Savage Islands (1983) on Netflix
PG19831h 39mActionAdventureComedy
Missionary Nathaniel Williamson and his fiancée Sophie sail to an island mission on the Rona. When slave trader Ben Pease kidnaps Sophie, Nate turns to Bully Hayes, the Rona's captain, for help.
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Plot summary
In the late nineteenth century, Nathaniel Williamson, a missionary, sets out with his fiancée Sophie for an island mission in the South Pacific. Their ship is the Rona, and its captain, the roguish Bully Hayes, takes a liking to Sophie. She stays committed to Nate, but the two men carry on a friendly rivalry over her. When the slave trader Ben Pease seizes her, Nate and Hayes join forces to find her.
Cast
- Reg Rukaas Moaka
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Savage Islands (1983)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The story is based on the real lives of Pacific blackbirders Bully Hayes and Ben Pease, though the filmmakers softened Hayes's character and turned Pease into the villain.
- Sir Richard Taylor of Weta Workshop has said that Savage Islands kick-started the New Zealand filmmaking boom of the 1980s.
- The film went on to inspire author Lawrence Watt-Evans to write his 1992 novella The Final Folly of Captain Dancy.
