Hula girls?

ragtopW · Post by **ragtopW** » March 4, 2008 2:23 pm

anyone see this movie?

http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809736927/details

LIPH · Post by **LIPH** » March 4, 2008 2:29 pm

I thought this would be about Heather and Jules.

UpstateNYPH · Post by **UpstateNYPH** » March 4, 2008 2:39 pm

I dont think it is in english

But Jake Shimabukuro does the soundtrack!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liRNaBDSHcw
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/hula_girls/
http://movies.nytimes.com/2007/07/13/movies/13hula.html
http://www.amazon.com/Hula-Girls-Yu-Aoi ... 824&sr=8-1

ragtopW · Post by **ragtopW** » March 4, 2008 2:43 pm

LIPH wrote:I thought this would be about Heather and Jules.

ragtopW · Post by **ragtopW** » March 4, 2008 2:44 pm

UpstateNYPH wrote:I dont think it is in english
But they use Jake Shimabukuro's music!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liRNaBDSHcw
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/hula_girls/
http://movies.nytimes.com/2007/07/13/movies/13hula.html

cool!! must have subtitles..

UpstateNYPH · Post by **UpstateNYPH** » March 4, 2008 2:46 pm

And here is Jake playing the theme with some clips from the movie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9iJy5-C ... re=related

HappyShark · Post by **HappyShark** » March 4, 2008 3:04 pm

UpstateNYPH wrote:And here is Jake playing the theme with some clips from the movie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9iJy5-C ... re=related

What an awesome video . . .

HULA GIRL^ · Post by **HULA GIRL^** » March 4, 2008 3:16 pm

Darn, thought it was all about me.

ragtopW · Post by **ragtopW** » March 4, 2008 6:43 pm

HULA GIRL^ wrote:Darn, thought it was all about me.

SchoolGirlHeart · Post by **SchoolGirlHeart** » March 4, 2008 6:58 pm

I wonder if it has subtitles; I'd think about ordering it from Amazon...

*edit* Yep, one Amazon review says it has subtitles!

This winner of eight Japanese Academy Awards (including best screenplay, best director, and best actress) and a staple of many US film festivals, "Hula Girls" is the quintessential feel-good movie. Based on a true story and set in 1965, the film has all the requisite ingredients: long odds, characters with spunk, big stakes, and a balance of comic and tear-jerker moments

In the small, gritty town of Iwaki, the residents rely solely on the prosperity of the Joban mine. The men plunge into the mines for rotating shifts while the women rake the coal debris on the surface. When rumors circulate that the mine will be closed, thus devastating the entire town, the idea is born to make "Hawaii" and thus paradise in this cold, remote town in northern Japan. And how can one have a Hawaiian resort without hula dancers? Over the objection of parents and conservative members of the town, a band of young coalminers' daughters and one widow embark on getting the coal out from under their fingernails and putting the shake into their hips. A down-and-out dance teacher from Tokyo is imported, and they all embark on saving their town from imminent collapse. In a town so removed from the center of Japan that the locals speak Korean, the hula girls must transform from "country bumpkins" into graceful dancers, something no one believes is possible.

ragtopW · Post by **ragtopW** » March 4, 2008 7:39 pm

it's playing at the art house in Boise..

they serve beer

UpstateNYPH · Post by **UpstateNYPH** » March 4, 2008 7:57 pm

ragtopW wrote:it's playing at the art house in Boise..

they serve beer

Fixed it for ya

ragtopW · Post by **ragtopW** » March 4, 2008 8:12 pm

UpstateNYPH wrote:
ragtopW wrote:it's playing at the art house in Boise..

they serve beer
Fixed it for ya