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Claudia
Lokahi
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 Posted - 11/29/2011 : 4:28:18 PM
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I hope Tommy forgives me for all the times I whispered in his ear who was playing which song when it appeared in the movie ("Gabby! now its Keola! Now its Makana! Oh now its Keola again!")- I stopped after awhile, because I was getting too emotional. To be sitting at a big Hollywood mainstream movie, and hear the music of my kumu's who I love so dearly: Ozzie Kotani and Keola Beamer,....well, I was beside myself.
Cyril, I thank you and your ʻohana for allowing the filmmakers to use your dadʻs beautiful music. This exposure will be considerable and I am sure many will be as captivated by Gabbyʻs slack key artistry as we all are here in the Taropatch and in Hawaiʻi! |
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Lawrence
Ha`aha`a
USA
1597 Posts |
Posted - 11/30/2011 : 07:18:51 AM
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Another trivia quiz question: Where does everyone think that valley is that the "Trust" owns? Is is even on Kauai? (It looked vaguely familiar to me)
And, of course we all know that Indiana Jones ran across a field to his plane parked on the Wailua river (not in South America) in "Raiders of the Lost Ark".
AND, Does anyone think that this mythical "Trust" is modeled on the Bishop Estate Trust?
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Mahope Kākou...
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Edited by - Lawrence on 11/30/2011 07:22:39 AM |
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Lawrence
Ha`aha`a
USA
1597 Posts |
Posted - 11/30/2011 : 08:24:00 AM
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Got the answer of where the Trust Land is (from USA Today), and also possibly who the "Family Trust" is modeled on:
WARNING: Potential (but minor) spoiler information may be included here:
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Among the film's locations on Kauai, where Roberts' Kauai Movie Tours has already added The Descendants to their line-up:
-- Owned by the missionary-descended Rice family, Kipu Kai is the setting for the King trust's land holdings. A three-hour, $125 ATV tour by Kipu Ranch Adventures includes a stop at the beach (which is accessible only by boat) and valley overlook.
--Like Clooney's character King, The Descendants' author spent childhood vacations at Kauiokelani, an ancestral estate on Hanalei Bay. The estate's six-bedroom main house is now a $15,000 a week vacation rental; the nearby three-bedroom, beachfront Nalu Beach Cottage ($5,000 a week) is where King confronts a vacationing real estate agent who'd been having an affair with his wife.
-- Part-time Kauai resident Beau Bridges plays King's cousin, and is a real-life patron at Tahiti Nui, a rakish Hanalei bar that serves as a key backdrop in the film. "All the guys you see in the scene in the background are just local folks who were hanging at the bar," Bridges tells BlogTalkRadio."The Hawaiian band in the scene play there every Thursday night. Tahiti Nui is a legendary hang."
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Mahope Kākou...
...El Lorenzo de Ondas Sonoras |
Edited by - Lawrence on 11/30/2011 08:26:57 AM |
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markwitz
`Olu`olu
USA
841 Posts |
Posted - 11/30/2011 : 10:49:30 AM
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Kipu Kai Ranch is also where Bill Kaiwa lived from age 14, learning the Paniolo lifestyle. Bill just passed away yesterday. He was the hanai son of Jack Waterhouse.
From www.huapala.org
Kipu Kai - words by Mary Puku'i music by Maddy K. Lam
No Kipu Kai ke aloha
Home i ka pili kahakai
Ilaila au i ike ai
I ka nui loko maika'i
Nanea i ka ho'olohe
I ka halulu mai o ke kai
Ka nalu nui e holu ana
I ka lae a o Kua-honu
Pau'ole ko'u ho'ohihi
I ka nani a o Ha'upu
Mauna ki'eki'e iluna
Hanohano ke 'ike aku
Makemake wale ka ikena
Ina manu pikake nani
E kaka'i e ha'aheo ana
I ka malu a o ke kiawe
Puana ia me ke aloha
No ka nani a o Ha'upu
Me Keaka loko maika'i
Ka haku a o Kipu-Kai
For Kipu Kai is my affection
Where there is a home by the sea
It was there that I found
Such unbounded hospitality
I enjoy listening
To the roar of the sea
As the large waves come rolling in
To Kua-honu point
Endless is my admiration
For the beauty of Ha'upu
A hill so high
Majestic to my sight
It is a delight to see
The pretty peacocks
Strutting by together
In the shade of the kiawe
Thus ends my song with affection
For the beauty of Ha'upu
And for Jack, the kind-hearted
The owner of Kipu-Kai
Source: Copyright Criterion Music Corp - This mele is in praise of the Jack Waterhouse estate on Kauai. |
"The music of the Hawaiians, the most fascinating in the world, is still in my ears and
haunts me sleeping and waking."
Mark Twain |
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
5052 Posts |
Posted - 12/09/2011 : 03:29:11 AM
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Can get the soundtrack on Amazon.com for about 10 bucks. I love their description of the sountrack. The way they have described it on amazon.com is sure to get more people listening to Hawaiian music.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005RJ6AIK/ref=s9_newr_gw_g15_ir02?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-4&pf_rd_r=1RJQRCY4VVA5KN0RBRXP&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470939031&pf_rd_i=507846
The Descendants is the first mainstream American movie scored exclusively with Hawaiian music, most of it created by acknowledged masters of the genre, both modern and classical Gabby Pahinui, Ray Kane, Keola Beamer, Lena Machado, Sonny Chillingworth, Jeff Peterson, and Rev. Dennis Kamakahi, among others. The filmmakers sought to make a movie with a distinctly Hawaiian flavor, and the music was a crucial component. As well as echoing the experience of watching the film, The Descendants soundtrack will reveal to listeners the soulful and emotional spectrum of Hawaiian music over the decades and serve as an eye-opening introduction to some of Hawaiian music s greatest and most essential artists.
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Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
Wanda |
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Konabob
`Olu`olu
USA
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ypochris
Lokahi
USA
398 Posts |
Posted - 12/09/2011 : 07:38:11 AM
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The way it used to work, and I presume still does, is that theatres would bid how much per admission they would pay for the film, and the film would show at theatres bidding the most first.
Theatres showing films early charge high admissions and profit only from snack and drink sales, passing on the entire ticket price to the production company. This business model doesn't work in smaller markets like the Big Island. The film will show there after the larger markets have shown it.
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JimC
Lokahi
USA
135 Posts |
Posted - 12/09/2011 : 3:08:29 PM
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This film is being shown mostly in smaller theaters that show independent small budjet projects.
My family and I saw it Thanksgiving weeked while visiting my son in Tacoma Wa at a "non profit theater"
The music was fantastic...have ordered 2 CD's as stocking stuffers
Just talked to a freind in Maui....not being shown there yet either |
Jim
http://www.ohanahulasupply.com
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
5052 Posts |
Posted - 12/09/2011 : 4:12:45 PM
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| it has been and is still being shown here in the big theaters, the mega-plexes. |
Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
Wanda |
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
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Auntie Maria
Ha`aha`a
USA
1918 Posts |
Posted - 12/10/2011 : 2:43:04 PM
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"Descendants" starts showing on Kaua`i December 23. Kukui Grove Theater in Lihu`e.
Happy, happy; joy, joy!!!!! 
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
5052 Posts |
Posted - 12/13/2011 : 03:04:57 AM
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| Oh boy oh boy! The mele man brought us the CD and the book yesterday! I like being able to compare a book and a movie. Usually for me, the book wins because it can tell you way more than the limited time in a movie can. |
Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
Wanda |
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Hookani
Lokahi
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
5052 Posts |
Posted - 12/15/2011 : 04:41:27 AM
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| The liner notes are very good, give proper attribution and also give proper respect to Gabby, Sonny, Uncle Raymond, Lena Machado and indeed, all the musicians whose music is used in the soundtrack. |
Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
Wanda |
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The Descendants movie-all slack key soundtrack
