Hurricane (1979)

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Average Rating: 4.7/10
Reviews Counted: 6
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Release Date: Apr 12, 1979 Wide

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This film showed up on TV as Forbidden Paradise, but you can't fool us. It's really The Hurricane, producer Dino De Laurentiis' ill-advised remake of the 1938 Sam Goldwyn production of the same name. The story of the casual cruelties imposed by the white ruling class on the natives of the isle of Manakoora had the advantage of timeliness in 1938; forty-one years later, the story plays like a Gilligan's Island amateur production of Uncle Tom's Cabin. Playing the old Jon Hall role of the native

PG, 2 hr.

Drama, Action & Adventure, Romance

Directed By: Jan Troell

In Theaters: Apr 12, 1979 Wide

On DVD: Jul 22, 2008

Cast

Jason Robards
Capt. Bruckner
Mia Farrow
Charlotte Bruckner
Max von Sydow
Dr. Bascomb
Trevor Howard
Father Malone
Dayton Ka'ne
Matangi
Timothy Bottoms
Jack Sanford
James Keach
Sgt. Strang
Richard Sarcione
Lt. Howard
Ariirau Tekurarere
Moana
Willie Myers
Cpl. Morrah
Nick Rutgers
Cmdr. Blair
Nancy Hall Rutgers
Mrs. Blair
Simplet Tefane
Velaga
Piero Bushin
Running Man
Noel Teparii
Tano
John Taea
Flaeiva
Taeve Tetuamia
Elder
Manu Tupou
Samoio

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Inferior redo of original Jon Hall spectacle; state of art effects for 1970s.

May 8, 2009 Comment

Steve Crum

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a terrible remake; a strong wind should have blown this production away before a foot of film was shot.

May 2, 2004 Comment

Bob Bloom

Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

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What happened? Jan Troell is normally such a magnificent director. This is one slow moving film. Mia Farrow stinks, the rest of the cast isn?t much better. Visually it is quite beautiful, and technically speaking it is fine, but dramatically it is greatly lacking.

October 22, 2009

James Higgins

I THOUGHT IT WAS A PRETTY GOOD FILM - SOMEWHAT UNIQUE PLOT. MET DAYTON KA'NE A LONG TIME AGO IN WAIKIKI. HE TOLD ME THAT HE DECIDED HE DIDN'T WANT TO BE A MOVIE STAR ANYMORE - JUST WANTED TO STAY HOME AND BE A LOCAL BOY IN HAWAII. VERY ATTRACTIVE MAN. CHARMING AND NOT AT ALL CONCEITED. I REALLY LIKED HIM. TOO BAD HE DIDN'T MAKE MORE MOVIES.

March 11, 2011