Molokai: The Story Of Father Damien
by Paul Cox
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Actor: Chris Haywood, David Wenham, Derek Jacobi, Jan Decleir, Kate CeberanoDirector: Paul Cox
Brand: Vision
Producer: Alex Verbaere
Producer: Andy Howard
Producer: Anton Kramer
Producer: Grietje Lammertyn
Producer: John Briley
Writer: John Briley
Writer: Hilde Eynikel
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 113 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-02-14
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Vision Video
DVD Reviews of Molokai: The Story Of Father Damien
DVD Review: An earnest film,but very poorly done;view for content only
Summary: 1 Stars
Please,
read through before you reject what I have to say!
I have no doubt that this Netherlands produced independent film had all of the earnestness of Mother Theresa.
Father Damien arrived in 1873 to the 7 year old leper colony founded in Kalaupapu'ua Molokai,Hawaii.As a Catholic Missionary,Damien worked among the people eventually contacting the disease and dying from influenza in 1886.Aided by a precious few that came years later, Damien was able to build a parish Church and establish housing on the island.Today,Molokai is an island that requires you to take the Damien tour for $40 as a prerequisite for visiting the island.
But as a film,strictly, this is a very low budget project and it shows.John Briley's screenplay which is freely adapted from Hilde Eynirel's Dutch source material is extremely rudimentary and Paul Cox's direction follows suit.The acting naturally follows in the same venue,rigid and embarrassingly dull.Even director of photography,Nino Martinelli, apart from pan-scan shots of the island,unfortunately,has every scene and actor on a predetermined mark to deliver their lines...and that is what the actors do.Tom Wilkinson,Peter O'Toole,Jan Decleir,Alice Krige and Derek Jacobi are simply bad in this film that under another director with different funding may have been far more compelling than what it really was.I do not fault the actors who did what they were told to do.This is where I would lay the total fault of this production at the feet of director Paul Cox.Unfortunately, the earnestness of the project is hampered by lack of funding and ultimately static camera work and poor direction.It is needlessly long and lacks any real tension build up.The film is as static as static can be.
Paul Grabowski and Wil Mertens do,though,provide some nice soundtrack material.
It is a shame,because what Father Damien did was quite unselfish and heroic;but a film is a film,and this one really lacks in professional quality.Sorry.I doubt that after one viewing that you will return to Molokai AS A FILM.
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