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 Martell	...	Mitchell (as Jaeden Lieberher)
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 | reference to kesha | blondie | 

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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.

Did You Know?

Trivia

Ben Stiller and Reese Witherspoon were both attached to star, but left due to scheduling conflicts. Crowe then spent four years re-writing the script, making the characters younger.

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Goofs

The shoulder boards on the General go from tucked below the collar to above the collar during his tirade.

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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

References I Love Lucy (1951)

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Soundtracks

I Can See for Miles
Written by Pete Townshend
Performed by The Who
Courtesy of Geffen Records/Polydor Records Ltd.
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

Aloha is identity crisis masquerading as a movie.

Aloha has absolutely no idea what it wants to be. If I had to count, I'd say there are about 10 subplots in this movie which is about 9 too many for a romcom. Sure, it's based on real-life, but that's no excuse to make a terrible movie. It's a chore to watch this thing, it took me three separate sittings before I can make it to the end without falling asleep or dying of boredom. Its tone is probably the worst offender. Like I said, it has no idea what it wants to be, so it tries to be everything. A love story, a political statement, a bittersweet comedy, a tense drama-mystery about a guy trying to control space - it does not mesh well at all. I had forgotten Alec Baldwin was even in the movie at one point, and that was probably the most interesting storyline in the damn thing. It's frustrating because there is a good story in there! Somewhere! I think. It's hard to tell with all the surrounding sh*t.

The cast is the only good thing about this movie. It's just a shame watching them have to recite this terrible dialogue to one another. They even have chemistry at times which helps during the cringe-y moments, but convincing acting doesn't make a bad script good. It just makes a bad script... somewhat watchable. But don't watch it. It sucks.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English Hawaiian Russian

Release Date:

29 May 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

Volcano Romance

Filming Locations:

Honolulu, O'ahu, Hawaii, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$37,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$9,670,235, 31 May 2015

Gross USA:

$21,067,116

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$26,250,020

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures, New Regency Productions, LStar Capital

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color Black and White (archive footage)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1