Hurricane (1979)

Director:

Jan Troell

Writers:

James Norman Hall (novel), Charles Nordhoff (novel),

Stars:

Timothy Bottoms, Piero Bushin, Mia Farrow

Cast

Credited 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

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

beach | father daughter relationship | prisoner | samoa | 1920s | 

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Taglines:

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

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 April 1979 (USA)

Also Known As:

Forbidden Paradise

Filming Locations:

Bora Bora, Leeward Islands, French Polynesia

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dino De Laurentiis Company, Famous Films (II)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

120 min

Sound Mix:

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

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Linsday Anderson was asked to direct but turned it down.

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Connections

Referenced in Psych: True Grits (2012)

User Reviews

Inconceivably dull.

One of the worst movies ever made. It's a remake of a 1937 disaster epic, which I haven't seen, and it's so impossibly dull, so lifeless and enervated that my guess is, if you ever start watching it, you won't finish it through. The climactic hurricane sequences are OK, but not really spectacular by today's standards - and how many viewers will have survived the 90 minutes that the movie takes to get there? Lots of good actors (Farrow, Von Sydow, Timothy Bottoms) are pitifully wasted. Don't say you weren't warned.