Sorry, this movie sucks

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Iʻve actually seen this movies once in the Theaters here in the Islands. Then several times on TV as Special Viewings. My family, friends, and I have been waiting for this movie to be released on DVD. Checking the social media time and time again. Will this movie ever be release to the public on DVD? It is a classic with the Hawaiian Islanders, Iʻd have to say now, with the older generation as our younger generation has yet to see this movie. It uses customs closely tied, used and believed by our culture. Growing up I was a part of a special group that performed for different events for the DOE, and we performed Kalua with the Bamboo Organ.

I am wondering if this movie will be done in DVD. My family is in this movie, my Dad, Aunties, Uncles and cousins...many of whom my children do not know. I am always sharing about this movie with them, and would love the opportunity to own it, watch it, and share it with my family. The reason I am writing to you, is that my Mom told me today, that one of our cousins has the movie, in VHS form, and they were watching it last night. My Dad, he is the boy at the end of the movie running down the aisle. My Aunty Violet, she is my great grand Aunty, and she played the Chiefess and I remember spending time with her, before she passed away. My grandfather is the last of the 5th generation in our family, and it would be wonderful to own and share this move with our family. I know that if this movie came out, many, many of the family members would be purchasing this memoir. Please let me know...thank you very much.

I saw Bird of Paradise when it first came out and was struck by Debra Paget's beauty and gentleness. My age was around 15 at the time. From that time on, I have read innumerable books relating to islands of the South Pacific. Now, 55 years later, I have written my own "island" books. So far I have three in sequence on the market. McKay's Island books by Ken Ralls. I would like to be able to contact Debra Paget for permission to use her pictures in my fourth book in the series. She would be the island girl, Kamlani, in my books. She has a special place in my heart.... Alas, all attempts to contact her have gone for naught.... Help! I share your Christian faith, Ms. Paget.

When I first saw "Bird of Paradise", I was an adolescent and I saw it on television as a not-so-recent movie. I already had a crush on Debra Paget from having seen her as Morning Star in "Broken Arrow." I was also a bit enamoured with her sister, Lisa Gaye as Collette DuBois on "the Bob Commings Show." But I figured that sooner or later I would get over my adolescent infatuation with the exotic characters these sister actresses were playing and eventually I'd settle down, marry a white bread woman, and get an office job like my father.Now it is 40 years later and I have spent the vast majority of that time serving, studying, and teaching in Vietnam, Thailand, and Japan. I never got over my infatuation with exotic, non-white bread women. I now have two masters degrees. When getting my masters in Far East Asian Studies, each time I described one more aspect of the "Bird of Paradise" wedding to a colleague whose specialty was the study of Bali culture, he gasped, "That's just like it is in Bali!""Jeff Chandler explains to Louis Jordon, 'You must come at night and steal her.' 'But I thought her parents approved of the marriage.' 'They do. But if they freely let her go, it would mean they don't love her and it would be an insult to her.' 'OK, I come and steal her. And we run away together.' 'No. She will scream and fight you.' 'But she loves me and wants to marry me.' 'Yes. But if she goes with you freely, it would mean she doesn't love her parents and it would be an insult.' 'OK. I steal her. She screams and fights me. And I take her away.' 'Yes. But you have to carry her and run fast because I as her brother will grab my spear and alert all the other men in the village and we will try to find you, catch you, and kill you. If we didn't, it would mean we don't care about her and it would be an insult. But don't worry. You will escape and take her to your secret place.' 'What secret? You and the young men of the village helped me build it.' 'Well, on that night, we won't be able t find it. We will get close but we won't find it. And we will be very angry about that and make angry noises all night. That will be your wedding night music.'Even more than she is in "Broken Arrow", Debra Paget is devoted to her white husband. Someone who when asked if she is ready to jump into the erupting volcano will say, "I have loved and been loved. I am ready." I never did find a woman as fully exotic and as completely devoted to me as the image radiated by Debra Paget in "Broken Arrow," "Bird of Paradise," "Demetrius and the Gladiators," and "The Ten Commandments." But I have been living with the same Asian woman for 31 years. And I am happy.