Article: Culture runs deep in paradise. (Hawaii's Culture).(United States)(Brief Article)

Seeing stars

The opening scene for the soon-to-be-released James Bond movie "Die Another Day" is a surfing sequence filmed at Jaws, a famous beach on Maui.

The downtown Honolulu post office is doubling as the interior and exterior of the Nigerian presidential palace for Bruce Willis' search-and-rescue war movie "Tears of the Sun."

"We are going to be very well represented in theaters for many months," said Walea Constantinau, the city of Honolulu's film commissioner.

Hawaii's natural settings--lush tropical mountains, sandy beaches, blue waters and cascading waterfalls--used as backdrops in Hollywood blockbuster movies pump millions ...

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