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Overview

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Director:
Writers:
James Michener (novel)
Dalton Trumbo (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
10 October 1966 (USA) more
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Tagline:
James Michener's novel reaches the screen.
Plot:
Abner Hale, a rigid and humorless New England missionary, marries the beautiful Jerusha Bromley and takes her to the exotic island kingdom of Hawaii... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 7 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 1 nomination more
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(3 articles)
Composer Elmer Bernstein Dies at 82
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Composer Elmer Bernstein Dies at 82
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Splendor in the Grace more (34 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Julie Andrews ... Jerusha Bromley

Max von Sydow ... Rev. Abner Hale

Richard Harris ... Capt. Rafer Hoxworth

Gene Hackman ... Dr. John Whipple

Carroll O'Connor ... Charles Bromley
Jocelyne LaGarde ... Queen Malama
Manu Tupou ... Keoki
Ted Nobriga ... Kelolo
Elizabeth Logue ... Noelani

John Cullum ... Rev. Immanuel Quigley
George Rose ... Capt. Janders
Lou Antonio ... Rev. Abraham Hewlett
Torin Thatcher ... Rev. Dr. Thorn

Michael Constantine ... Mason, sailor

Malcolm Atterbury ... Gideon Hale
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Additional Details

Runtime:
189 min | USA:162 min (TCM Print)
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2.20 : 1 more
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70 mm 6-Track (original roadshow release) | Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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Fred Zinnemann was originally slated to direct and Audrey Hepburn and Alec Guinness were set to star. Unfortunately, conflicts with producer Walter Mirisch and co-screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, as well as numerous delays caused by the weather, caused him to walk off the project shortly before filming started. George Roy Hill was brought in to direct. more
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Continuity: Late in the film, when Hoxworth confronts Reverend Hale outside the church, while the shot is on the Reverend, from behind Hoxworth, there is a bright sun shining on both men; in the reverse shots of Hoxworth, there is no sunshine and the weather is overcast. more
Quotes:
[reading from a proclamation to her subjects]
Queen Malama: Next law: Everyone will love Jesus.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Forbidden Flesh (1968) more
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MY WISHING DOLL more

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10 out of 10 people found the following review useful.
Splendor in the Grace, 19 March 1999
Author: dweck from Philadelphia, PA, USA

"Hawaii," based on about one-third of the Michener novel, is one of those big, old-fashioned epics, full of wistful vistas, compelling performances, and casts of thousands.

Julie Andrews' acting abilities shine as bright as the tropical sun in this story of a New England woman who accompanies her stodgy husband to the islands on a mission to convert the heathens. Andrews' buoyant on-screen persona is held in check here (as it is in the overly criticized "Darling Lili"), making her Jerusha a quiet heroine. Her childbirth scene is effective for the visceral reaction it creates, and she's got one whopping good speech toward the end, where she finally gives her stick-in-the-mud hubby what-for.

Von Sydow, who would work with Andrews again later in "Duet for One," is all bluster and bellowing, condemning just about everyone he comes in contact with. I find the performance rather one-note; however, the opening scenes in which Hale tries to woo the lovely Jerusha are sweetly awkward.

Richard Harris shows up as a long-lost sea captain in one of moviedom's most impossible coincidences. Harris is all fire and passion, exactly the kind of third-party that a juicy love triangle needs.

George Roy Hill's direction keeps things moving at a brisk pace, despite the lengthy running time. He had a gorgeous palette to paint with, and he takes full advantage. The sea trek--complete with storms--suffers from some very obvious blue-screening, but Hill manages to build an appropriate sense of excitement.

I'm also going to carp with costumer Dorothy Jeakins. Andrews costumes are lovely (but consider what Jeakins had to work with), but Von Sydow goes running throughout the movie with his stove-pipe hat cemented onto his head. Works okay for the New England settings, but once the cast hits the beach, he ends up looking like some kind of absurd Dr. Doolittle (Hugh Lofting's, creation, not Eddie Murphy's).

Jeakins also makes a very brief appearance (her role was trimmed mightily) as Hale's mother.

While on the subject of the supporting players, LaGarde had no acting experience whatsoever (and, hence, drove the production schedule and budget way off base), but she's utterly charming. She more than earned her Oscar nomination.

Funny to see a pre-Archie Carroll O'Connor in the New England sequences. Also watch for Heather Menzies as one of Jerusha's younger sisters. Two years earlier, she had played Louisa von Trapp to Andrews' Maria. Gene Hackman's here, too, as a put-upon doctor.

One last note: If you're going to seek out this treasure, please, please, please opt for the widescreen version. The rocking of the boat sickened many of the passengers on their way to paradise, and likewise, the pan-and-scan version will sicken viewers of this terrific epic.

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