Released Date:
2006-01-20
Languages:
English, Algonquin
Countries:
USA, UK
Runtime:
135 min
Rated:
PG-13
IMDB Ratings:
6.7 (66653 Reviews)
Director:
Terrence MalickCaptain Smith is spared his mutinous hanging sentence after captain Newport's ship arrives in 1607 to found Jamestown, an English colony in Virginia. The initially friendly natives, who have no personal property concept, turn hostile after a 'theft' is 'punished' violently on the spot. During an armed exploration, Smith is captured, but spared when the chief's favorite daughter Pocahontas pleads for the stranger who soon becomes her lover and learns to love their naive 'savage' way of harmonious life. Ultimately he returns to the grim fort, which would starve hadn't she arranged for Indian generosity. Alas, each side soon brands their own lover a traitor, so she is banished and he flogged as introduction to slavish toiling. Changes turn again, leading Smith to accept a northern-more mission and anglicized Pocahontas, believing him dead, becoming the mother of aristocratic new lover John Rolfe's son. They'll meet again for a finale in England.
Released Date:
2010-05-14
Languages:
English, Hawaiian
Countries:
USA, UK
Runtime:
97 min
Rated:
PG
IMDB Ratings:
6.1 (1125 Reviews)
Director:
Marc ForbyGenres:
DramaMarc Forby (screenplay)
Robert Payne (additional dialogue)
Inspired by true events. Princess Ka'iulani is the daughter of a Hawaiian princess and a Scottish businessman. As a teenager, she is sent to England to be educated, but after the death of her uncle King Kalakaua and the accession of her aunt Queen Liliu'okalani, Ka'iulani becomes the next heir to the throne. The possibility of U.S. annexation is looming and the rights of her people are threatened. Ka'iulani is torn between life in England with handsome young suitor Clive Davies or returning to her beloved Hawai'i.
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