Hurricane (1979)

User Rating:

4.1/10   

Director:

Jan Troell

Writers:

James Norman Hall (novel)
Charles Nordhoff (novel)

Release Date:

12 April 1979 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama

Tagline:

There is only one safe place... in each other's arms.

Plot Keywords:

Beach | Father Daughter Relationship | Prisoner | Samoa | 1920s

Cast

Timothy Bottoms	...	Jack Sanford
Piero Bushin	...	Running Man
Mia Farrow	...	Charlotte Bruckner
Trevor Howard	...	Father Malone
Dayton Ka'ne	...	Matangi
James Keach	...	Sgt. Strang
Willie Myers	...	Cpl. Morrah (credit only)
Jason Robards	...	Capt. Bruckner
Roo	...	Fire Dancer
Nancy Hall Rutgers	...	Mrs. Blair
Nick Rutgers	...	Cmdr. Blair
Bernadette Sarcione	...	Siva
Richard Sarcione	...	Lt. Howard
Daniel Taea	...	Mali
John Taea	...	Faleiva
Simplet Tefane	...	Velaga
Ariirau Tekurarere	...	Moana
Noel Teparii	...	Tano
Taeve Tetuamia	...	Elder
Manu Tupou	...	Samolo
Max von Sydow	...	Dr. Danielsson

Also Known As:

Forbidden Paradise (TV title)

Runtime:

120 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Sound Mix:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints)

Certification:

Iceland:12 | South Korea:18 | USA:PG | West Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Bora-Bora, Tahiti, French Polynesia

Company:

Dino De Laurentiis Company

Trivia:

Dino De Laurentiis originally offered the role of Charlotte to singer Anne Murray though she declined due to recording schedules.

Movie Connections:

Edited into Superman III (1983)

What were they thinking???...awful remake of classic John Ford film...

Although this is a remake of the famous and far superior John Ford masterpiece, HURRICANE manages to be one of MIA FARROW's least impressive jobs as an actress--not entirely her fault since the script, based this time on the Nordhoff-Hall novel, is a mess. It's really not the same storyline used in the Ford film.

The only similarity to the original is that it ends with a furious hurricane that cost $22 million to recreate but doesn't save the disastrously weak story from being anything but an unmitigated bore. The love interest is practically non-existent, consisting of close-up stares between Mia and her island sweetheart. Whenever there is any dialog, it's about as clumsy as can be. (Example: When he proposes that they elope, he says: "Come to the altar with the white flower--I will be there with the red.") Somebody should of been there with some directorial talent. Jan Troell falls far short of John Ford, as does the script. Usually, it's worth it to sit through a boring romance to see the howler of a hurricane. In this case, not so.