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Savage Islands
Film (Excerpts) – 1983
This pirates of the South Seas tale stars Tommy Lee Jones (Men in Black, The Fugitive) as rogue Bully Hayes, who helps a missionary save his kidnapped-by-savages wife. Produced by Kiwis Rob Whitehouse and Lloyd Phillips (12 Monkeys, Inglorious Basterds), the film was made in the 80s ‘tax-break’ feature surge and filmed in Fiji and New Zealand (with an NZ crew and supporting cast). John Hughes (Breakfast Club) and David Odell (Dark Crystal) scripted the old-fashioned swashbuckler from a Phillips story. It was released by Paramount in the US as Nate and Hayes.
He's a scoundrel … A hero … A lover of danger and the last of the adventurers … This is the story of Bully Hayes!– The film’s 1984 VHS tagline
Key Cast & Crew
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Produced by
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Phillips Whitehouse Productions
Source
Phillips Whitehouse Productions
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