Hawaii (1966)

Academy Awards, USA 1967

Nominee Oscar	Best Actress in a Supporting Role Jocelyne LaGarde
	Best Cinematography, Color Russell Harlan
	Best Costume Design, Color Dorothy Jeakins
	Best Sound Gordon Sawyer (Samuel Goldwyn SSD)
	Best Effects, Special Visual Effects Linwood G. Dunn
	Best Music, Original Song Elmer Bernstein (music) Mack David (lyrics) For the song "My Wishing Doll"
	Best Music, Original Music Score Elmer Bernstein

United Artists
Directed by George Roy Hill
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(Blu-ray, Twilight Time)

Max von Sydow plays a Calvinist missionary sent to Hawaii to "save" the natives. He takes along new wife Julie Andrews. They are horrified by the lifestyles they find, and the natives are just as confused by their Christian beliefs. They befriend a local ruler who agrees to convert to Christianity if they teach her to read. However, she is reluctant to give up her husband, who also happens to be her brother. Meanwhile, Andrews must deal with whaler Richard Harris who shows up on the island with his sex starved crew. He also happens to be her ex-fiance! She becomes conflicted by her husband's hardline stance towards the locals. Sickness spreads among the natives and many die. Andrews wears herself out taking care of them and her own children, and she too dies, leaving Sydow alone to face the consequence. Long, exhausting film, often descending into melodrama, and embarrassingly politically incorrect by today's standards. Sydow, however, is excellent as always.