Nate and Hayes (1983)

Director:

Ferdinand Fairfax

Writers:

John Hughes (written by)
David Odell (screenplay)
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Release Date:

18 November 1983 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

He's a scoundrel... A hero... A lover of danger and the last of the adventurers... This is the story of Bully Hayes!

Plot Keywords:

Showdown | Writing | Bible | Trading Company | Wedding

Cast

Tommy Lee Jones	...	Captain Bully Hayes
Michael O'Keefe	...	Nathaniel Williamson
Max Phipps	...	Ben Pease
Jenny Seagrove	...	Sophie
Grant Tilly	...	Count Von Rittenberg
Peter Rowley	...	Louis Beck
William Johnson	...	Reverend Williamson (as Bill Johnson)
Kate Harcourt	...	Mrs. Williamson
Reg Ruka	...	Moaka
Roy Billing	...	Auctioneer
Bruce Allpress	...	Mr. Blake
David Letch	...	Ratbag
Prince Tui Teka	...	King of Ponape
Pudji Waseso	...	Fong
Peter Vere-Jones	...	Gunboat Captain
Tom Vanderlaan	...	Count's Lieutenant
Mark Hadlow	...	Gun Operator
Phillip Gordon	...	Timmy
Norman Fairley	...	Pegleg
Warwick Simmons	...	Pog
Paul Farrell	...	Crewman #1
Frank Taurua	...	Crewman #2
Norman Keesing	...	Crewman #3
Robert Bruce	...	Ben Pease Crew #1
Timothy Lee	...	Ben Pease Crew #2
Peter Bell	...	Ben Pease Crew #3
Peter Diamond	...	Ben Pease Crew #4
John Rush	...	Ben Pease Crew #5
Karl Bradley	...	Ben Pease Crew #7
Grant Price	...	Ben Pease Crew #6

Directed by
Ferdinand Fairfax

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
John Hughes		written by
David Odell		screenplay
David Odell		story
Lloyd Phillips		story

Produced by
Lloyd Phillips	....	producer
Robert Whitehouse	....	producer (as Rob Whitehouse)

Original Music by
Trevor Jones

Cinematography by
Tony Imi

Film Editing by
John Shirley

Casting by
Celestia Fox
Penny Perry

Production Design by
Maurice Cain

Art Direction by
Dan Hennah
Rick Kofoed

Costume Design by
Norma Moriceau

Makeup Department
Bob McCarron	....	makeup supervisor
Bob McCarron	....	special makeup effects
Shayne Radford	....	hair stylist
Wendy Sainsbury	....	senior makeup artist
Angela Reading	....	assistant hair stylist (uncredited)

Production Management
Jane Gilbert	....	production manager
Ted Lloyd	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bert Batt	....	first assistant director
Tim Coddington	....	third assistant director
Michael Horton	....	second unit director
Terry Pearce	....	second assistant director
Chris Short	....	second assistant director
Lee Tamahori	....	first assistant director: second unit

Art Department
Jeanelle Aston	....	property buyer
Jeanelle Aston	....	set dresser
Lissa Coote	....	property master
Al Ford	....	stand-by props
Josephine Ford	....	art director: Fiji
Ed Mulholand	....	leading head carpenter
Rob Outterside	....	construction manager
Michael Worrall	....	production design assistant (as Mike Worrall)
Peter Worrall	....	production design assistant

Sound Department
Peter Best	....	dubbing editor
Graham V. Hartstone	....	sound re-recording mixer
John Ireland	....	dialogue editor
Nicolas Le Messurier	....	sound re-recording mixer
Gordon K. McCallum	....	sound mixer
Graham Morris	....	boom operator
Hammond Peek	....	sound recordist: stereo backgrounds
Terry Poulton	....	footsteps editor
Don Reynolds	....	sound recordist
John Hayward	....	sound re-recording mixer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Kevin Chisnall	....	special effects: New Zealand
Jeff Clifford	....	special effects floor supervisor
Peter Dawson	....	special effects supervisor
Ken Gittens	....	special effects assistant (as Kenny Gittens)

Stunts
Peter Diamond	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Richard Bluck	....	focus puller
Roland Carati	....	focus puller: second unit
Stuart Dryburgh	....	best boy electric
Bob Hughes	....	cinematographer: second unit
Brian Kassler	....	key grip
Mike Lemmon	....	second assistant camera (as Michael Lemmon)
Murray Milne	....	second focus puller
Mick Morris	....	gaffer
Ashley Scott	....	clapper loader
Richard Scott	....	grip
Alan Smith	....	camera operator
Theo Westenberger	....	still photographer

Casting Department
Tom Finlayson	....	casting: New Zealand
Val Lamond	....	casting: New Zealand
Michael Lynch	....	casting: Australia

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Barbara Darragh	....	assistant costume designer
Joan Grimmond	....	wardrobe mistress
Michael Kane	....	stand-by wardrobe

Editorial Department
Peter Baldock	....	second assistant editor
Larry Richardson	....	first assistant editor
Nancye Seaton	....	supervising cutter

Music Department
John A. Coleman	....	orchestrator (as John Coleman)
Marcus Dods	....	conductor
Trevor Jones	....	orchestrator
Peter Knight	....	orchestrator
John Richards	....	music recordist
Dan Goldwasser	....	soundtrack producer (uncredited)

Other crew
Robin Cagney	....	armorer
Rea Francis	....	publicist
Fay Furner	....	secretary to producer
Lyn Galbraith	....	location manager: Fiji
Catherine Madigan	....	studio manager
Terry McGrath	....	production accountant
Janet McIver	....	production assistant
Jackie Sullivan	....	continuity
Julie Washington	....	liaison: London
Anne Wooten	....	assistant to producer

Production Companies

• Paramount Pictures

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures (1983) (USA) (theatrical)
• Paramount Pictures (1983) (USA) (VHS)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1987) (USA) (TV)
• CIC Vídeo (Brazil) (video)
• Home Video Hellas (HVH) (1986) (Greece) (VHS)
• Roadshow Home Video (Australia) (VHS)

Other Companies

• La-La Land Records  score album released by (limited edition)
• London Symphony Orchestra, The (LSO)  orchestra

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Runtime:

99 min

Country:

USA | New Zealand

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Norway:16 | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:PG | Finland:K-16 | Finland:K-12 (cut) | Canada:14A (Ontario) | South Korea:15 (2006) | Portugal:M/6

Filming Locations:

Fiji

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

The name of Bully Hayes' scow vessel was "the Rona" whilst the name of Ben Pease's boat was "the Leonora".

Goofs:

Continuity: When Pegleg shoots one of Pease's henchmen in the alley, the gun is pointed slightly to the right of the camera, but the henchman is standing just to the left of the camera.

Quotes:

Captain Bully Hayes:If you want Ben, you don't knock on his front door.
Nathaniel Williamson:He wouldn't answer?
Captain Bully Hayes:He'd blow your brains out.

Swashbuckling Fun!

For anyone who enjoys old fashioned swashbuckling fun, here's a great movie! Tommy Lee Jones, Jenny Seagrove and Michael O'Keefe make a tremendous trio against such dastardly villains as Ben Pease and the German empire, not to mention a cannibal, human-sacrificing South Pacific Islander prince. What I really loved about this movie, though, was the humor and how it not only comes from the situations but especially from the characters, who they are and how they react in those situations. There is some silliness but all in good fun, and action, action, action. I'd recommend this movie for a rainy Saturday afternoon.