Hawaii (film)

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Hawaii
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
Jocelyne LaGarde
Richard Harris
Music by Elmer Bernstein
Cinematography Russell Harlan
Editing by Stuart Gilmore
Distributed by United Artists
Release date(s) October 10, 1966
Running time 189 min.
Language English
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Hawaii is a 1966 American motion picture 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.

Needing a Polynesian female for the key role of "Queen Alii Nui of Maui, Malama," the producers hired a native Tahitian for the role. 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 phonetically train her to handle the character's dialogue. 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.

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[edit] Cast

The principal characters in the film were portrayed as follows:

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

[edit] Award wins

[edit] Award nominations

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Films Directed by George Roy Hill
Period of Adjustment | Toys in the Attic | The World of Henry Orient | Hawaii | Thoroughly Modern Millie | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | Slaughterhouse-Five | The Sting | The Great Waldo Pepper | Slap Shot | A Little Romance | The World According to Garp | The Little Drummer Girl | Funny Farm
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