Six Days Seven Nights

Plot synopsis:
Robin Monroe (Anne Heche) is a New York journalist who works for Dazzle, a fashion magazine. She is invited by her boyfriend Frank (David Schwimmer) to spend a week holidaying with him on the island paradise of Makatea, in the South Pacific. The final leg of their journey to Makatea is in a dilapidated de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver, piloted by middle-aged American Quinn Harris (Harrison Ford). They are accompanied by Quinn's girlfriend and co-pilot Angelica (Jacqueline Obradors). On their first night on the island, Frank proposes to Robin, who happily accepts. At a bar, a drunken Quinn makes a move on Robin, which she rejects as Frank appears.
The next morning Robin is called away by her boss to Tahiti to supervise a fashion event. She hires Quinn to fly her there, but a thunderstorm forces them to crash-land on a deserted island. Initially believing they are on an island with a peninsula to the north, they climb a mountain to disable a beacon Quinn believes to be there, but discover they are in fact on a different island with no beacon.
In Makatea, Frank is told that Robin and Quinn are missing. He and Angelica board a helicopter to search for them but with no success, thus leading Frank to believe that his fiancee is dead. One night, Frank gets drunk and sleeps with Angelica after she seduces him.
After seeing a boat, Robin and Quinn try to reach it but discover that the boat is taken by pirates (played by a New Zealand Maori, a Samoan and two East Asian actors), who discover them and capture them. Quinn manages to distract the pirates and the two narrowly escape by jumping into the ocean from a cliff. In the jungle, they discover an abandoned World War II Japanese plane, where they camp for the night. Salvaging parts from it, they succeed in getting Quinn's plane airworthy again and manage to take off from the island, avoiding the pirates again, who accidentally destroy their own boat. Quinn is injured but Robin manages to land in Makatea, where their funerals are held. Frank is very happy to see Robin alive, but is disgusted at himself for sleeping with Angelica and not being able to tell Robin about it. Robin goes to the hospital where Quinn is recovering and tells him her feelings for him, but he rejects her.
After their vacation ends, Robin decides to fly back New York with Frank, but at Tahiti, she reveals to Frank that she doesn't want to get married. Frank finally tells her he slept with Angelica and she tells him about her feelings for Quinn. They decide they are not in love and she gives him back the engagement ring.
Quinn has a change of heart and rushes to the airport, but is too late to stop the plane. He then encounters Robin getting off an airplane, having stopped the flight. He walks up to her and they embrace and kiss each other.

Tags: comedy, boring, murder, romantic

Review:
It's a very, very good romantic comedy with a funny script, witty direction, great tropical locales, and an eclectic but engaging supporting cast..
The grand old DeHavilland Beaver upstages everyone and so if you like airplanes, you will like this one.Harrison Ford + Airplanes = Great Movie every time..
One scene moves to the next in a seamless manner often foreshadowed by a soundtrack that is very good and quite catchy.The film was well cast with Harrison Ford as the crusty cargo pilot - Ann Heche as the assistant editor of a fashion magazine - David Swimmer as her pasty but very nice fiancé and Jacqueline Obradors as the beautiful but dingbat club dancer.
The character development of the cast moves forward with the same speed as the rest of this cute story.While the film is certainly not for everyone, judging from IMDb ratings and rotten tomatoes, I really believe it was the message and not the movie that failed to impress.
This may explain why some seem to love the movie, while others have curiously rated it rather poorly.In any case, if you need a quick escape and love flying to beautiful Polynesian Islands loaded with beautiful scenery and good-looking people, then his film may be your ticket!.
This movie is one of my favorites, because if i'm having a bad day...they (Heche and Harrison) are having a much worse one and manage to pick up my mood with the delivery of lines that make me laugh, so, yeah the humor.
Slowly Robin and Quinn start falling for each other.Directed by Ivan Reitman (Ghostbusters 1 & 2, Junior, Twins) made this amusing, nicely filmed romantic/comedy/adventure with fun performances by Ford and Heche.
This situation is told in a comedy tone By telling Harrison Ford and Anne Heche's adventures, Ivan Reitman must have been influenced by Francis Veber' method.
Harrison Ford and Anne Heche work great together!
I enjoyed watching Harrison Ford in this movie, he's a great actor, as well as Anne..
This romantic comedy and adventure story had a bunch of good and bad things going for or against it., but overall was an enjoying story that was a pleasant diversion.
I don't know if I'd own it, but it's worth watching once or twice.THE GOOD - Some tremendous South Seas island scenery; a good mix of comedy and adventure with attractive leads in Anne Heshe and Harrison Ford; and fast-moving story meaning good entertainment.THE BAD - Poor messages about fidelity and marriages; an annoying, whining character played by David Schwimmer; too heavy - for family viewing - on the profanity and cleavage..
I did however want to see him end up happy (in fact, I wanted him to end up with Angelica), but they didn't follow through with his character, so we really don't know what happened to him.It may sound like I didn't like the movie, but on the contrary, I liked it a great deal, I just don't think I got out of the film what the director/writers wanted me to get out of it.
Temuera Morrison (who would later go on to become Jango Fett in Star Wars Attack of the Clones...and Harrison Ford played Han Solo in the original trilogy...kind of interesting) does a fine job in his role.
Allison Janney kind of bugs me as an actress on the whole, but her role is minimal and has very little screen time, so I can deal.All in all, this is a fun movie, with a lot of cool stuff in it, but nothing spectacular.
Ford and Heche are stranded on remote Pacific island and face various dangers while Schwimmer and Obradors party and fret.
Mr. Ford has always had a comedic gift for parody - Han Solo, Indiana Jones and now "Queenie."  The only flaw in this perfectly casted film is, of course, David Schwimmer.
There is nothing earthshaking in the script but its not bad either and Ford's low key comedic abilities save the day with Heche pulling off the perfect NYC pushy ad exec persona with David Schwimmer's whining, nasal "Friends" character in the background.
Very good lite comedy that has great cinematography and great lead actors who perform very well.Hache proved she is a new top notch star to look out for.It was nice to see Ford do a comedy/romance movie since he needs more of movies in this genre if he wants to remain in contention for one of the best all-around leading men of all time.Schwimmer might want to take more diversified movie roles in the future because he is pushing his ROSS act too much.I know he has more talent to offer.The weakness here is the average screenplay/script,but still the movie should be enjoyed by most light romance/adventure/comedy fans who are not too conservative.......
The script/timing/acting in this movie is excellent, and is a great joy to watch.
While the plot held no surprises, (once you understand the premise of the film, you know right where it is going, but, in the case of this movie, it was fun to find out how they get there), it was interesting.
Unfortunately, he and Obradors seem to be limited to supporting , rather than starring, roles.So, if you are looking for a light, funny way to spend an evening, watch this movie..
The concept of "6Days/7Nights" - a NY advertising executive and an older south seas "bush pilot" hate each other, get stranded on an unhabited island, encounter bad guys, have to cooperate to get off the island, then somehow throw off all constraints to fall in love and start new lives together - is simple but not unlike the many Cary Grant movies.
With the right actors and direction this could have been a nice romantic comedy.HOWEVER -- Ann Heche, with her nasal delivery of lines, her combatant attitude, just doesn't come off as a love interest of anyone, much less Harrison Ford.
Plus, Ford is not up to his usual quality, probably because he too knew it was going to be a bad movie.The movie starts as an obvious romantic comedy.
One of the more entertaining comedy movies for the husband-and-wife crowd, SIX DAYS, SEVEN NIGHTS offers the peculiar feeling of a vacation getaway that runs amuck.
Harrison Ford, a guy we know from many action thrillers this day, is far from being offbeat, and Anne Heche proves to be very reasonable.
The romance between Quinn (Harrison Ford) and Robin (Anne Heche) on the island doesn't seem to have any basis whatsoever and it just appears out of nowhere.
The other romance between Frank (David Schwimmer) and Angelica (Jacqueline Obradors) is so poorly acted, it's like something out of an 80's B movie.The only good thing I can say about this movie is that the scenery was good.
Ford and Heche show real chemistry and they also show good comedic ability in their roles.
Overall this movie has a lot going for it, I guess you would call it a romantic comedy but it's got good action, good humor, Danny Trejo as a no lines saying pirate (not one line, really people?
Anne Heche and Harrison Ford's chemistry works really good and their characters are very likeable.
There was bodily injury, but nogratuitous violence.The plot was based on questionable morals, but the ending handled thosestrayings very well.This is not a "chick flick," though Harrison Ford admirers willdefinitely enjoy some of the island views of him.
It was a delight to Harrison Ford playing in an actually entertaining film after the Devil's Own and Air Force one.
Harrison Ford was great as the pilot who almost took Robin (Anne Heche) to Tahiti, but a storm caused them to be stranded on a deserted island.
The plot is nothing above the standard action-adventure plot but the acting does help move this movie above average.From time to time Harrison Ford, who plays Quinn, has to remind us that he is a great actor, not just an action-adventure star.
Anne Heche, who plays Robin, turns in what has to be the best acting ever in film.
His acting is really not that much different than his character on the TV show "Friends".Angelica, played by Jacqueline Obradors is a treat as the oversexed dancer who thinks everyone has sex after a funeral (that was the best line in my view).As I said the plot was pretty much by the numbers which is a shame because with it being Directed by Ivan Reitman I thought there might be some extremely goofy moments he has been known for in other films.
The movies exotic locations and solid performance from Harrison Ford carried the film.
Not bad romantic comedy makes good use of the opposites attract scenario with funny lines, a pleasant feel, two charming leads, and some impressive scenery, but it's far too predictable to succeed overall.
Harrison Ford plays a dashing and aging pilot who swoops Anne Heche off her feet on an island in Hawaii.
Harrison Ford plays a dashing and aging pilot who swoops Anne Heche off her feet on an island in Hawaii.
Harrison Ford plays a dashing and aging pilot who swoops Anne Heche off her feet on an island in Hawaii.
The idea for the plot of "Six Days Seven Nights" was a good one, if not original, about people being stranded on an island.
Harrison Ford and Anne Heche seem to reflect the lack of anything of substance in the film, let alone any chemistry for romance.
With all that Quinn Harris (Ford) and Robin Monroe (Heche) face in this film, couldn't the writers and director have squeezed in a couple more oddities?
As others have noted, Harrison Ford, like most actors, had poor roles in films that were turkeys.
I honestly do not understand why so many hate on this movie so much; it's funny, has a decent amount of action, the right amount of sexiness, and the chemistry between Harrison Ford and Anne Heche is AMAZING!
I will admit, David Schwimmer was my least favorite part of the whole thing; it was like watching Ross from FRIENDS in a feature film.
Harrison Ford and Anne Heche as castaways on a paradisal island.
Released in 1998, "Six Days Seven Nights" is a lost-on-a-deserted-island adventure/romance starring Harrison Ford as a small-plane pilot who is stranded on a remote Pacific island with a New York magazine editor (Anne Heche) after his plane crashes during a storm.
Anne Heche and David Schwimmer play the couple on vacation as Robin and Frank.
Ivan Reitman directed this romantic comedy-adventure that stars Harrison Ford as Quinn Harris, a boozing and grumpy pilot hired by beautiful New York executive Robin Monroe(played by Anne Heche) to fly her to Tahiti for business reasons, but unfortunately are forced down on a seemingly deserted island by a storm.
How society slid down hill since then in such a short time is just amazing.The movie has irony, comedy, and lot of beautiful scenery, and is worth while watching especially for the beautiful scenery of the Society Islands (Ending shots taken at Kauai)..
I liked this movie very much - Harrison Ford proved to be as adept at comedy as in his many more dramatic roles - and Ann Heche is always a pleasure to watch for me.
The remainder of the cast were all excellent, and the locales interesting.You can pretty much tell where the story is going and how it will end - from very early in the picture, but that doesn't lessen its enjoyment.Just a good all-round piece of pleasant entertainment.However, the title still "bugs" me a bit every time I look at it.
In one of Harrison Ford's real low points, he plays a gruff pilot who gets stranded on an uncharted island with stuffy reporter Anne Heche.
It's got to be one of the most predictable movies ever.Overall, the movie brings up two questions: why can't Harrison Ford just stick with what he's good at, and why was Anne Heche getting so many roles in the late '90s?
If only...This movie is an extremely pleasant experience, with it's competent photography work, good acting, a little bit of everything, as in romance, humor, hints of sex, adventure, bad guys, city life vs life in an island, you name it (and under certain limitations), you got it.
David Schwimmer plays his usual stupid, unlikable character, and it's definitely not Ford's best performance.
Now before you all start emailing me as usual, I like Harrison Ford, romantic comedies (this was neither), fantasy feel-good yarns but this my friends, made me feel real bad!I have to admit the flick offered a barely credible premise to start with - that ANYONE could get a case of the hots for Anne Heche, last woman on earth or what!
Just wanted to make sure you got my point...I like the leads: Harrison Ford is excellent as the older ex-pat male (Quinn Harris) who has his little slice of ex-pat heaven turned on its ear by the arrival of New York careerist-yuppiette Anne Heche (Robin Monroe) - who is surprisingly appealing, notwithstanding the fact that Robin clearly displays all those negative qualities that Quinn so glibly enumerates.
I find that Harrison Ford and Anne Heche both possess very enigmatic and alluring facial qualities, and as such I like many of the scenes where their facial expressions and body language convey as much emotive force as their dialogue, if not more.
Harrison Ford and Anne Heche are convincing and funny as crabby airline pilot Quinn Harris and jet-setting fashion magazine editor Robin Monroe, contending with being lost on a Pacific island, and battling with some modern-day pirates.
The only way off the island, is the same way they got on, by flying in a small prop plane piloted by (Quinn) Harrison Ford.
The holiday becomes a nightmare when she has to return to the mainland for a photo shoot and her plane crashes on a remote island leaving her stranded with pilot Quinn Harris (Harrison Ford).From there on, the two battle to survive not only each other but a band of pirates led by Temura Morrison (Once Were Warriors, Speed 2).
Robin and Quinn's love / hate relationship soon blossoms into a lot more over their time in this remote paradise.This is such a great film that is not only entertaining but also genuinely funny as well.
Among the funniest scene's is when the plane is crashing, we see Heche take a large amount of Zanex to help her relax as well as a some great one liners from Harrison Ford.
The two leads are both great in their roles despite the fact that Harrison Ford looked a little old for Heche.
There is also some superb photography as well as a great score from Randy Elderman (Toy Story).'Six Days Seven Nights' is a nice piece of light entertainment for those who enjoy something with a bit of everything like action, adventure, comedy and romance.
The question was not so much how good the film was, but would the public accept a lesbian playing a romantic interest of Harrison Ford's.
So Harrison Ford drops Jaqueline Obradors for Anne Heche?
Ivan Reitman's Six Days, Seven Nights has Anne Heche as a career woman who goes ion a tropical vacation with her boyfriend, but then a problem sidetracks her to go to another island.
Ford gets a pretty good change of pace here by going to the comedy timing and there is good comic direction by veteran Reitman, but Heche brings the film down with her annoying performance.
Harrison Ford always makes a movie worth viewing.
The 2 people hate each other - but they will just have to get along because soon their lovely 'vacation' is turning into mayhem!Six Days Seven Nights isn't exactly a film I would add to my top 250 - but it is definitely worth a look.My rating : 7 and a half/10..
'Six Days, Seven Nights' starts out very promising, and by the time the movie is half done, it looks like Touchstone has created the best comedy in years.
Harrison Ford and Anne Heche, despite the twenty three year age difference, have great chemistry and inject a lot of life into their characters- and the movie.
There would be no need for the stupidity of the whole "pirates" idea.I'd never seen Anne Heche before, and I think this movie was a bad introduction for her.
"Six Days Seven Nights" is an enjoyable movie nothing great but for 2 hours it is entertainment.
This film has bits of action and comedy and even romance, I recommend this movie..
I watched this on video last night mainly because I'm a fan of most Harrison Ford movies.
I have never much liked the usual Hollywood feel-good romantic/comedy/action movies.
Harrison Ford (who should have known better) and Anne Heche are flying from (a) to (b) and crash.
All the scenes with Harrison Ford and Anne Heche are well acted, exciting, and sexy.
Instead of a miracle appearing out of nowhere in the middle of the film, you actually see them building and working as you would have to if you were stranded on an island.From the moment Ford and Heche meet you feel the connection they have to each other.
When it gets towards the end of the movie they obviously start falling for each other (just like every other typical romantic comedy), but this one I enjoyed imparticularly.
I only hope that I can see Ford and Heche appear in another movie together sometime soon..
I also like Harrison Ford, and think this was a good role for him.
The chemistry between Harrison Ford and Anne Heche is good, and the film is overall very entertaining.
Most of the movie's modest pleasures are derived from watching Harrison Ford reprise his Star Wars character in a tropical setting.
If this premise (couple trapped on desert island) actually happened, could a twenty-something Anne Heche develope a relationship with a 60-something Harrison Ford?