Nate and Hayes (1983)

Director:

Ferdinand Fairfax

Writers:

John Hughes (writer)
David Odell (screenplay)
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Release Date:

18 November 1983 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Fiancée | Island | Kidnapping | Ocean | Pacific

Cast

Tommy Lee Jones	...	Captain Bully Hayes
Michael O'Keefe	...	Nathaniel Williamson
Max Phipps	...	Ben Pease
Jenny Seagrove	...	Sophie
Grant Tilly	...	Count Von Rittenberg
Peter Rowley	...	Louis Beck
Bill Johnson	...	Reverend Williamson
Kate Harcourt	...	Mrs. Williamson
Reg Ruka	...	Moaka
Roy Billing	...	Auctioneer
Bruce Allpress	...	Mr. Blake
David Letch	...	Ratbag
Prince Tui Teka	...	King of Ponape
Pudji Waseso	...	Fong
Peter Vere-Jones	...	Gunboat Captain
Tom Vanderlaan	...	Count's Lieutenant
Mark Hadlow	...	Gun Operator
Phillip Gordon	...	Timmy
Norman Fairley	...	Pegleg
Warwick Simmons	...	Pog
Paul Farrell	...	Crewman #1
Frank Taurua	...	Crewman #2
Norman Keesing	...	Crewman #3
Robert Bruce	...	Ben Pease Crew #1
Timothy Lee	...	Ben Pease Crew #2
Peter Bell	...	Ben Pease Crew #3
Peter Diamond	...	Ben Pease Crew #4
John Rush	...	Ben Pease Crew #5
Karl Bradley	...	Ben Pease Crew #7
Grant Price	...	Ben Pease Crew #6

Directed by
Ferdinand Fairfax

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
John Hughes		writer
David Odell		screenplay
David Odell		story
Lloyd Phillips		story

Produced by
Lloyd Phillips	....	producer
Rob Whitehouse	....	producer

Original Music by
Trevor Jones

Cinematography by
Tony Imi

Film Editing by
John Shirley

Casting by
Celestia Fox
Penny Perry

Production Design by
Maurice Cain

Art Direction by
Dan Hennah
Rick Kofoed

Costume Design by
Norma Moriceau

Makeup Department
Bob McCarron	....	makeup supervisor
Bob McCarron	....	special makeup effects
Shayne Radford	....	hair stylist
Wendy Sainsbury	....	senior makeup artist
Angela Reading	....	assistant hair stylist (uncredited)

Production Management
Jane Gilbert	....	production manager
Ted Lloyd	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bert Batt	....	first assistant director
Tim Coddington	....	third assistant director
Michael Horton	....	second unit director
Terry Pearce	....	second assistant director
Chris Short	....	second assistant director
Lee Tamahori	....	first assistant director: second unit

Art Department
Jeanelle Aston	....	property buyer
Jeanelle Aston	....	set dresser
Lissa Coote	....	property master
Al Ford	....	stand-by props
Josephine Ford	....	art director: Fiji
Ed Mulholand	....	leading head carpenter
Rob Outterside	....	construction manager
Michael Worrall	....	production design assistant (as Mike Worrall)
Peter Worrall	....	production design assistant

Sound Department
Peter Best	....	dubbing editor
Graham V. Hartstone	....	sound re-recording mixer
John Ireland	....	dialogue editor
Nicolas Le Messurier	....	sound re-recording mixer
Gordon K. McCallum	....	sound mixer
Graham Morris	....	boom operator
Hammond Peek	....	sound recordist: stereo backgrounds
Terry Poulton	....	footsteps editor
Don Reynolds	....	sound recordist
John Hayward	....	sound re-recording mixer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Kevin Chisnall	....	special effects: New Zealand
Jeff Clifford	....	special effects floor supervisor
Peter Dawson	....	special effects supervisor
Ken Gittens	....	special effects assistant (as Kenny Gittens)

Stunts
Peter Diamond	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Richard Bluck	....	focus puller
Roland Carati	....	focus puller: second unit
Stuart Dryburgh	....	best boy electric
Bob Hughes	....	cinematographer: second unit
Brian Kassler	....	key grip
Mike Lemmon	....	second assistant camera (as Michael Lemmon)
Murray Milne	....	second focus puller
Mick Morris	....	gaffer
Alan Smith	....	camera operator
Theo Westenberger	....	still photographer

Casting Department
Tom Finlayson	....	casting: New Zealand
Val Lamond	....	casting: New Zealand
Michael Lynch	....	casting: Australia

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Barbara Darragh	....	assistant costume designer
Joan Grimmond	....	wardrobe mistress
Michael Kane	....	stand-by wardrobe

Editorial Department
Peter Baldock	....	second assistant editor
Larry Richardson	....	first assistant editor
Nancye Seaton	....	supervising cutter

Music Department
John A. Coleman	....	orchestrator (as John Coleman)
Marcus Dods	....	conductor
Trevor Jones	....	orchestrator
Peter Knight	....	orchestrator
John Richards	....	music recordist

Other crew
Robin Cagney	....	armorer
Rea Francis	....	publicist
Fay Furner	....	secretary to producer
Lyn Galbraith	....	location manager: Fiji
Catherine Madigan	....	studio manager
Terry McGrath	....	production accountant
Janet McIver	....	production assistant
Jackie Sullivan	....	continuity
Julie Washington	....	liaison: London
Anne Wooten	....	assistant to producer

Production Companies

• Paramount Pictures

Distributors

• CIC Vídeo (Brazil) (video)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1987) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Paramount Pictures (1983) (USA) (theatrical)
• Roadshow Home Video (Australia) (VHS)

Also Known As:

Savage Islands (UK)

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

USA | New Zealand

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Canada:14A (Ontario) | Norway:16 | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:PG | Finland:K-16 | Finland:K-12 (cut)

Filming Locations:

Fiji

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Goofs:

Continuity: As Hayes and his crew stop Ben Pease in the streets of Samoa we see he is clearly surrounded. In fact people and Hayes' remaining crew cut off the escape route. However when Pease makes his escape away from Hayes, the crew and everyone that cut him off are standing to the sides of the road giving him a clear path.

Quotes:

Ben Pease: Can't trust women - even when they're dead!

Grand adventure.

Nate and Hayes is a grand pirate adventure of a film. The chemistry between Tommy Lee Jones and Michael O'Keefe is perfect and the score to the film is sweeping and epic. Great pirate adventure, highly recommended.