michener epic novel was nonetheless very poignant. I have the full VHS version. This film was not too long in my book! Why did MGM butcher the DVD version? Is there a way that Amazon can press the powers that be for a complte version of a much maligned masterpiece on DVD?
Summary of Hawaii
Two cultures collide in this vast lavish and truly spectacular film starring Julie Andrews Max Von Sydow Richard Harris Gene Hackman and Carroll O'Connor. Adapted from James A. Michener's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and nominated* for seven Oscars? this "majestic gorgeously framed epic is adventuresome picture-making a credit to the industry" (The Film Daily) and riveting entertainment!They came to bring God but instead brought disease and destruction. The Rev. Abner Hale (Von Sydow) and his gentle wife Jerusha (Andrews) attempt to convert early 19th-century Hawaiian natives to Christianity but find themselves ill-equipped to endure the unexpected tribulations of paradise. Surging with the excitement of windstorms firestorms shark attacks and magnificent island scenery Hawaii shines as passionately as the island paradise itself!*1966: Supporting Actress (Jocelyne LaGarde) Cinematography Color Costume Design Color Special Visual Effects Score Song SoundSystem Requirements:Running Time: 161 Min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: NR UPC: 027616921918 Manufacturer No: 1008152George Roy Hill (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid) directed this adaptation of James Michener's novel about the history of the 50th state. Max von Sydow plays a zealous missionary with a Calvinist bent, intent on enlightening the natives even as his wife (Julie Andrews) is romanced by the dashing Richard Harris. The film is both a glossy vision of Hawaii in the early 19th century and a sometimes-brutal drama full of death, a rough childbirth, stormy weather, etc. Hill's blunt editing, meant to emphasize the more terrifying aspects of the natural order of life, makes the film look particularly dated and mannered today. This is best appreciated for its cast, all of whom were making inroads in Hollywood at the time. --Tom Keogh
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