Epic film based on portions of James A. Michener's 900+ page epic about our then recent 50th state. It is essentially the story of how a missionary becomes a Christian. Arriving on the islands in 1819 with his wife (Julie Andrews) a very puritanical Max von Sydow comes in time to actually love the local people. He changes from trying to shape them into white folk, to trying to protect them from the same. Quite beautiful in both story and scenery, the film is also a shockingly harsh indictment of cultural genocide, especially given that this film comes out of 1960's Hollywood. I was very impressed. ****
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