Why are there so few movies filmed in Hawaii about average everyday Hawaiians?

[KonaKat]

Originally Posted by drsmiley06

Magnum P.I comes to mind. Isn't this show called Dog the Bounter hunter filmed there too?

Well, yes it is as a matter of fact. That's where he lives and works! Mostly Oahu but they have an office here on Big Island too. We have seen him around a few times. I have a great photo of Dog with my granddaughter at a recent Humane Society benefit.

We love the Dog

[Jonah K]

Originally Posted by xavierob82

It seems that the only movies I've seen about Hawaii are crappy 50s movies with Elvis or John Wayne, WWII movies set in the Pacific, or movies that are supposed to be set in exotic island locales such as Indonesia...

But very few movies with actual Hawaiians set in everyday situations and in everyday Hawaiian locations.

I can think of TONS of movies and TV shows set in contemporary Alaska, but hardly any about life in Hawaii. Kinda strange when you consider Hawaii is perhaps our most exotic state.

Can you think of any?

For movies, "Beyond Paradise", "The Ride", "Picture Bride", "Silent Years", "Pele O Ka Foodmart" and a few others come to mind. For TV shows, there was one called "Hawaiian Heat", in addition to "Hawai'i 5-0", "Magnum, P.I", "The Byrds of Paradise", and "Hawaiian Eye."

[PacificFlights]

There are many major motion pictures filmed on Hawaii. At any given month, there is at least one major movie in production, and a whole bunch of TV shows or advertisements. But few focuses on life on Hawaii. There have been movies that were set on Hawaii, and about Hawaii, but as production starts, they change it to some made up place because the plot can be altered more easily when it’s a mythical place. Six Days - Seven Nights was filmed on Hawaii but they made Hawaii and the local Hawaiians into some made up south pacific location. Even the Indiana Jones movies pretended to be someplace else but Hawaii.

[franklin42]

I heard they are filming a movie about King Kamehameha starring Dwayne Johnson. That would be something. It would at the very least show the rest of the world how the ancient Hawaiians lived, fought, died...(I don't know how truthful it will all be...). They just filmed a Japanese movie("Honoka'a Boy") in Honoka'a(Big Island) with a well known Japanese actress that will feature a TON of local/Hawaiian people and show a somewhat truthful picture of everyday life on the Hamakua coast.

[ranbunctious]

Two very nice movies were recently shown on Lifetime network. One was "Tempted" and the other was "Flirting with 40". I taped them and have just about worn them out.

[AvalonMyst23]

Does anyone know the name and location of the restaurant in 50 First Dates?

[nwcountrygal]

Last winter I went to a beach don't know the name big cinder between Kona and Waikoloa not the paved road. An REI photo shoot was going on and also some rapper MTV pick my chick show was going on. Also last Feb a Scotish movie the Tempist? was filming around McKenizie Park - a friend was hired to pass out sodas too crew. $20 an hour good gig!

As a tourist wanting to be local I do watch all the Magaim PI when watch TV kinda cool knowing where it is shot. It maybe like WA don't know but OR and BC is much cheaper on the taxes so most movies in PNW are shot there. Even like Twilight that is in WA but no it is in OR filmed. And the shipping on top of it - seen so many shows lately that were supposed to be Hawaii but really CA... Going to have to check out the John WAyne flik though.......

[melaniej65]

There was a tv show called "Little people" back around 1970. It starred Brian Keith and Shelly Fabres. It was about a small medical clinic (staffed of course by benevolent White people). I was an extra in most of the episodes (I was very young).