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Feb 5, 2019 · Tropic Thunder filming locations range from one extreme to the other, but perhaps this is usually the case when filming on an island like Kauai. Many scenes were shot on private land and most of the film’s jungle scenes were filmed in more remote locations, such as the dense backwoods of the Wailua Falls area.
- Six Days / Seven Nights
- Mighty Joe Young
- Honeymoon in Vegas
- Lord of The Flies/The Thorn Birds
- Raiders of The Lost Ark
- King Kong
- Donovan’s Reef
- Blue Hawaii
- South Pacific
Harrison Ford and Anne Heche jumping off a cliff to escape their captors was filmed on Makawehi Bluff (known as “Shipwreck’s Cliff”) next to the Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort & Spa. Other locations in this film include Kipu Kai beach, Papaa Bay and the Napali Coast.
Like the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park, Mighty Joe Young seemed to favor Jurassic Kahili Ranch’s 2,800 acres of open space and lush greenery on the north shore of Kauai.
Remember that comical scene when Nicolas Cage asks through a pay phone, “is it Kapa-a-a or Kapa-a-a-a?” That was shot in the town of Waimea on the west side of Kauai. The home where the movie was mainly filmed has since been nicknamed the “honeymoon in vegas” home and sits on Anini Beach on the north shore, a great beach for swimming and snorkeling...
Kee Beach on the north shore of Kauai, is where several movies have been filmed. Some of the more notable movies are Lord of the Flies and The Thorn Birds.
The opening scene of Raiders of the Lost Ark depicted Indiana Jones running and swinging by rope in the Huleia River, near Menehune Fishpond.
In 1976, filming the movie King Kong in one of the most remote valleys on Kauai seemed like the perfect location to create “Skull Island”. At least, producers thought so when they filmed King Kong at Kalalau Valley and Honopu Beach on the Napali Coast.
Filmed to depict French Polynesia, Kauai became Haleakaloha Island in the 1960’s classic Donovan’s Reef featuring John Wayne. Recognizable locations filmed in the movie include the Allerton Estate Home at the National Tropical Botanical Gardens, King Kong Mountain, Ahukini Landing and much of Kauai’s coconut coast. Being filmed over 50 years ago, i...
Of course, we can’t forget about Elvis Presley crooning his infamous hits in the movie Blue Hawaii, complete with hula girls and grass huts. Much of the movie was filmed at the Coco Palms Hotel in Wailua, which has been closed since Hurricane Iniki in 1992 and scheduled to be demolished and rebuilt.
Mitzi Gaynor washed that man right out of her hair at Lumahai Beach on the north shore of Kauai in the 1950’s musical classic South Pacific. Mount Makana, which can be seen from just about anywhere on the north shore and towers over Tunnels Beach, was Bali Hai in the movie. Filming and working on Kauai is like a perpetual vacation for those in the ...
- Jurassic World (2015) Jurassic World is set on the fictional Isla Nublar off Costa Rica, but the movie crew used the Mount Waialeale, Olokele Valley, and other Kauai locales for filming.
- Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011) For your own swashbuckling adventure, visit the tropical estate at Allerton Garden or hike to the caves at Waikapala’e, where the movie was filmed.
- Soul Surfer (2011) The film was shot in three North Shore locations: Tunnels Beach, the beginning of the Kalalau Trail, and the Hanalei Pier, all of which are a short drive from Hanalei Bay Resort.
- The Descendants (2011) Hanalei Bay and the Napali Coast feature heavily in this Academy Award-winning drama starring George Clooney.
"Tropic Thunder" (2008) Location: Kauai's South Shore Scene: This comedy, which starred Ben Stiller and Robert Downey Jr., was filmed in various locations around Kauai, including the island's South Shore, where scenes involving explosions and helicopter chases were shot. Actors: Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr., Jack Black
A great deal of Tropic Thunder was indeed filmed at Kipu Ranch. Jurassic Park also famously filmed there, as did Raiders of the Lost Ark (for the opening scene). There are tours that go through there, though I don't think they're specifically movie location tours. I once kayaked down the river where Indy flees the natives and swims up to Jaque ...
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Dec 6, 2021 · 4. Tropic Thunder (2008) Hollywood’s favorite jungle filming location was once again utilized for the movie Tropic Thunder. Although the movie actually takes place in Vietnam, almost all of it was filmed in Kauai. The producers absolutely loved the local jungle scenery and used it to replace the Vietnamese jungle.
The Tropic Thunder scene was filmed at the Hanalei Bay Resort, located along the North Shore of Kauai in Hawaii. This resort is famously luxurious and serves as the backdrop if lists of Hollywood films, including Soul Surfer and Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Hanalei Bay Resort offers visitors incredible oceanfront views with an abundance of white ...
