Blue Hawaii (1961)

Regisseur:

Norman Taurog

Drehbuchautoren:

Allan Weiss (story)
Hal Kanter (writer)

Premierendatum:

22. November 1961 (USA)

Genre:

Komödie | Musical

Werbezeile:

Ecstatic romance...exotic dances...exciting music in the world's lushest paradise of song!

Plot:

Chad Gates has just gotten out of the Army, and is happy to be back in Hawaii with his surf-board, his beach buddies...

Plot Keywords:

Elvis Presley | Elvis | Tourist | Business | Hawaii

Filmpreise:

1 win & 3 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Not by-the-numbers

Besetzung

Elvis Presley	...	Chad Gates
Joan Blackman	...	Maile Duval
Angela Lansbury	...	Sarah Lee Gates
Nancy Walters	...	Abigail Prentice
Jenny Maxwell	...	Ellie Corbett
Pamela Austin	...	Selena (Sandy) Emerson (as Pamela Kirk)
Darlene Tompkins	...	Patsy Simon
Christian Kay	...	Beverly Martin
Roland Winters	...	Fred Gates
John Archer	...	Jack Kelman
Howard McNear	...	Mr. Chapman
Steve Brodie	...	Tucker Garvey
Iris Adrian	...	Enid Garvey
Hilo Hattie	...	Waihila
Lani Kai	...	Carl Tanami

Alternativ:

Hawaii Beach Boy (USA) (pre-release title)
Blaues Hawaii (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]

MPAA:

Rated PG for mild sensuality.

Länge:

102 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe (Technicolor)

Seitenverhältnis:

2.35 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Altersfreigabe:

Australia:G | Finland:S | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:PG | West Germany:6 | Iceland:L

Drehorte:

Coco Palms Resort Hotel - 241 Kuhio Highway, Kapaa, Kaua'i, Hawaii, USA

Firma:

Hal Wallis Productions

Dies und das:

Elvis gave his famous ukulele from this film to Hank Garland, nicknamed "Sugarfoot." Garland was the the top session guitar player during the 1950s in Nashville. He recorded with Elvis and toured with from 1958-1961. Elvis etched his initials into the ukulele for Garland. During a performance of Elvis' 1961 Hawaiian tour, he was quoted as saying that Garland was "one of the finest guitar players in all of the country."

Pannen:

Filmfehler: Every time they show the travel agency where Chad’s girlfriend works, the traffic outside the window has a blue Ford Falcon and a 1957 white Ford convertible moving from the same spot.

Dialogzitate:

Chad Gates: You know what you need? A good old-fashioned spanking.
Ellie Corbett: M-Maybe I do. Nobody ever cared enough about me. Even for that.

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Wird parodiert in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993)

Soundtrack:

Ito Eats

Not by-the-numbers

There is something about Elvis in Hawaii that makes so much sense to me. The fact that several of his movies were made there is not surprising at all. I enjoyed this one very much - he has some great chemistry w/his co-stars and Angela Lansbury gets to overact as his possessive Mother. All in all, I liked the movie very much and who can resist hearing the King sing "Can't Help Falling in Love With You" on more time?