Aloha/Trivia

Category:Trivia facts
* Among the massive trove of leaked e-mails that were released in 2014 after Sony's computer systems were hacked were some that revealed that Sony executives were extremely critical of this movie's quality and pessimistic about its box-office prospects long before it was filmed or released. In one of the e-mails, Amy Pascal (then the co-chair of Sony Pictures Entertainment) wrote that many aspects of the movie's characters and plot made "no sense. I'm never starting a movie again when the script is ridiculous, and we all know it. I don't care how much I love the director or the actors. It never, not even once, ever works. As much as I want movies (to release), this is way worse. At least the marketing departments at both studios have something to sell that looks big and glossy. We have this movie in for a lot of dough, and we better look at that. Scott Rudin didn't once go to the set. Or help us in the editing room. Or fix the script."
* Dennis "Bumpy" Kanahele (The King) is the Hawaiian nationalist leader and titular head of state of the group Nation of Hawai'i in real life.
* At the 2019 Golden Globe awards, presenter Sandra Oh quipped that Crazy Rich Asians (2018) "is the first major film with an Asian-American lead since Ghost in the Shell (2017) and Aloha" (a pointed reference to the casting of Scarlett Johansson and Emma Stone). Stone could be heard calling from the audience "I'm sorry!"
* Ben Stiller and Reese Witherspoon were both attached to star, but left due to scheduling conflicts. Cameron Crowe then spent four years re-writing the script, making the characters younger.
* A quote from Dr. Peter Venkman (Bill Murray's character from Ghostbusters (1984)), "Let's show this prehistoric bitch how we do things downtown," can be heard during the audio montage from the satellite.
* Hats are prohibited on U.S. Air Force (and other military branches) flightlines. Hats could get blown off and sucked into jet engines.
* On June 2, 2015, director Cameron Crowe apologized in a piece written for his blog "The Uncool" for what he described as an "odd or misguided casting choice", having Emma Stone playing a character whose father is half-Chinese and half-Hawaiian. He took full responsibility for the presentation of the character, after the film caused controversy and criticism for presenting whitewashed versions of Hawaii and its residents.
* Received a great deal of criticism from audiences and reviewers who objected to the fact that although this movie is set in Hawaii, it depicts almost no Asian-American or Native-Hawaiian-descended characters, and the one main character who is supposed to be of both Chinese and native Hawaiian descent is played by a white actress, Emma Stone. The Media Action Network for Asian Americans (MANAA) released a statement saying, "Sixty percent of Hawaii's population is AAPIs. Caucasians only make up thirty percent of the population, but from watching this film, you'd think they made up ninety percent. This comes in a long line of films exploiting Hawaii for its exotic backdrop, but goes out of its way to exclude the very people who live there. It's an insult to the diverse culture and fabric of Hawaii." Asian-American and Native-Hawaiian writers, such as Entertainment Weekly's Chris Lee, MSNBC's Janet Mock, and The Daily Beast's Jen Yamato, were among many who criticized the film's cultural appropriation, and pointed out the offensiveness of casting Stone in her role.
* The film was originally slated for wide theatrical release in France on 2 September 2015. Due to the film's poor commercial performance, the French branch of 20th Century Fox cancelled the release, deciding instead to put the film on video-on-demand platforms in January 2016. The film premiered on the French version of Netflix on 19 October 2015.
* In early 2012, Ellen DeGeneres bumped into Emma Stone (before she had officially met her) and Cameron Crowe at a restaurant and said "Whatever you two do, it'll be great."
* At the Christmas party, some of the Air Force personnel can be seen playing a game of "Crud" on the pool table. (A game often played by both Canadian and American Military personnel, where two teams throw the balls by hand at a "target" ball).
* One of the songs playing during the satellite sequence is the theme from Stripes (1981).
* Rachel McAdams previously auditioned for a role in Cameron Crowe's previous feature, We Bought a Zoo (2011).
* Reunites Emma Stone with Bill Murray after Zombieland (2009).
* Reunites Bradley Cooper with Rachel McAdams after Wedding Crashers (2005).
* The film cast includes one Oscar winner: Emma Stone, and four nominees: Bradley Cooper, Rachel McAdams, Bill Murray, and Alec Baldwin.
* Reunites Emma Stone with Bradley Cooper after The Rocker (2008).
* In a 2012 Howard Stern interview, Bradley Cooper described Emma Stone as "magical".
* Originally set for a December 2014 release.
* Alec Baldwin's line about "taking all the credit, of course" was also spoken by his character "Ellerby" in The Departed (2006).
* This is Alec Baldwin's second time to be in a Cameron Crowe film after Elizabethtown (2005).
* Before starring in this film together for the first time, Emma Stone and Rachel McAdams already shared a lot in common: 1. They had worked with Bradley Cooper prior to this film (Stone in The Rocker (2008) and McAdams in Wedding Crashers (2005)). 2. They starred in Woody Allen films (McAdams in Midnight in Paris (2011) and Stone in Magic in the Moonlight (2014)). 3. They starred in films opposite Ryan Gosling (McAdams in The Notebook (2004) and Stone in Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011) and Gangster Squad (2013)) and 4. They're natural blondes, who frequently do roles as redheads.
* Early on, Bradley Cooper tells Emma Stone an anecdote involving comic books. Both have played Marvel Comics characters. Cooper played Rocket Raccoon in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017). Stone played Gwen Stacey in The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014).
* This is the third time Emma Stone has been in a film with one of the stars of The Office (2005). She previously appeared in Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011) with Steve Carell, and The Rocker (2008) with Rainn Wilson (which also starred Bradley Cooper).
* Emma Stone's character was originally called Lisa.
* Reunites Jaeden Martell with Bill Murray after St. Vincent (2014).
* Reunites John Krasinski with Alec Baldwin after It's Complicated (2009).