Rapa-Nui (film)

Rapa-Nui
Theatrical release poster
Directed byKevin Reynolds
Written byKevin Reynolds
Tim Rose Price
Story byKevin Reynolds
Produced byKevin Costner
Jim Wilson
StarringJason Scott Lee
Esai Morales
Sandrine Holt
CinematographyStephen F. Windon
Edited byPeter Boyle
Music byStewart Copeland
Production
companies
Maverick Films
Tig Productions
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • September 9, 1994 (1994-09-09)
Running time
107 minutes
CountriesUnited States
Australia
LanguageEnglish
Budget$20 million[1]
Box office$305,070

Rapa-Nui is a 1994 American historical action-adventure film directed by Kevin Reynolds and co-produced by Kevin Costner, who starred in Reynolds's previous film, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991). The plot is based on Rapa Nui legends of Easter Island, Chile, in particular the race for the sooty tern's egg in the Birdman Cult.

The historic details of this film are questionable, and though the central theme—the destruction of the island's irreplaceable forests—is well-authenticated,[2] the idea that this led to the destruction of the Rapa Nui is questionable. The struggle in the story is derived from the legend of the Hanau epe.

  1. ^ Ayscough, Suzan (April 29, 1993). "Tig Prods. has films, TV in works". Variety. Retrieved July 23, 2023.
  2. ^ Mieth, Andreas; Bork, Hans-Rudolph (February 2010). "Humans, climate or introduced rats – which is to blame for the woodland destruction on prehistoric Rapa Nui (Easter Island)?". Journal of Archaeological Science. 37 (2): 417. Bibcode:2010JArSc..37..417M. doi:10.1016/j.jas.2009.10.006.

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