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), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (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)
DVD Reviews of Hawaii
DVD Review: The greatest lesbian cult movie of all time
Summary: 3 Stars
Everyone knows anything with Julie Andrews in it is destined to become a lesbian cult classic. This interesting film (which takes as long to watch as many marriages last) includes an amazing subplot with Julie Andrews and the queen of the island in an sweet (if unconsummated) lesbian relationship.
I am surprised that no one else mentions this? But it's an amazing movie--both for the subplot and for its historical importance-- if a little bit difficult to watch at times.
DVD Review: Hawaii Video
Summary: 4 Stars
This was a great movie, well acted and followed the book fairly well. The movie ended WAY before the book did, but it was a really long book anyway. I enjoyed the movie very much.DVD Review: Mind's Harsh Rule
Summary: 3 Stars
Excellence seems to be carefully avoided in this film. It gets close, some aspects are very good, but the scale demands more. Rev. Abner Hale (Max von Sydow) should have greater compassion as a Christian missionary, the panoramic photography ought to be full of inspiration, the cultural and religious issues could be better in focus. It develops neither the characters, nor the ethics intensely enough to justify the universal social conclusions it appears to imply.DVD Review: Is anybody listening?
Summary: 2 Stars
I am so glad that everyone is talking about the edited version of Hawaii on DVD. I love this movie and remember seeing it from a balcony seat on the BIG Screen....absolutely breathtaking. No one makes movies like this anymore. Are the movie companies listening to anybody? 'Hawaii' most definately needs to be re-released without edit.....AND re-mastered for picture and sound. From all the comments posted here ~ it would be well worth the effort and probably sold out in short order!DVD Review: Please Release Full Version on DVD
Summary: 3 Stars
I don't like abridged novels and films that are chopped to pieces are in the same category. This shortened version lacks the depth of the original full version film. The full version film should be considered an all time classic.
Description 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?(r), this "majestic, gorgeously framedepic 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), CinematographyColor, Costume DesignColor, Special Visual Effects, Score, Song, SoundGeorge 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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