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Six Days Seven Nights
Six Days Seven Nights

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Six Days Seven Nights

PG-13·1998·102m

Summary

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 Makatea on a small transport 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.

Cast

Anne Heche

Anne Heche

Robin Monroe

Harrison Ford

Harrison Ford

Quinn Harris

David Schwimmer

David Schwimmer

Frank Martin

Jacqueline Obradors

Jacqueline Obradors

Angelica

Temuera Morrison

Temuera Morrison

Jager

Allison Janney

Allison Janney

Marjorie

Cliff Curtis

Cliff Curtis

Kip

Danny Trejo

Danny Trejo

Pierce

Kerry Rossall

Kerry Rossall

Yacht Owner

Douglas Weston

Douglas Weston

Philippe Sinclair, Resort Manager

Ben Bode

Ben Bode

Tom Marlowe, Helicopter Pilot

Derek Basco

Derek Basco

Ricky, Helicopter Crewman

Amy Sedaris

Amy Sedaris

Robin's Secretary

Priscilla Inga Taylor

Priscilla Inga Taylor

Bathing Suit Girl

Long Nguyen

Long Nguyen

Pirate

John Koyama

John Koyama

Pirate

Jen Sung

Jen Sung

Pirate

Jake Feagai

Pirate

Michael Chapman

Michael Chapman

Mechanic

E. Kalani Flores

Tahitian Priest at Funeral

Ping Wu

Ping Wu

Infirmary Orderly

Greg Gorman

Photographer

Hoyt Richards

Hoyt Richards

Model

Odile Corso

Odile Corso

Model

Cynthia Langbridge

Resort Greeter

Jody Kono

Hotel Clerk

Michael Lushing

Hotel Front Desk Clerk

Pua Kaholokula

Waitress

Roy Dinson Jr.

Bellboy

Don Nahaku

Bellboy

Reri Tava Jobe

Flight Attendant

Natalie Goss

Flight Attendant

Christian Martson

Airport Security #1

James Edward Sclafani

Airport Security #2

Jason S. Nichols

Runway Traffic

Taj Mahal

Taj Mahal

Entertainer

Fred Lunt

Band Member

Carlos Andrade

Band Member

Kester Smith

Band Member

Pat Cockett

Band Member

Wayne Jacintho

Band Member

Michael Barretto

Band Member

Rudy Costa

Band Member

Pancho Graham

Band Member

Mervyn Lilo

Dancer

Gordon Lilo

Dancer

Afa Thompson

Dancer

Javan Kaiama

Dancer

Nicole Maldonado

Dancer

Iele

Musician

Aldo Paro

Musician

Eric Laufiso

Musician

Wayne Aqino

Musician

Vise Vitale

Musician

Lloyd Chandler

Musician

Elliot M. Kaplan

Man at Bar

Stephen Conteh

Newspaper Salesman

Jewel McDonald

Jewel McDonald

Airport Tourist (uncredited)

Niko Rusakov

Niko Rusakov

Swimmer (uncredited)

Theresa San-Nicholas

Brutalized Woman (uncredited)

Steve Stafford

Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)

Crew

Director

Ivan Reitman

Screenplay

Michael Browning

Reviews

Wuchak

Wuchak

June 28, 2021

7

_**Harrison Ford and Anne Heche as castaways on a paradisal island**_

A small-plane pilot (Harrison Ford) is stranded on a remote Pacific island with a New York magazine editor (Anne Heche). Not only do they have to survive and find a way back to civilization, but they encounter other mortal dangers. David Schwimmer plays the woman's fiancé while Jacqueline Obradors is on hand as the dalliance of the pilot.

"Six Days Seven Nights" (1998) is a lost-on-a-deserted-island adventure/romance sometimes compared to "The African Queen" (1951) for obvious reasons, but "Six Days" seems more farcical. There's also a little "Flight of the Phoenix" (1965) added to the mix.

Harrison is charismatic as the stalwart, but slightly alcoholic loner/pilot while Heche is intelligent and likable. Unfortunately, some of their bickering comes across forced in an eye-rolling way, but the movie makes up for it with a surprisingly potent dramatic scene near the end. Beyond that, the movie is quick-paced comic book fluff that never gets boring, but also never goes deep or realistic enough for my tastes. Nevertheless, I'm a sucker for stranded-on-deserted-island flicks.

The contrast between Heche and Obradors' characters is interesting: Robin (Heche) is attractive in an intelligent plain-Jane kind of way while Angelica (Obradors) is alluring in a bodacious cutie manner. The fact that the latter is air-headed and morally dubious removes her from the realm of possibilities, as far as a lifelong soulmate goes. She's babelicious, though, and the movie tastefully shows it.

The film is short and sweet at 1 hour, 38 minutes, and was shot at Kaua'i, Hawaii. The locations are spectacular.

GRADE: B

Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

English

Budget:

$70,000,000.00

Revenue:

$164,839,294.00

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