Rapa Nui
Brief Synopsis
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Loosely based on events that unfolded on Easter Island prior to its discovery by European explorers in 1722. Story centers around a civil war that decimated an entire culture, leaving only giant stone statues as mute testimony to their former greatness. "Rapa Nui" means center of the earth. It was a name given to the island by natives.
Cast & Crew
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Kevin Reynolds
Director
Jason Scott Lee
Noro
Eru Potaka-dewes
Grandfather
Sandrine Holt
Ramana
Esai Morales
Make
Emilio Tuki Hito
Messenger
Film Details
MPAA Rating
Genre
Action
Adventure
Drama
Historical
Release Date
1994
Production Company
Atlab-Gold Coast, Australia; International Film Guarantors; NASA; Opticals & Graphics; Skywalker Sound; Soundfirm; Spectrum Films; Technicolor; Tig Productions
Distribution Company
WARNER BROS. PICTURES DISTRIBUTION (WBPD); Alternative Films; Amlf; Entertainment Film Distributors, Ltd.; Tobis Film; United International Pictures; Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group; Warner Bros. Italia; Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution; Warner Bros. Pictures International
Location
Easter Island, Chile; Chile
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 47m
Synopsis
Loosely based on events that unfolded on Easter Island prior to its discovery by European explorers in 1722. Story centers around a civil war that decimated an entire culture, leaving only giant stone statues as mute testimony to their former greatness. "Rapa Nui" means center of the earth. It was a name given to the island by natives.
Cast
Jason Scott Lee
Noro
Eru Potaka-dewes
Grandfather
Sandrine Holt
Ramana
Esai Morales
Make
Emilio Tuki Hito
Messenger
Gordon Hatfield
Riro
Faenza Reuben
Heke
Hori Ahipene
Overseer
Chiefy Elkington
Fisherman
Huihana Rewa
Old Woman
George Henare
Tupa
Rawiri Paratene
Priest
Pete Smith
Priest
Mario Gaoa
Short Ear
Cliff Curtis
Short Ear
Willie Davis
Short Ear
Lawrence Makoare
Atta
Te Whatanui Skipwith
Old Short Ear
Nathaniel Lees
Long Ear Chief
Grant Mcfarland
Long Ear Chief
Wassie Shortland
Long Ear Chief
Tania Simon
Koreto
Rena Owen
Hitirenga
Zac Wallace
Haoa
Rakai Karaitiana
Pure White
Shane Dawson
Mud Color
Henry Vaeoso
Half & Half
Angela Gribben
Long Ear Girl
Karaitiana Beazley
Makita
Jade Clayton
Ngaara
Jenni Heka
Long Ear Girl
Pitake Tuki
Timid Short Ear
Liseli Mutti
Pua
Michael Yost
Young Le Boy
Ross Clarke-jones
Quicksilver Surfer
Sasha Stocker
Quicksilver Surfer
Jake Spooner
Quicksilver Surfer
Anzac Wallace
Crew
Patricia Abarca Medina
Makeup Artist
Luke Adams
Stunt Rigger
Pedro Aguiles Chavez
Driver
Guy Allain
Scenic Artist
Ian Allen
Art Director
Judy Allen
Makeup Artist (2nd Unit)
Michael Andreas
Orchestrator
Juan Andueza
Special Thanks (Intendente Region V)
Jimmy Crossan Araki
Assistant Props
Cristian Arevalo
Other
Anthony Armas
Special Thanks
Rodrigo Paoa Atamu
Supervisor
Alvaro Atan
Art Department Coordinator
Manuel Federico Atan
Camera Production Assistant
Pedro Avaka
Driver
Greg Avellone
Other
Lyall Beckmann
Special Effects
Rafael Benavente Vargas
Script Supervisor (2nd Unit)
Pico Berkowitch
Second 2nd Assistant Director
Ann Beverly
Costume Painter
Ian Bird
Best Boy Grip
John Bloomfield
Costume Designer
German Bobe
Other
Nick Bonham
Property Master (2nd Unit)
Richard Boue
Supervisor
Peter Boyle
Editor
Miguel Brito
Grip (2nd Unit)
Rodrigo Brizic
Set Grip
Helen Brown
Dialogue Editor
Ray Brown
Key Grip
Susan Brown
Associate Casting; Casting Associate
Susan Brown
Casting Associate
Julia Federica Brown Hey
Craft Service
Reginald Budd
Other
Rodney Burke
Special Effects
Kevin R. Buxbaum
Post-Production Accountant
Issac Calderon Riroroko
Driver
Arthur Cambridge
Color Timer
Gottleib Cardinale
Driver
Paola Cardinale
Extras Casting Assistant
Samuel Cardinali
Other
Benita Carey
Assistant Adr Editor
Kimberly Carlton
Special Thanks
Scott Patrick Carroll
Product Placement
Tic Carroll
Unit Manager (Australian Unit)
Miriam Castro Correa
Special Effects
Fernando Castroman
2nd Assistant Director
Barry Champagne
Other
Julius Chan
Special Effects Editor
Hugo Chavez Hey
Translator
Hugo Chavez Hey
Special Effects Foreman
Lars Christiansen
Helicopter Pilot (2nd Unit)
Michael Clifford
Special Effects
Robin Clifton
Location Manager (Australian Unit)
Craig Cliver
Craft Service
Damon Cohoon
Other
Steve Colberg
Other
Peter Collias
Scenic Artist
Allison Conant
Other
Stewart Copeland
Music
Kevin Costner
Producer
Steve Courtley
Special Effects Coordinator
Kathy Courtney
Makeup Artist (2nd Unit)
James Cox
Standby Props
Victoria Cox
Tomkats Catering
Gethin Creagh
Re-Recording Mixer (Sydney)
Claudio Cristino
Other
Claudio Cristino
Supervising Technical Advisor
Terry Crossan Araki
Stone Worker Foreman
Guido Cruz Fuentes
Craft Service
Colin Deane
1st Assistant Camera
Philippe Debar
Welder Foreman
Ozman Dias
Location Manager
Martin Diaz Porras
Costume Supervisor
Richard F Diez
Transportation Captain
Michael Dittrick
Music Editor
Angelica Donoso
Assistant Accountant
Rosemary Dority
Post-Production Supervisor
Magaly Doty
Other
Alan Dunstan
Best Boy
Brian Dusting
Set Decorator
Guy East
Executive Producer
Brian Edmonds
Property Master
Alexandra Edwards
Production Assistant
Edmundo Edwards
Other
Raul Fernandez
Driver
Monte Fieguth
Special Effects
Hugo Figueroa
Set Grip
Frank Flick
2nd Camera Assistant (2nd Unit)
Peter Frampton
Makeup
Dr. Thomas Adolfo Gallardo
Unit Doctor
Enrique Garay Pakomio
Driver
Michel Garcia
Other
Reg Garside
Chief Lighting Technician
Karl Glaser
Rigging Grip
Karl Glaser
Other
Ben Glass
Still Photographer
Trish Glover
Hair Stylist (2nd Unit)
Claudia Gonzales Pakarati
Costume Office Manager
Luis Gonzales Puebla
Special Thanks
Nikki Gooley
Makeup Artist
Edward Gorsuch
Unit Publicist
Edward Gorsuch
Other
Bronwen Gower
Assistant Dialogue Editor
Juan Enrique Goycollea
Other
Antony Gray
Dialogue Editor
Pauline Grebert
Special Effects Foreman
Stephen Grey
Lighting Technician
Gene Grigg
Special Effects Foreman
David Grusovin
Assistant Sound Editor
Francisco Haoa
Driver
Kihi Haoa
Extras Casting
Niko Haoa
2nd Assistant Director (2nd Unit)
Peter Harrison
Bird Handler (2nd Unit)
Vicki Dianne Haughton
Dialect Coach
Dalia Haymann
Set Costumer
Scott Hecker
Special Thanks
Coco Hederra
Other
Ignacia Hederra
Other
Matias Hederra Lorca
Lighting Technician
Simon Hewitt
Foley
Simon Hewitt
Adr Mixer
Jacobo Hey
Special Thanks (Rapa Nui--Governor)
Maria Hey
Craft Service
Ramon Hey
Camera Production Assistant
Sixto Hey
Set Grip
Elias Hey Cardinale
Stone Worker Foreman
Victor Hey Chavez
Driver
Keith Heygate
1st Assistant Director (Australian Unit)
Phil Heywood
Re-Recording Mixer (Sydney)
Gary Hill
Best Boy
K.c. Hodenfield
1st Assistant Director
Eugenio Hormazabal Fuentes
Welder Foreman
Lou Horvath
Supervisor
Alberto Hotus
Special Thanks (Hanga Roa--Governor)
Julio Hotus Salinas
Stone Worker Foreman
William David Howe
Set Grip
Evelyn Huke
Production Assistant
Arnaldo Huke Rapahango
Driver
Michael G Hulse
Set Grip
Dr. Jennifer Humphreys
Unit Doctor (2nd Unit)
Paul Huntingford
Foley Artist
Juan Icka
Production Assistant
Barry Idoine
1st Camera Assistant (2nd Unit)
Keremo Ika Araki
Driver
Lyn Jones
Accountant (Australian Unit)
Michael Jones
Costume Maker
Tom Judt
Tomkats Catering
Carol Kim
Production Coordinator
Samantha Clair Kirkeby
Script Supervisor
Amanda Knight
Makeup Artist
Andy Kopetzky
Special Thanks
David Kulczycki
Special Thanks
Gregg Landaker
Re-Recording Mixer (Los Angeles)
Thomas Lantz
Special Effects
Mayra Lebron
Second 2nd Assistant Director
John Lee
2nd Assistant Editor
Tony Lees
Sculptor
Elisabeth Leustig
Casting
George Liddle
Production Designer
Rick Lisle
Assistant (To Sound Designer)
Jorge Lopez
Special Thanks
Paula Lourie
Assistant Special Effects Editor
Jonathan C Lucas
1st Assistant Editor
Regina Luricella
Other
Maria Manuela Machado
Assistant (To Jim Wilson)
Jane Maguire
Assistant Dialogue Editor
Juan Manutomatoma
Set Grip
Margarita Marchi
Makeup Artist
Simon Martin
Assistant Sound Editor
Steve Maslow
Re-Recording Mixer (Los Angeles)
Mike Maxwell
Tomkats Catering
Suza Maybury
Scenic Artist
Calum Mcfarlane
1st Assistant ("B" Camera)
Michelle Mcgahey
Assistant Art Director
Caitlin Mckenna
Special Thanks
Moira Mclaughlin
Assistant (To Kevin Costner)
Phil Meacham
Other
Phil Meacham
Assistant Coordinator
Felipe Mederos
Assistant Accountant
Douglas Merrifield
Unit Manager
Shirley Metz
Bird Handler (2nd Unit)
Rogelio Montero
Driver
Joaquin Montero Hernandez
Key Costumer
Gerardo Moro
Special Thanks
Joselyn Morton
New Zealand Casting Associate
Blake Martin Moulin
Assistant Music Editor
Luis Nunez Diaz
Lighting Technician
Gary O'grady
Foley Editor
Gary O'grady
Foley Artist
Ralf Oberti
Documentary Cameraman
Carlos Olea Ollvares
Special Effects
Barrie M. Osborne
Executive Producer
Martin Oswin
Re-Recording Mixer (Sydney)
Isabel Pakarati
Other
Rene Pakarati
Lighting Technician
Turvia Pakarati Hotus
Costume Forewoman
Orlando Pakomio
Lighting Technician
Paul Pandoulis
Steadicam Operator
Paul Pandoulis
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Film Details
MPAA Rating
Genre
Action
Adventure
Drama
Historical
Release Date
1994
Production Company
Atlab-Gold Coast, Australia; International Film Guarantors; NASA; Opticals & Graphics; Skywalker Sound; Soundfirm; Spectrum Films; Technicolor; Tig Productions
Distribution Company
WARNER BROS. PICTURES DISTRIBUTION (WBPD); Alternative Films; Amlf; Entertainment Film Distributors, Ltd.; Tobis Film; United International Pictures; Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group; Warner Bros. Italia; Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution; Warner Bros. Pictures International
Location
Easter Island, Chile; Chile
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 47m
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Nominated for the 1994 Golden Reel Award by the Motion Picture Sound Editors in the foreign film category.
Released in United States Fall September 9, 1994
Limited Release in United States September 9, 1994
Expanded Release in United States September 16, 1994
Released in United States on Video February 7, 1995
Released in United States November 1994
Shown at Hawaii International Film Festival November 4-17, 1994.
Began shooting March 1, 1993.
Completed shooting June 30, 1993.
Released in United States Fall September 9, 1994
Limited Release in United States September 9, 1994
Expanded Release in United States September 16, 1994
Released in United States on Video February 7, 1995
Released in United States November 1994 (Shown at Hawaii International Film Festival November 4-17, 1994.)
