Princess Kaiulani (2009) Princess Ka'iulani (original title)

Director:

Marc Forby

Writers:

Marc Forby (screenplay)
Robert Payne (additional dialogue)

Release Date:

7 July 2012 (Japan)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Her heart was torn between love and the future of Hawaii.

Plot:

The true story of a Hawaiian princess' attempts to maintain the independence of the island against the threat of American colonization.

Plot Keywords:

Princess | Hawaiian | Hawaii | Monarchy | Interracial Relationship

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Q'orianka Kilcher	...	Princess Ka'iulani
Barry Pepper	...	Thurston
Will Patton	...	Sanford B. Dole
Shaun Evans	...	Clive Davies
Jimmy Yuill	...	Archie Cleghorn
Julian Glover	...	Mr. Davies
Tamzin Merchant	...	Alice Davies
Catherine Steadman	...	Miss Barnes / Mrs. Connolly
Kainoa Kilcher	...	Kaleo
Leo Anderson Akana	...	Queen Liliu'okalani
Ocean Kaowili	...	King Kalakaua
Chloë Crampton	...	Emma (as Chloe-Charlotte Crampton)
Katharin 'Ladie K' Mraz	...	Soldier's Girlfriend 2
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gary Aiko	...	Musician
Arthur Akana	...	Musician
Peter Banks	...	President Cleveland
Keith Barry	...	U.S. Marine
Christian Brassington	...	Duke
Brian Hayes Currie	...	Morgan (as Brian Currie)
Cristina de la Diosa	...	Soldier's Girlfriend
Kawai Delacruz	...	Musician
'Ka'alaka'iopono Faurot'Ka'alaka'iopono Faurot	...	Keiki Ka'iulani
Chandler Gines	...	Hawaiian Girl
Kyra Glover	...	Hula Dancer
Matt Goldstein	...	Photographer With Flashing Camera
Elizabeth Goram-Smith	...	Scullery Maid
Damien Hanakeawe	...	Hula Dancer
Patricia Hastie	...	Mrs. Morgan (as Patti Hastie)
Geoff Heise	...	Waterhouse
Love Hodel	...	Smith
Ronnie Inagaki	...	Hula Dancer
Henry Kaanapu	...	Musician
Kalei Kahalewai	...	Musician
Kamuela Kalilikane	...	Mamane
Kimo Kalilikane	...	Kalehua
Isaac Sonny Kalua	...	Musician
Paisley Kanahoahoa	...	Musician
Louis Kauakahi	...	Musician
Danette Kepaa	...	Hula Dancer
Aaron Kia	...	Musician
Abert Kia	...	Musician
Kaleo-o Kalani Kia	...	Musician
Timothy D. Lechner	...	New York Reporter (as Timothy Lechner)
Jay Lembeck	...	Premier Gibson
Howell Mahoe Jr.	...	Musician
Kenneth Makuakane	...	Musician
Olivia Mardon	...	Duchess
Josh Margulies	...	Marine
Bill Ogilvie	...	New York Reporter
Alika Pahoa	...	Maid
Conan Paikrosa	...	Musician
Michael W. Perry	...	Reporter
Puanani Reis-Moniz	...	Hula Dancer
Greg Sardinha	...	Singer
Mariah Serine	...	Dignitary Wife
Reupena Paopao Sheck	...	Kao
Jean Simon	...	Mrs. Collum
Lynda Sniffen	...	Hula Dancer
Laura Soller	...	Mrs. Anna Dole
Rosamund Stephen	...	Mrs Cleveland
Georgina Terry	...	Schoolgirl #2
Ned Van Zandt	...	Senator Collum
Barbara Wilshere	...	Mrs. Davies
Joesph Winchester	...	Musician
Sage Adams	...	Marine (uncredited)
Esmond Chung	...	Nahinu (uncredited)
Sean Douglas Hoban	...	Thurston's Assistant (uncredited)
Jordan Kirkwood	...	Senator (uncredited)
Tom Lloyd	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
Vince Keala Lucero	...	Captain Nowlein (uncredited)
Arlene Newman-Van Asperen	...	Woman in New York (uncredited)
Rochelle Ovitt	...	Coronation Lei Giver (uncredited)
Nick Shaw	...	Butler to President (uncredited)

Directed by
Marc Forby

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Marc Forby		screenplay
Robert Payne		additional dialogue

Produced by
Lauri Apelian	....	producer
Jeffrey K.D. Au	....	executive producer
Leilani Estioko Forby	....	executive producer
Marc Forby	....	producer
Ricardo S. Galindez	....	producer
William 'Chico' Powell	....	line producer
Nigel Thomas	....	producer
Roy Tjioe	....	producer
Charlotte Walls	....	executive producer
Wanda Watumull	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Stephen Warbeck

Cinematography by
Gabriel Beristain

Film Editing by
Beverley Mills

Casting by
Kate Plantin

Production Design by
Steven Lawrence

Art Direction by
James Hambidge		(supervising art director)

Set Decoration by
Kevin Tyau
Simon Wakefield		(uncredited)

Costume Design by
Kathryn Morrison

Makeup Department
Rosie Duprat Fort	....	makeup department head
Gilly Popham	....	makeup artist
Laine Rykes	....	makeup artist
Lotus Seki	....	hair stylist
Kendal Shannon	....	additional makeup artist
Larry Waggoner	....	department head hair

Production Management
Angela Laprete	....	unit production manager: Hawaii

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Wendy Bledsoe	....	second second assistant director
Daniel Gill	....	third assistant director: UK
Steven Hacker	....	second assistant director
Tom Rye	....	second assistant director: UK
Greg Zekowski	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Michelle Coleman	....	assistant art director
Matt Curtis	....	title design
Scott Ejercito	....	assistant property master
Jordana Finkel	....	assistant art director
Rene Knol	....	dressing props
Samuel Pactol	....	lead painter
Katie Ralph	....	assistant buyer
Darrell Tachibana	....	greens foreman
Liloa Wong	....	greens coordinator

Sound Department
Rodney Berling	....	sound effects editor
Robert Brazier	....	foley mixer
Tony Currie	....	supervising sound editor
Tony Dawe	....	production sound mixer: UK
Sue Harding	....	foley artist
Gary Keller	....	sound assistant: UK
Adam Mendez	....	sound re-recording mixer
Simon Price	....	dialogue editor
Jez Spencer	....	foley editor
Richard Straker	....	sound re-recording mixer
Rowena Wilkinson	....	foley artist
Denise Yarde	....	boom operator: UK

Visual Effects by
Jonathan Cheetham	....	visual effects
Clare Heneghan	....	visual effects
Dennis Michel	....	visual effects supervisor
James Rose	....	visual effects
Theajodharan	....	visual effects
Anthony Wonsoff	....	matte artist

Stunts
Craig H. Davidson	....	stunts
Mike Rufino	....	stunts
Aden Stay	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Matthew Berner	....	first assistant camera
Richard J. Brock	....	camera: a
Rick Crum	....	set lighting
Bill Draheim	....	grip
Danny Eccleston	....	gaffer
Justin Fischer	....	lighting technician
Mark Gerasimenko	....	camera operator
Rupert Lloyd-Parry	....	key grip
Jai Mansson	....	second assistant camera
Christopher Mapes	....	crane operator
Barney Piercy	....	assistant camera
Michael Romano	....	grip
Danny Rosner	....	key grip
Christopher Stanback	....	preview technician
Susanna Wyatt	....	still photographer

Casting Department
Abigail Barbier	....	adr voice casting
Laurie Foi	....	casting: Hawaii

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Mark Ferguson	....	costume supervisor uk
Kathe James	....	key costumer
Cheryl Scarano	....	costume supervisor
Jennifer Tyre	....	costume assistant

Editorial Department
Gavin Buckley	....	assembly editor
Dan Coles	....	digital intermediate colorist
Alex Gascoigne	....	digital intermediate assistant
Garry Maddison	....	data scanner
Nuala Sheridan	....	colorist: dailies: UK
Natalie Silver	....	data scanner
William Chetwynd	....	conform editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Andreas Delfs	....	conductor
Andrew Dudman	....	music mixing engineer
Andrew Green	....	music preparation
Andy Kitchen	....	assistant music mixing engineer
Mikael Carlsson	....	soundtrack producer (uncredited)
Connie Florez	....	honolulu symphony productions (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Kelly Loo	....	transportation dispatcher
George A. Miki	....	driver: cast
John Reed	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Monika Agorelius	....	additional epk
Todd Nicholas Allen	....	production assistant
Tom Ara	....	legal counsel
Carrie-Ann Banner	....	production coordinator: UK
Timmy Chinn	....	location assistant
James Collie	....	e.p.k. editor
Vincent Joseph Flaherty	....	armorer
Serena Rios Flores	....	assistant production coordinator
Serena Rios Flores	....	travel coordinator
Patrick Gilbert	....	production assistant
Matt Goldstein	....	stand-in
Kristin Jackson	....	publicist
Valerie Y.O. Kim	....	location manager
Line Langebek Knudsen	....	script editor
Brenda Lopez	....	script supervisor
Lucia Lopez	....	production assistant to producers
Max Murphy	....	floor runner
Nicole Nakamoto	....	first assistant accountant
Helen Revington	....	unit nurse
Scott Rogers	....	acting coach
Ashley C. Smith	....	production coordinator
Christopher Stanback	....	production coordinator
Alice Syed	....	assistant production coordinator: UK
Thomas Walters	....	epk producer
Jennifer Whiting	....	production runner

Production Companies

• Matador Pictures
• Island Film Group
• Trailblazer Films
• Le Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral de Belgique (with the support of)
• Screen East (in association with)
• uFilm

Distributors

• Annie Planet (2012) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Roadside Attractions (2010) (USA) (theatrical)
• Lionsgate Home Entertainment (2010) (USA) (DVD)
• Teleview International (2009) (Lebanon) (TV) (Middle East)

Special Effects

• MFX (visual effects)
• i.e. Effects (on-set VFX Supervision)

Other Companies

• Anvil Post Production  sound re-recording
• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• EMS Payroll  extras payroll (uncredited)
• First Team Rentals  camera cranes
• Hawaii Media  grip and lighting equipment
• HireWorks  Avid equipment rental
• Honolulu Symphony Orchestra  soundtrack
• Island Film Studios  production facilities
• Kodak  motion picture film supplied by
• MovieScore Media  soundtrack
• Production Copier Company  production equipment and services
• Sapex Scripts  post-production script services
• Technicolor  post-production
• uFX  visual effects by
• uFund  funding

Also Known As:

"Princess Ka'iulani" - USA (original title)
"Barbarian Princess" - USA (festival title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for some violence and thematic material, and for brief language, sensuality and smoking

Runtime:

USA:130 min | USA:97 min

Country:

USA | UK

Language:

English | Hawaiian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG (certificate #46046) | Japan:G

Filming Locations:

Hawaii, USA

Company:

Matador Pictures

Trivia:

Ka'iulani means "highest point of heaven" in the Hawaiian language.

Quotes:

Princess Ka'iulani:There is no Victoria. There never was!

A bit of little known history

PRINCESS KA'IULANI feels like a made for TV movie, a film that will inform the viewer about a bit of history few know, but also a rather static and amateurish production - pretty to look at, embarrassing to hear. Marc Dorby directed this his first directorial outing based on his story written with the assistance of Robert Payne. The facts presented are apparently true and since few know the background history of Hawaii it is at least informative.

Without much historical background about the Islands before the Americans inserted themselves to feast on the beauty and agricultural goods of that paradise, the film begins with a conflict between the anti-Royalists lead by Thurston (Barry Pepper in muttonchops) and the Royal reign of King Kalalaua (Ocean Kaowili), Queen Liliu'okalan (Leo Anderson Akana). Princess Ka'iulani (Q'orianka Kilcher, a half Peruvian actress remembered for her role as Pocahontas in THE NEW WORLD with Colin Farrell and Christian Bale) is the niece who is in line for the throne, a royal personage who understands kindness in regards to the people of her nation (she is only half Hawaiian - her father is a Scotsman). To protect the princess she is sent to England where she gradually grows accustomed to British snobbery and overcomes it through her inner strength, living in the home of the Davies - Mr. Davies (Julian Glover, Alice Davies (Tazmin Merchant, from THE TUDORS) and Clive Davies (Shaun Evans). The family presents her to society, nurtures her, and the princess falls in love with Clive, who is juts ready to enter university, and they become engaged. Back home in Honolulu things disintegrate: Thurston gathers rebels to take over the Royal rule, alters the constitution to forbid voting by the natives, the King dies, and the Queen is under house arrest. Princess Ka'iulani travels to the United States to plead her case with President Cleveland, receives a grand reception and then returns home to Hawaii, raises her dignity to cope with Thurston and the anti-Royalists and with the assistance of Sanford B. Dole (Will Patton) she is able to alter the new constitution to allow voting rights to her people.

If that all sounds a bit short on story then the viewer can understand why so much time is spent with the princess, Julie and Clive skipping along the beach and finding other moments of diversion to fill the 90 minutes of the film. The cast is competent and delivers the piecemeal scraps of script given them well. In the end there jut isn't much story here that isn't fairly obvious from the first 15 minutes of the film. It is a good lesson about the US annexation of Hawaii and the tension between the native Hawaiians and the 'invaders'......

Grady Harp