Premise

The film was based on the book's third chapter From the Farm of Bitterness, which covered the settlement of the island kingdom by its first American missionaries.[1]

Needing a Polynesian female for the key role of Queen Malama, the Alii Nui, the producers hired a native Tahitian for the role. French-speaking Jocelyne LaGarde had never
acted before and could not speak English; however, her screen test showed a powerful presence, and the producers hired a coach to train her phonetically to handle the
character's dialog. Of the all-star cast, LaGarde would be the only one to earn an Academy Award nomination and the only one to win a Golden Globe Award. The film was
also the highest-grossing film of 1966. Originally, it was to be directed by the man who made From Here To Eternity, Fred Zinnemann, but he fought with the studio a few
years before and was in England working on A Man For All Seasons. Then director George Roy Hill was asked to work on the film: he agreed, and the film became the only
epic he directed. He would do other films, but none as big as this one.
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Hawaii (film)
original 1966 film poster
Directed by                                       George Roy Hill
Produced by                                     Walter Mirisch
Written by                                         James A. Michener (novel)
                                                          Dalton Trumbo & Daniel Taradash (screenplay)
Starring                                             Julie Andrews
                                                          Max von Sydow
                                                          Gene Hackman
                                                          Jocelyne LaGarde
                                                          Richard Harris
                                                          Carroll O'Connor
Music by                                            Elmer Bernstein
Cinematography                             Russell Harlan
Editing by                                          Stuart Gilmore
Studio                                                The Mirisch Corporation
Distributed by                                  United Artists
Release date(s)                              October 10, 1966
Running time                                   189 minutes
Country                                               United States
Language                                           English
Hawaii is a 1966 American film directed by George Roy Hill and based on the novel of the same name by James A. Michener. It tells the story of an 1820s Yale University
divinity student (Max von Sydow) who, along with his new bride (Julie Andrews), becomes a Calvinist missionary in the Hawaiian Islands. It was filmed at Old Sturbridge
Village, in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, and on the island of Oahu in Hawaii.
Cast

  • Julie Andrews as Jerusha Hale (née Bromley)
  • Max von Sydow as Reverend Abner Hale
  • Jocelyne LaGarde as Queen Malama Kanakoa
  • Gene Hackman as Dr. John Whipple
  • Richard Harris as Capt. Rafer Hoxworth
  • Carroll O'Connor as Charles Bromley
  • Manu Tupou as Prince Keoki
  • Ted Nobriga as Prince Kelolo
  • Elizabeth Logue as Noelani
  • John Cullum as Rev. Immanuel Quigley
  • George Rose as Capt. Janders
  • Lou Antonio as Rev. Abraham Hewlett
  • Torin Thatcher as Rev. Dr. Thorn
  • Michael Constantine as Mason, sailor
  • Malcolm Atterbury as Gideon Hale

Bette Midler also had her first on-screen movie appearance in Hawaii as a ship passenger with no dialogue.
Award wins

  • Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture (Jocelyne LaGarde)
  • Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score - Motion Picture (Elmer Bernstein)
Availability of different versions

The film as originally released ran 189 minutes (including overture, intermission, entr'acte, and exit music). This roadshow version would be issued on VHS and LaserDisc
from the best available elements. For general release, it was subsequently cut by UA to 162 minutes and is the one on DVD (as the best elements suitable for DVD came
from the general release). Both versions have been broadcast on Turner Classic Movies and This TV Network.
Award nominations

  • Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (Jocelyne LaGarde)[2]
  • Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color (Russell Harlan)
  • Academy Award for Costume Design, Color (Dorothy Jeakins)
  • Academy Award for Best Effects, Special Visual Effects (Linwood G. Dunn)
  • Academy Award for Original Music Score (Elmer Bernstein)
  • Academy Award for Best Music, Original Song (Elmer Bernstein (music) Mack David (lyrics) for the song "My Wishing Doll"
  • Academy Award for Best Sound (Gordon E. Sawyer of Samuel Goldwyn Sound Studios)
  • Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama (Max von Sydow)
See also

  • The Hawaiians, a 1970 sequel, which covered later chapters of James Michener's book, came later. It starred Charlton Heston, Geraldine Chaplin, and Tina Chen.
References

  1. ^ http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/21708/Hawaii/overview
  2. ^ "The 39th Academy Awards (1967) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-24.
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