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Donovan's Reef
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Donovan's Reef is a 1963 romantic comedy film directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne.Michael Patrick "Guns" Donovan (Wayne) is a World War II navy veteran living on the fictional French Polynesian island of Haleakalowa, where he runs a saloon and shipping business while supporting the local economy and acting as an uncle and surrogate father to the children of his former commanding officer, Dr. William Dedham (Jack Warden), whenever the physician has to travel to the outlying islands for weeks at a time. Alongside that he's engaging in fistfights with his other war buddy, Thomas Aloysius "Boats" Gilhooley (Lee Marvin), or hanging out with the French governor, Marquis Andre de Lage (Cesar Romero).All is well and good until Donovan receives the news that Dr. Dedham is a Disappeared Dad whose long-lost daughter, Amelia (Elizabeth Allen), is traveling to Haleakalowa to meet her father and gauge his moral standards (according to Boston) to determine whether or not he is fit to continue holding his shares in the Dedham family shipping company. Given that Dr. Dedham has three children with an islander mother, Amelia isn't likely to take that well, so Donovan pretends the kids are his own while Amelia is visiting in order to help protect his friend's reputation. Sparks, romantic and otherwise, begin to fly between the veteran brawler and the prim young lady soon after her arrival.Ford and Wayne's last screen collaboration, shot on location in Kauai, Hawaiʻi. | |
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Title Drop | |
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Title Drop: "Donovan's Reef" is the name of the saloon and the sign is visible throughout the movie. | |
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Gone Horribly Right | |
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Gone Horribly Right: The Australian sailor who gets his brother to join Gillhoolie and Donovan in the bar fight to even the odds probably didn't expect his brother to accept this so quick, or to deck him quite so hard or so fast. | |
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Black Comedy | |
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Black Comedy: A mild example as Donovan tells Amelia that the gold stars next to the names of his dead war buddies on the monument weren't for good behavior. | |
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Defrosting Ice Queen | |
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Defrosting Ice Queen: Amelia behaves like a stereotypical rich snob from Boston upon arrival in French Polynesia, but quickly begins to defrost upon admitting her own fear of the situation and meeting some local children she quickly begins to bond with. | |
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Embarrassing Nickname | |
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Embarrassing Nickname: Averted. Luke enjoys being called "Lukie." | |
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Murder the Hypotenuse | |
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Murder the Hypotenuse: Downplayed. Andre doesn't want to kill Donovan, but he does want Amelia to leave him by tarnishing his personal reputation with her. | |
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Noodle Incident | |
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Noodle Incident: A series of them between Donovan and Gilhoolie as to why they reunite on their shared birthday of December 7th to punch the crap out of each other. Even they've forgotten exactly which one started it all. | |
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Rip Tailoring | |
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Rip Tailoring: Amelia tears off her Old-Timey Bathing Suit to reveal a more modern one-piece. | |
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Butt-Monkey | |
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Butt-Monkey: Both Gilhoolie and Marquis Andre throughout the film. | |
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Scenery Porn | |
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Scenery Porn: It was filmed in Hawaii after all. | |
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Obnoxious In-Laws | |
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Obnoxious In-Laws: Amelia's mother's family apparently didn't think well of Doc, not even informing him of his wife's death until months afterwards. | |
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Bookends | |
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Book Ends: The plot is kicked off with a scene showing the Dedham kids moving out of their father's house and the film ends with a scene showing them moving back in. | |
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Artistic License – History | |
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Artistic License – History: There was no fighting in French Polynesia during the Pacific Theater in World War II. | |
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Police Are Useless | |
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Police Are Useless: Sergeant Monk Menkowicz of the French Foreign Legion never does anything to break up bar fights in Donovan's Reef because he's "always off duty." | |
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The Jeeves | |
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The Jeeves: Mr. Eu, Andre's manservant and stooge. | |
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Missing Mom | |
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Missing Mom: Dr. Dedham's second wife died in childbirth. The movie also reveals that Amelia's died when she was very young. | |
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Here We Go Again! | |
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Here We Go Again!: Near the end, when Amelia falls out of the car right in front of Donovan, he exclaims, "Not again!" | |
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Luke, You Are My Father | |
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Leilani, You Are My Sister: Amelia eventually learns the truth about her half-siblings. | |
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Because You Were Nice to Me | |
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Because You Were Nice to Me: The reason why Dr. Dedham stayed on the island to help the people there rather than return to Boston after the war. | |
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Forceful Kiss | |
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Forced Kiss: Donovan to Amelia. She resists... at first. | |
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Brother–Sister Incest | |
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Brother–Sister Incest: Downplayed, but Luki is happy to refer to Amelia (his half-sister) as his date in one early scene. | |
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The Alcoholic | |
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The Alcoholic: Gilhoolie, also a case of Real Life Writes the Plot as Lee Marvin was constantly hung over during shooting. | |
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Establishing Character Moment | |
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Establishing Character Moment: The entire first act is dedicated to the relationships between Donovan, Gilhoolie, Andre, and Dr. Dedham. The scene that introduces Amelia begins with several shots of portraits of previous Dedhams with cold, icy stares, and the camera pans down to reveal Amelia having the exact same expression. | |
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Values Dissonance | |
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Values Dissonance: In-Universe, this is the driving force behind the plot. Never mind that Dr. Dedham did not re-marry and have more kids until after learning his first wife had died, but Amelia's trip to ascertain his "good, moral character according to Boston standards," as quoted by the lawyer, was basically to see if he had done anything with any of "those island girls." Specifically, he said "those native girls," and at that time "native" still had the connotation of National Geographic Nudity and presumed Eternal Sexual Freedom, etc.note In Princess Caraboo, when Caraboo ties a length of fabric around her waist and Mrs. Worral says "Of course, she wants her native attire," her husband responds "Not too native, if you take my meaning," with a dirty chuckle, followed by illustrations of topless South Sea Island women. | |
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Artistic License – Religion | |
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Artistic License – Religion: An In-Universe example as the three magi in the story of the Nativity become the king of Polynesia, the emperor of China, and the king of the United States of America. | |
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Everyone Has Standards | |
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Everyone Has Standards: During their first fight, Gilhoolie picks up a glass bottle to throw at Donovan. Donovan quickly yells not to use the brandy bottle, to which Gilhoolie apologizes, puts down that bottle and throws a beer bottle that was already open instead. | |
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You Have GOT to Be Kidding Me! | |
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You Have GOT to Be Kidding Me!: Dr. Dedham's inflection when saying, "His kids?!" when he gets the message about the ruse. | |
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Really Gets Around | |
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Really Gets Around: Gilhoolie. | |
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Shout-Out | |
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Shout-Out: Amelia's first words to her father are, "Dr. Dedham, I presume?" | |
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Good Shepherd | |
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Good Shepherd: Father Cluzeot, the noble, if cantankerous, priest, who is forever taking donations meant to repair the leaky roof of the local church and distributing them to the poor. Even Gilhoolie tries to put on a good front for the man. | |
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Slap-Slap-Kiss | |
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Slap-Slap-Kiss: Amelia and Donovan have this relationship at first. | |
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Old-Timey Bathing Suit | |
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Old-Timey Bathing Suit: What Amelia purchases and wears to go water skiing. | |
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Vitriolic Best Buds | |
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Vitriolic Best Buds: Donovan and Gilhooley. | |
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Affectionate Nickname | |
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Affectionate Nickname: "Uncle Guns," from the Dedham kids to Donovan. Becomes "Papa Guns" when they pretend to be his kids. | |
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Insistent Terminology | |
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Insistent Terminology: "The Dedhams do not deal in rum, Amelia. We refer to it as West Indies Goods." | |
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Freudian Slip | |
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Freudian Slip: Andre pointing out several island girls to Amelia, naming them by name, and stating he's like a partner—er, father, to all of them. | |
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National Geographic Nudity | |
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Specifically, he said "those native girls," and at that time "native" still had the connotation of National Geographic Nudity and presumed Eternal Sexual Freedom, etc.note In Princess Caraboo, when Caraboo ties a length of fabric around her waist and Mrs. Worral says "Of course, she wants her native attire," her husband responds "Not too native, if you take my meaning," with a dirty chuckle, followed by illustrations of topless South Sea Island women. | |
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Cartwright Curse | |
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Cartwright Curse: Both of Doc's wives died soon after having their only and youngest respective children born. | |
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Distracted by the Sexy | |
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Distracted by the Sexy: Played straight with the Australian sailors forgetting about no alcohol in the bar and chasing after some local women, only to be inverted later when they do learn there is alcohol in the bar, and it's being given away for free, so they ditch all the women. | |
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Gold Digger | |
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Gold Digger: Marquis Andre is a male version. He attempts to woo Amelia because her family is rich. | |
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