Aloha (2015)

A celebrated military contractor returns to the site of his greatest career triumphs and reconnects with a long-ago love while unexpectedly falling for the hard-charging Air Force watch-dog assigned to him.

Director:

Cameron Crowe

Writer:

Cameron Crowe

Stars:

Bradley Cooper, Rachel McAdams, Emma Stone

2 wins & 7 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Bradley Cooper	...	Brian Gilcrest
Emma Stone	...	Allison Ng
Rachel McAdams	...	Tracy Woodside
Bill Murray	...	Carson Welch
John Krasinski	...	John 'Woody' Woodside
Danny McBride	...	Colonel 'Fingers' Lacy
Alec Baldwin	...	General Dixon
Bill Camp	...	Bob Largent
Jaeden Lieberher	...	Mitchell
Danielle Rose Russell	...	Grace
Michael Chernus	...	Roy
Edi Gathegi	...	Lt. Colonel Curtis
Dennis Bumpy Kanahele	...	Dennis 'Bumpy' Kanahele (as Dennis 'Bumpy' Kanahele)
Elizabeth Marvel	...	Launch Announcer - Natalie
Ivana Milicevic	...	Carson Biographer

Storyline

A celebrated military contractor returns to the site of his greatest career triumphs - the US Space program in Honolulu, Hawaii - and reconnects with a long-ago love while unexpectedly falling for the hard-charging Air Force watchdog assigned to him.

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Plot Keywords:

written by director | hawaii | one word title | military | air force | 

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Taglines:

Sometimes you have to say goodbye before you can say hello.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some language including suggestive comments.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English Hawaiian Russian

Release Date:

29 May 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

Deep Tiki

Filming Locations:

Honolulu, O'ahu, Hawaii, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$37,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$9,670,235, 31 May 2015, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$20,991,497, 19 July 2015

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures Corporation,Regency Enterprises,LStar Capital

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color Black and White (archive footage)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

A quote from Dr. Peter Venkman (Bill Murray's character from Ghostbusters (1984)), "Let's show this prehistoric b*tch how we do things downtown", can be heard during the audio montage from the satellite.

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Goofs

Allison Ng puts her helmet on and the visor is shiny but in the next edit she has the leather protector on and has to remove it to reveal the shiny section. Allison then has her hands clearly up towards the helmet area but in the next shot her hand are down right before she gives the "hang ten" sign.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Brian Gilcrest: [narrating] There was a time I knew everything in the sky. Every satellite, every constellation, souvenirs of space walks and astronauts and rockets launched by NASA in the '60s. As a kid, I looked up and felt the future. It belonged to me.

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Crazy Credits

The film opens with the 1968 Columbia Pictures logo. The Torch lady is wearing a lei, in keeping with the Hawaiian setting.

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Alternate Versions

The Columbia Pictures logo starts the film in the United States versions, the version released an International has the 20th Century Fox logo at the beginning of film.

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Connections

Referenced in Saturday Night Live: Matthew McConaughey/Adele (2015)

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Soundtracks

Waimanalo Blues
Written by Liko Martin and Thor Wold
Performed by Led Kaapana and Mike Kaawa

User Reviews

I enjoyed it

If you've traveled to Hawaii, have read or experienced anything about the culture, you will appreciate this movie. I especially liked how they expressed the meaning of 'Aloha'- peace and mercy, through the characters and their relationships,and the way they used Emmas character to showcase the nuances of the Hawaiian people and their beliefs. There were some plot holes, but they were, for me, easy to overlook because the relationships and the Hawaiian scenery and culture were the central themes of the movie. Its not an 'in-your-face' type of movie, its very subtle and you have to watch and listen softly; you'll find your internal motor down-shifting a few gears before the movie ends, much like Hawaii itself. If you enjoyed Elizabethtown, you'll like this movie.