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Nate and Hayes, also known as Savage Islands (UK title), is a 1983 swashbuckling adventure film set in the South Pacific in the late 19th century. Directed by Ferdinand Fairfax and filmed on location in Fiji and New Zealand, it starred Tommy Lee Jones, Michael O'Keefe and Jenny Seagrove. This was one of many early 1980s films designed to capitalize on the popularity of Lucas and Spielberg's hero, Indiana Jones, but Nate and Hayes was a flop at the box office. This contributed to the long held belief in Hollywood that pirate swashbucklers were box office poison, a belief not laid to rest until the 2003 release of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. Sir Richard Taylor of Weta Workshop said Savage Islands kick-started the New Zealand filmmaking boom of the 1980s.
Original Release
11/18/1983
US Release
11/18/1983
Cast
Name | Character |
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Tommy Lee Jones | Captain Bully Hayes |
Michael O'Keefe | Nathaniel Williamson |
Max Phipps | Ben Pease |
Jenny Seagrove | Sophie |
Grant Tilly | Count Von Rittenberg |
Peter Rowley | Louis Beck |
William Johnson | Reverend Williamson (as Bill Johnson) / Reverend Williamson |
Kate Harcourt | Mrs. Williamson |
Reg Ruka | Moaka |
Roy Billing | Auctioneer |
Directors
Writers
Lloyd Phillips, John Hughes, David Odell
Cast
Name | Character |
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Tommy Lee Jones | Captain Bully Hayes |
Michael O'Keefe | Nathaniel Williamson |
Max Phipps | Ben Pease |
Jenny Seagrove | Sophie |
Grant Tilly | Count Von Rittenberg |
Peter Rowley | Louis Beck |
William Johnson | Reverend Williamson (as Bill Johnson) / Reverend Williamson |
Kate Harcourt | Mrs. Williamson |
Reg Ruka | Moaka |
Roy Billing | Auctioneer |
Bruce Allpress | Mr. Blake |
Prince Tui Teka | King of Ponape |
Pudji Waseso | Fong |
Peter Vere-Jones | Gunboat Captain |
Tom Vanderlaan | Count's Lieutenant |
Mark Hadlow | Gun Operator |
Phillip Gordon | Timmy |
Norman Fairley | Pegleg |
Warwick Simmons | Pog |
Paul Farrell | Crewman #1 |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Lloyd Phillips | Producer |
Robert Whitehouse | Producer |