The Hawaiians (film)
- Charlton Heston: Whipple Hoxworth
- Tina Chen: Nyuk Tsin
- Geraldine Chaplin: Purity Hoxworth
- Makoto Iwamatsu: Mun Ki
- John Phillip Law: Noel Hoxworth
- Alec McCowen: Micah Hale
- Don Knight: Milton Overpeck
- Miko Mayama: Fumiko
- Virginia Ann Lee Mei Li
- Chris Robinson: Dr. Whipple junior
- Naomi Stevens: Queen Liliuokalani
- Keye Luke: Foo Sen
- Khigh Dhiegh: Kai Chung
- Mary Munday: Malama Hale
- Harry Townes: Houghton
Ruler of the island ( Original title: The Hawaiians ) is an American film drama from 1970 directed by Tom Gries, the screenplay was written by James R. Webb based on the novel by James Michener Hawaii. . The film tried to the success of Hawaii (1965, directed by George Roy Hill ) Picking up the ansetzte in the plot of the book before.
Action
1870: The ship's captain Whipple Hoxworth travels Chinese workers to Honolulu. He inherits from his grandfather a large plantation with mainly barren soil and can be down there with his wife Purity. Hoxworth sets the know learned during his last passage Nyuk Tsin and Mun Ki. After he has found that his cousin has brought most of his heritage in itself, it establishes a new plantation. There he builds on the captured French Guiana pineapples, with his wife, first of all help but its Chinese workers. Purity breaks internally to the bigoted morality of her husband and falls into depression, so Nyuk Tsin must satisfy themselves Puritys child. At Whipple's horror Purity leaves him to lead the life of their Hawaiian ancestors in a hut on the beach.
The plantation is economically successful. Hoxworth helps that the United States take over power in Hawaii and the Hawaii monarchy goes down. In thanks for the help gives Whipple Nyuk Tsin a piece of land. In a parallel story is told by the commitment Nyuk Tsin for a leper colony, after her husband Mun Ki diseased mind. In addition, her daughter Mei Li unhappy in love with the son of the Hoxworths, Noel. A major fire in the quarter Nyuk Tsin Chinese destroyed building work.
Reviews
Movie service wrote that the film was a " complicated adventure and historical spectacle in countless episodes of " falling apart, " of which only touch a few human". He suffered "at the evil shortening " of the " corpulent " novel, the " composite thus forming lack of conception and a lack of psychological By drawing the main character ."
The magazine wrote prism, the film is an " elaborate and complex melodrama " which, however, the " complexity of the book" can not reach.
"Besides the charismatic Charlton Heston convinces Tina Chen by their expressiveness and adaptability in the face of the 30-year comprehensive action. "
Awards
The film was in 1971 in the category Best Costume Design (Bill Thomas ) nominated for an Oscar. Tina Chen was nominated in 1971 for Best Supporting Actress for the Golden Globe Award.
Background
The film was shot in different locations in Hawaii, as well as film studios in Culver City and Los Angeles.