Costretta a interrompere una vacanza tropicale alle Hawaii col fidanzato (Schwimmer), Robin Monroe (Heche), rampante giornalista di New York, si fa trasportare a Tahiti dal pilota civile Quinn Harris (Ford). Incappati in una tempesta, fanno un rovinoso atterraggio di fortuna su un'isoletta. I due hanno caratteri incompatibili. Commedia romantica vecchia come il cucco, ma piacevole e divertente, scritta da Michael Browning e girata nell'isola di Kauai, tela di fondo di una cinquantina di film hollywoodiani. Parentesi leggera per H. Ford che se la cava con garbo.
L'Argonautica è una lussuosa nave da crociera che viaggia sulle acque del Mar della Cina, seguita però da un'imbarcazione di pirati che, dopo aver avuto un incidente con un motoscafo, decidono di usare l'officina della nave e, già che ci sono, depredarla. Lo scenario che si presenta ai loro occhi è però terribile: tutti i viaggiatori sembrano scomparsi nel nulla, l'interno della nave è devastato è c'è sangue dappertutto.
Sgt. O'Farrell an Army soldier on an island in the South Pacific during World War II is trying to bring the two basics of life to his fellow servicemen, women and beer. The supply ship carrying the beer is torpedoed and the contingent of nurses consists of six males and ugly nurse Nellie Krause. If he could at least try to salvage the shipment of beer.
Immaginate un mondo di colori incredibili e bellezza mozzafiato. granchi che indossano meduse per i cappelli. pesci travestiti da rane, da pietre o da tappeti. Un caleidoscopio di vita che balla e ondeggia, galleggiante e guizzante in un paese delle meraviglie subacquee. Howard Hall e il suo team di produzione cinematografica, che ha già realizzato "Deep Sea" e "Into the Deep", vi portano in acque tropicali. Vivi l'avventura: la Grande Barriera Corallina e altri regni del Sud Pacifico. Narrato da Jim Carrey, il film ti porta faccia a pinna con le meraviglie della natura, dalle enormi dimensioni (e denti terribili) di un Great White sino alle buffonate comiche di una seppia innamorata. Emozioni e divertimento sono profonde sotto il mare!
Tony Marvin is a laid back but incredibly successful promoter and fair-haired boy for J. P. Todhunter's pineapple company located in beautiful Hawaii. He gets the company to sponsor a contest in which the winner gets a Hawaiian vacation and is obligated to write articles on the islands which, when published, will constitute a publicity coup for the company. Unfortunately, Georgia Smith, the winner, feels lonely and isolated in the Islands and wants to return to the States. With help from buddy Shad Buggle Tony tries to romantically divert Georgia without letting her know his true motivation.
Hwang Yeo-rae, a once-popular actress, faces a turbulent marriage and yearns for her old career. When she moves in next to Kim Beom-woo, her biggest fan, a desperate plan to regain her freedom and revive her career unfolds.
"Kon-Tiki" was the name of a wooden raft used by six Scandinavian scientists, led by Thor Heyerdahl, to make a 101-day journey from South America to the Polynesian Islands. The purpose of the expedition was to prove Heyerdal's theory that the Polynesian Islands were populated from the east- specifically Peru- rather than from the west (Asia) as had been the theory for hundreds of years. Heyerdahl made a study of the winds and tides in the Pacific, and by simulating conditions as closely as possible to those he theorized the Peruvians encountered, set out on the voyage.
When a storm washes a canoe bearing an infant boy ashore upon a small South Pacific island, he is at first well-received as a gift from the heavens, even to the point of the tribal chief adopting him as a successor. However, with time as hardships are blamed upon Tama (as he is named), he is finally outcast to live with the poorest people on the island, Mahana and her drunken father. Mahana is considered homely and undesirable, but Tama feels differently, so when he is old enough to build a craft to sail away, he vows to return for her one day. A lucky stroke brings him to land upon the island of the legendary Johnny Lingo, the wealthiest trader in the islands, and after years of service to him, Tama has learned much about life and himself as he dreams of honoring his pledge to Mahana.
A wealthy industrialist hires the renowned hoax-buster Phillip Knight to prove that an island he plans to develop isn't voodoo cursed. However, arriving on the island, Knight soon realizes that voodoo does exist when he discovers man-eating plants and a tribe of natives with bizarre powers.
Una ballerina in sosta forzata su un'isola oceanica si innamora, ricambiata, di un ufficiale. Un corteggiatore geloso e respinto fa di tutto per distruggere la loro unione, fino a rivelare all'uomo il passato turbolento dell'amata. Dopo una momentanea lontananza turbata da un tragico avvenimento (il suicidio del corteggiatore) i due si riconciliano.
Tropical island underwater scuba diving swimming murder thriller, in which divers and thieves search for a sunken treasure.
Frank Flynn is summonsed from New York by his brother Charlie to Vanuatu. He arrives only to find Charlie dead, and becomes involved with his late brother's partner, Viv, and Viv's unhappy wife, Anna.
US-Navy pilot Lt. Richard Tabor crash-lands on a south Pacific isle called Love Island in English. Richard befriends the Balinese beauty Sarna. The bad and jealous Jaraka doesn't like their friendship, so he has Sarna's father Aryuna arrested on a vague charge. Jaraka tells Aryuna that he only will be released when his daughter marries him.
A sailor gets his boat stolen from him after he's set up for a crime.
Columbia's 34th serial production starring Buster Crabbe, the Serial King himself
Johnny Lingo, one of the sharpest traders in the south pacific islands decides to bargain for a wife, and offers a record price of eight cows for Mahana, a plain girl who shuns contact. This causes quite a sensation on the island. A year later Johnny and his wife return for the first time since the marriage, and all find that something miraculous has occurred to Mahana. Johnny explains that by paying eight cows he proved that she was worth more to him than any other woman on the island. He gave her a great gift, that of self-worth.
“SOUTH PACIFIC” IN CONCERT FROM CARNEGIE HALL premiered on April 26, 2006 on PBS. Based on James Michener’s Pulitzer Prize-winning collection of short stories TALES OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s own Pulitzer Prize-winning blockbuster was a landmark of post-World War II Broadway, a provocative romantic drama that beguiled audiences with a hit parade of instant standards. “South Pacific” reached new heights when, for one enchanted evening, Carnegie Hall presented a magnificent concert production with a dream cast headed by Reba McEntire, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Jason Danieley, Lillias White, and Alec Baldwin. Directed for the concert stage by Walter Bobbie, with musical director Paul Gemignani conducting the Orchestra of St. Luke’s.
A TV-hour length documentary film depicting the relationship between language, culture, place, music, tradition, and magic on an active volcano, in the Pacific nation of Vanuatu, on the island of Ambrym.
Un ragazzino emerge dalle acque di un'isola polinesiana e viene adottato dai nativi, che però finiscono per emarginarlo o cercano di servirsi di lui. Molto meglio la compagnia di una tartaruga, per il piccolo che ha con l'universo marino una misteriosa familiarità.
Coming of age story about Viki a young pacific islander attempting to escape the stifling conformity of island culture. Inspired by the myth of the Warrior Woman, Viki recovers from the death of her father and fights for justice and freedom for her community.