| The Hawaiians | |
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| Directed by | Tom Gries |
| Screenplay by | James R. Webb |
| Based on | Hawaii 1959 novel by James A. Michener |
| Produced by | Walter Mirisch |
| Starring | Charlton Heston Tina Chen Geraldine Chaplin Mako |
| Cinematography | Lucien Ballard Philip H. Lathrop |
| Edited by | Ralph E. Winters Byron W. Brandt |
| Music by | Henry Mancini |
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| Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 134 minutes |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $2.3 million (US/ Canada rentals)[1] |
The Hawaiians, released in the UK as Master of the Islands, is a 1970 United States historical epic based on the 1959 novel Hawaii by James A. Michener. Starring Charlton Heston at the head of an ensemble cast, the two and one-half hour saga was directed by Tom Gries from a screenplay by James R. Webb. Tina Chen received a Golden Globe best supporting actress nomination.
The film was based on the book's later chapters, which covered the arrival of Chinese and Japanese laborers and the growth of the plantations. The third chapter of the book had been made into the film Hawaii in 1966.
- ^ "Big Rental Films of 1970", Variety, 6 January 1971 p 11