Saturday, May 24, 2008

Hawaii has a new Movie made on the islands


You have all heard of the New Indiana Jones
The best of the three Elvis Presley flicks filmed here has The King cruising Oahu pineapple fields, and singing Ke Kali Nei Au (The Hawaiian Wedding Song) , this article by Hawaii Magazine looks into all the movies that have been filmed on the island of Oahu from 50 first dates to Jurassic park.1. From Here To Eternity (1953). I work just a half-hour’s drive away from the beach where Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr famously rolled in the surf and turf. Much of the rest of the movie was filmed on location at Schofield Barracks in Wahiawa, Oahu.

2. Jurassic Park (1992). It's still cool watching Tyrannosaurus Rex chase a herd of Gallimus dinosaurs and a bunch of pesky humans against the backdrop of dramatic Oahu and Kauai mountain ranges.

3. Blue Hawaii
(1961). The best of the three Elvis Presley flicks filmed here has The King cruising Oahu pineapple fields, and singing Ke Kali Nei Au (The Hawaiian Wedding Song) at Kauai’s now shuttered Coco Palms Resort.

4. Punch-Drunk Love (2001). The Royal Hawaiian Hotel in Waikiki has never looked so gorgeous, elegantly old-fashioned and other-worldly all at the same time as in this eccentric romantic comedy.

5. South Pacific (1958). Kauai calls to us yet again. Nellie Forbush (Mitzi Gaynor) sings “I’m In Love with a Wonderful Guy” on Lumahai Beach; Bloody Mary (Juanita Hall) warbles “Bali Hai” at Hanalei Bay.

6. Raiders of the Lost Ark
(1981). The first and still best opening sequence of all the Indy flicks has the uber archeologist barely escaping Peruvian natives on foot and by seaplane through the rainforests of

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