Beyond Paradise (film)
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David Walker
David L. Cunningham
Kalani
Lorenzo Callender
Daryl Bonilla
Priscilla Basque
| Beyond Paradise | |
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 Film poster< | |
| Directed by | David L. Cunningham |
| Written by | David L. Cunningham David Walker |
| Produced by | Anthony Bozanich David L. Cunningham |
| Starring | Roy Newton Kalani Lorenzo Callender Daryl Bonilla Priscilla Basque |
| Cinematography | Graham Driscoll Russell Steen |
| Edited by | Patrick Flannery Thomas A. Ohanian |
| Music by | Nicolás Rivera |
Release date |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | English Hawaiian |
Beyond Paradise is a 1998 American drama independent film directed by David L. Cunningham.
The film is inspired by Cunningham's years in Hawaii. Mark Thompson (played by Roy Newton) leaves Los Angeles and moves with his mother to the Big Island and befriends three "locals", Ronnie (Lorenzo Callendar), Zulu (Kalani) and Keao (Daryl Bonilla). At the same time, he is bullied and harassed for being a "haole" or foreigner.
The three lead characters were also inspired by Cunningham's real life high school friends, as seen in the ending credits. The film is dedicated to Donald Boy (Ronnie), Zulu (Zulu), while Keao was a composite of two friends combining the humor of one friend and the drug element of another into one character.
Production
Under the working title of "Kama'aina", the movie was filmed with a modest budget from December 26, 1996, to February 5, 1997. Cunningham had a hand in most aspects of the film's production, including distributing it.[1]
