Six Days Seven Nights

Name: Six Days Seven Nights
Genre: Comedy, Action, Adventure, Romance
Released: 1998-06-12
Duration: 1 h 42 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Harrison Ford, Anne Heche, David Schwimmer, Jacqueline Obradors, Temuera Morrison

After this week in paradise, they’re going to need a vacation.

Six Days Seven Nights (1998)

Timing: 1:42 (102 min)

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Release date

1998-06-12

Country

United States

Production

Touchstone Pictures, Roger Birnbaum Productions, Caravan Pictures, Northern Lights Entertainment

Genre

Comedy, Action, Adventure, Romance

Budget

$70 000 000

Box office

$164 839 294

Website

Director

Ivan Reitman

Actors

Harrison Ford, Anne Heche, David Schwimmer, Jacqueline Obradors, Temuera Morrison, Allison Janney, Cliff Curtis, Danny Trejo, Douglas Weston, Ben Bode
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Scenario

Producer

Roger Birnbaum, Ivan Reitman, Wallis Nicita, Julie Bergman Sender, Daniel Goldberg, Joe Medjuck

Camera operator

Michael Chapman

Composer

Randy Edelman

Artist

J. Michael Riva

Audition

Bonnie Timmermann, Michael Chinich

Editing

Sheldon Kahn, Wendy Greene Bricmont, Manny Chavez
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Short description

In the South Pacific island of Makatea, career-driven magazine editor Robin Monroe is on a week-long vacation getaway with her boyfriend, Frank Martin. An emergency work assignment in neighboring Tahiti requires Robin to hire the cantankerous pilot Quinn Harris who had flown them to the island on a sea plane. While flying, a powerful storm forces Quinn to make an emergency landing on a nearby deserted island. The dissimilar pair avoid each other at first, until they're forced to team up to escape from the island -- and some pirates who want their heads.

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Temuera Morrison and Cliff Curtis, who played the pirates, speak the Māori language (one of the Polynesian languages, the national language of the indigenous people of New Zealand). They found it impossible to pronounce the complex lines about gold, pirates, etc., so they babble nonsense on everyday topics, such as food.
It was expected that this film would make Anne Heche (then a virtually unknown actress) one of the most popular actresses of the period. During the same week she was cast in the film (she had been told verbally, but the contract had not yet been signed), Touchstone Pictures fired Heche because she appeared in public arm-in-arm with the famous lesbian Ellen DeGeneres, whom she had met only a few days prior. (The studio executives decided that no matter how much they invested in Heche, it would be impossible to make her the kind of actress whose photos men would clip from magazines and paste on their walls). Harrison Ford used all his connections to get Heche reinstated in the cast, but irreparable damage to her career had already been done. Aside from Joseph Ruben's 'Force Majeure,' filmed immediately after 'Six Days, Seven Nights,' she was no longer offered leading roles.
It was assumed that this film would make Anne Heche (then an actress, virtually unknown) the most popular actress of that period. On the same week she was considered for the role (she was simply informed verbally, the contract had not yet been signed), the film company Touchstone Pictures fired Heche because the actress appeared in public with Ellen DeGeneres, a well-known lesbian, whom she had met just a couple of days earlier. (The studio executives decided that no matter how much money was invested, Heche would never become an actress whose photos men would cut out of magazines and paste on their walls). Harrison Ford used all his connections, and Heche was reinstated in the cast, but irreparable damage to her career had already been done. With the exception of Joseph Ruben's "Six Days, Seven Nights" follow-up film, "Force Majeure", she was no longer offered leading roles.
The airplane used in the film was also featured in the movie "On the Edge (1997)." In both films, it crashes.
The plane piloted by Harrison Ford's character is a single-engine DeHavilland Beaver. The actor owns the exact same model of aircraft and piloted it himself during filming. However, despite being a fairly experienced pilot, Harrison Ford had to undergo additional certification for the insurance company in order to fly with other actors on board.
Filming took place from July 7th to October 29th, 1997, in Hawaii.
The aircraft flown by Harrison Ford's character is a single-engine DeHavilland Beaver. The actor owns an identical plane and flew it himself during filming. However, despite being a fairly experienced pilot, Harrison Ford had to obtain additional certification from the insurance company in order to fly with other actors on board.
Temuera Morrison and Cliff Curtis, who played the pirates, speak Maori (a Polynesian language and the national language of New Zealand's indigenous people). They found it impossible to pronounce the complex lines about gold, pirates, etc., so they instead spout nonsense about everyday topics, such as eating.
The aircraft flown by Harrison Ford's character is a single-engine DeHavilland Beaver. The actor owns an identical plane and piloted it himself during filming. However, despite being a fairly experienced pilot, Harrison Ford had to undergo additional certification for the insurance company to allow him to fly the aircraft with other people on board.
Julia Roberts was the main candidate for the lead female role.