Screening of HAWAII as part of the Enchanted Tiki and Luau Weekend July 6, 2007

Friday, July 6 – 7:30 PM

HAWAII, 1966, MGM Repertory, 161 min. Director George Roy Hill’s (THROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE) adaptation of James Michener’s sprawling South Seas epic was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Cinematography (Russell Harlan) and Best Music Score (Elmer Bernstein). Max Von Sydow is the puritanical missionary who marries disappointed-in-love Julie Andrews just before they set sail to do the Lord’s work in the early 19th century island paradise. But they get more than they bargained for, squeezed between an onslaught of natural disasters and strange native customs. Their Calvinist devotion to a fire-and-brimstone worldview clashes head-on with the uninhibited, Dionysian headiness of the tropical lifestyle. With Richard Harris as Andrews’ former flame, Gene Hackman, Carroll O’Conner, Jocelyne LaGarde (who received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress).

General $10
Students/Senior $8
American Cinematheque $7

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