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Big Island Production History

31 Feature Productions

Title Year Details Location
The Hidden Pearls 1918Paramount; Sessue HayakawaKalapana and Kilauea Crater
The White Flower 1923Famous Players - Lasky; Betty Compsen and Edmund LoweKilauea Crater
His Captive Woman 1929First National Pictures; Milton Sills and Dorothy MackaillKalapana
Aloha Hawaii 1930Lawrence Barber, Libby Keanini and Winona Love
Four Frightened People 1934Paramount; Claudette Colbert and Herbert MarshallHilo
Hawaiian Buckeroo 193820th Century Fox; Smith Ballew and Evelyn Knapp
South of Pago Pago 1940United Artists; Victor McLagen and Frances FarmerBackground shots made at Kalapana and the Kona Coast
Song of the Islands 194220th Century Fox; Betty Grable, Victor Mature and Jack OakieKalapana
Bird of Paradise 195120th Century Fox; Jeff Chandler, Debra Paget and Louis JordanHawaii Volcanoes National Park, Puna, Pu'uhonua O Honaunau
Underwater 1955RKO-Radio; Jane Russell and Gilbert Roland
The Old Man and the Sea 1958Warner Brothers; Spencer TraceyKona
Diamond Head 1955Columbia; Charleton HestonHilo.
Rampage 1963Warner Brothers; Robert MitchumPuna
The Day the World Ended 1979Irwin Allen; Paul Newman and William HoldenKona
Black Widow 198520th Century Fox; Debra WingerKona/Kohala Coast, Kailua Kona
Nemesis 1992Greenleaf Productions; Oliver Gruner, Tim Thomerson and Cary Hiroyuki-TagawaHilo, Keeau
Sliver 1992Paramount; Sharon Stone and William Baldwin(Big Island footage deleted in final edit.)
Picture Bride 1993Thousand Crane FilmworksHamakua Coast
Waterworld 1994MCA/Universal City Studio; Kevin Costner, Jeanne Tripplehorn and Dennis HopperKawaihae Harbor, Waipio Valley
Beyond Paradise 1997Kama'aina PartnersKailua Kona, Kona/Kohala Coast
Krippendorf's Tribe 1997Touchstone PicturesHawaii Volcanoes National Park
Lani-Loa 1997Chrome Dragon FilmsHilo
Dinosaur 1997Disney; AnimationHilo, Waipio
Dolphins 1999IMAX Film; MacGillivray Freeman FilmsKona/Kohala Coast
Ka'ililauokekoa 2000'Aha Punana LeoHilo
Planet of the Apes 200120th Century FoxKalapana
The Day After Tomorrow 200220th Century FoxAtop Mauna Kea
Final Exam 2002Hawaii FilmwerksKona/Kohala Coast
Kapu 2002Hawaii FilmwerksKona/Kohala Coast
Mana 2003Phoebus EnterprisesKealakekua, Kona/Kohala Coast
Kona Coast 1968Warner Brothers/Seven ArtsKailua Kona
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