Princess Kaiulani (2009) Movie Script
( classical music playing )
Female narrator:
IN THE KINGDOM OF HAWAII
THERE LIVED
A YOUNG PRINCESS,
CHERISHED BY HER
BELOVED PEOPLE.
HER NAME WAS
VICTORIA KA'IULANI
KALANINUIAHILAPALAPA
KAWEKIU I LUNALILO.
SHE WAS NAMED VICTORIA
IN HONOR OF ENGLAND'S QUEEN,
AND KA'IULANI
WHICH MEANS THE HIGHES POINT OF HEAVEN.
KA'IULANI'S MOTHER
WAS SISTER
TO KING KALAKAUA,
HER FATHER A SCOTTISH
GENTLEMAN.
( both laughing )
AS KA'IULANI GREW,
HER ISLAND NATION
FLOURISHED.
HAWAII WAS ADMIRED
BY THE WORLD
FOR HER BEAUTY
AND ABUNDANCE.
BUT KA'IULANI'S
LITTLE PARADISE
WAS NOT DESTINED TO LAST.
WHEN SHE WAS
STILL A YOUNG GIRL,
HER MOTHER PASSED AWAY.
HAWAII'S PEOPLE WEP FOR THE LOSS
OF THEIR CHIEFESS...
AND PRAYED
FOR HER YOUNG DAUGHTER.
DESPITE HER GRIEF,
PRINCESS KA'IULANI
WOULD SOON FIND THE GREA PURPOSE OF HER LIFE
IN THE COMING BATTLE
FOR THE FUTURE OF HAWAII.
( children laughing )
Young Ka'iulani:
MAMA...
I STILL SEE THE LOSS
OF HER MOTHER IN HER EYES.
YES.
- SHE FINDS GREAT COMFORT BEING
- Ka'iulani: OH.R, YOU KNOW?
- ALLOW ME.
- King: GOOD.
MY SISTER IS A LEADER,
A PERFECT INFLUENCE
FOR KA'IULANI.
A FATHER'S HAND
IS BENEFICIAL,
EVEN IF, AS IN MY CASE,
THE HAND IS SCOTTISH
AND NOT HAWAIIAN.
DON'T WORRY.
TONIGHT THE PEOPLE
WILL CELEBRATE
THE LIGHTING
OF THIS GREAT CITY...
WITH THEIR HAWAIIAN
PRINCESS, ARCHIE.
MMM, NOT TOO OPULENT,
I HOPE.
- YOUR MAJESTY.
- GIBSON.
( speaking Hawaiian )
DID YOU TOUCH THE PRINCESS?
WHAT HAPPENED?
DID HE TOUCH YOU?
HE DIDN' TOUCH ME.
KOA, I SAID
HE DIDN'T TOUCH ME.
Koa:
GET BACK TO WORK.
CLEAN THIS UP.
YOU COME WITH ME, KA'IULANI.
WAIT!
SO I CAN TELL YOU APART.
Man:
MAGNIFICENT, ISN'T IT?
JUST FOR A PARTY?
IT'S REALLY QUITE
ELABORATE.
- ( guests laughing )
- NO EXPENSE SPARED.
TAXPAYERS' DOLLARS,
SPENT AS THOUGH WE
WERE THE ENEMY.
WE NEED TO FIND
A CONCILIATORY PROCESS
THAT INCLUDES THE INTERESTS
OF THE NATIVES.
- PERSUASIVE.
- MM-HMM.
ALL INTERESTS WILL BE
CONSIDERED.
THEN WE STEP ASIDE AND LE THE FUTURE RUN ITS COURSE.
( rhythmic tapping )
LET'S GO.
( chatting )
HONORED GUESTS, A TOAST.
TO MY NIECE
KA'IULANI.
MAY SHE GROW TO BE A LEADER
OF THIS GREAT NATION ONE DAY.
MAY THIS LIGHTING CEREMONY
BE A GLOWING REMEMBRANCE
TO OUR PEOPLE
OF YOUR ROYAL BIRTHRIGHT.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
AT THE REQUES OF HIS MAJESTY
KING KALAKAUA,
PRINCESS KA'IULANI
WILL NOW LIGHT THE CITY
OF HONOLULU
FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME.
- I'M NERVOUS
FOR THE CEREMONY.
- DON'T BE.
YOU'LL STAND PROUD
FOR YOUR MOTHER.
I KNOW IT.
- Kalakaua:
TO THE HOPE OF OUR NATION.
- TO THE HOPE OF OUR NATION!
( applause )
( chanting in Hawaiian )
- YOUR MAJESTY.
- YOUR HIGHNESS.
Man:
WAIT FOR THE WORD.
( group reciting Hawaiian )
YOUR HIGHNESS,
IF YOU WILL.
- ( cheers, applause )
- ( band playing tune )
Man:
LET'S GO, MEN.
GO, MEN, GO!
- ( shouting )
- GO GO, GET 'EM!
- KA'IULANI!
- PROTECT THE PRINCESS.
Kalakaua:
WHAT'S THIS INTRUSION?!
THESE ARE THE VOICES
OF HAWAII,
THE CITIZENS YOU'VE
CHOSEN TO IGNORE.
THESE PEOPLE DEMAND
A NEW GOVERNANCE.
THEY DEMAND ELECTION
OF A NEW CABINE AND THE DISMISSAL
OF PREMIER GIBSON.
THE KING WILL SIGN
THIS CONSTITUTION
OR WE WILL TAKE
THE PALACE BY FORCE.
- ( gun cocks )
- AHEM.
HERE IS MY OFFER TO YOU:
THERE WILL BE NONE
OF MY PEOPLE'S BLOOD
SHED TONIGHT;
RELEASE PREMIER GIBSON,
AND YOU WON'T BE SHO RIGHT WHERE YOU STAND.
( distant shouting )
LET'S DO THIS NOW!
COME ON.
THURSTON!
- RELEASE HIM.
- Man: DO WHAT?
- WHAT HAVE
YOU DONE, THURSTON?
- NOT NOW.
YOUR MAJESTY, FOR YOUR SAFETY
I SHOULD ESCORT YOU
TO MY SHIP.
- I'LL TAKE HER.
- Kalakaua: NO, ESCOR MY NIECE ON BOARD.
- NO, I DON'T WANT TO GO!
- COME WITH ME.
- AUNTIE!
- GET IN THE CARRIAGE.
WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE
YOU CAN ACHIEVE BY THIS?
- THIS IS MADNESS.
- COME ON, PLEASE.
- Man: THURSTON!
- WE'RE RIGHTEOUS.
- ( Ka'iulani shouting )
- GET IN THE CARRIAGE!
- THURSTON!
- ( clinks )
Ka'iulani:
MY SHELLS, MY SHELLS!
Archie:
I'M GONNA GET YOUR SHELLS.
Thurston:
WE'RE PATRIOTS
AND WE'LL BE TRIUMPHANT!
- GO, DRIVER!
- HYAH HYAH, CLEAR THE WAY!
( splashing )
HEY HEY HEY, STOP THAT.
GET DOWN.
COME AND HAVE SOMETHING TO EAT.
YOU NEED TO KEEP
YOUR STRENGTH UP.
IT'S A LONG JOURNEY TO ENGLAND.
WE'RE LEAVING HAWAII?
- I'M NOT GOING.
- YOU HAVE NO CHOICE
IN THE MATTER.
- IT'S FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY.
HEY, KA'IULANI!
- I'M NOT GOING!
HEY, STOP THAT!
COME ON, STOP IT!
FOR GOD'S SAKE, GIRL,
YOU'LL DROWN!
I HATE YOU!
I WISH IT WAS YOU
THAT DIED.
YOU CAN'T DO THAT.
I AM ALI'I.
AND I AM YOUR FATHER
AND I AM NOT PUTTING YOU
IN HARM'S WAY, DO YOU HEAR ME?
( sobbing )
YOU'RE TAKING HER AWAY
FROM ME AGAIN.
YOU WON'T BE HAPPY
TILL THERE'S NOTHING
LEFT OF HER.
NO. NO NO NO,
THAT'S NOT TRUE.
HEY HEY.
WHY ARE YOU MAKING ME GO?
THIS IS WHERE SHE IS.
NO.
BABY GIRL, HEY,
MAMA'S WITH GOD NOW.
- ( horse whinnies )
- HUP!
( groans )
OH, THANK YOU.
- Man: ARCHIE!
- AHA!
- WELCOME.
- YOU'RE A SIGH FOR SORE EYES, THEO, HEY?
COME ALONG, MY DEAR.
COME ON.
THAT'S IT.
THERE WE GO.
Theo:
WELCOME.
OH, YOU LOOK
EXHAUSTED.
MAKES ME WAN A BLOODY DRINK
JUST LOOKING AT YOU.
Archie:
GIVE ME YOUR HAND, SIR.
GIVE ME YOUR HAND.
Theo:
OH, SIMPLY
BREATHTAKING.
YOU'VE GROWN SO FAST,
YOUR HIGHNESS.
KA'IULANI.
I'M NOT STAYING HERE.
KA'IULANI!
THEY'RE NO OF ROYAL BLOOD.
UH, CLIVE THINKS
HE'S OF ROYAL BLOOD.
COME, YOU MUS BE STARVING.
I'VE GOT A POT OF HOT SOUP
ON THE STOVE.
IT'S JUST THE THING
ON THESE COLD MORNINGS.
MARK MY WORDS,
YOU'LL BE SETTLED
IN NO TIME.
YOU'VE A PRETTY ROOM,
FACING THE LAKE.
DEFINITELY
A HAWAIIAN PRINCESS.
I UNDERSTAND
MOST OF HAWAII BELONGS
TO YOU THESE DAYS.
NOT REALLY.
SUGAR PLANTATION HERE
AND THERE.
OH, THE THOMPSONS
SEND THEIR REGARDS.
- DO YOU LIKE HER?
- NO.
WHY NOT?
SHE'S PRETTY!
SHE THINKS SHE'S BETTER
THAN US AND SHE'S NOT.
SHE'S JUST SOME
PRINCESS OF NOWHERE.
- ( growls )
- ( laughing )
Girl:
WHAT ARE THESE?
THAT ONE'S PRETTY.
OLA SHELLS.
MY MOTHER AND I COLLECTED THEM
FROM THE BEACH.
OLA SHELLS.
OLA MEANS "LIFE"
IN HAWAIIAN.
LIFE SHELLS.
YOU COLLECT THEM...
THEN ATTACH MEMORIES
TO EACH ONE
SO YOU DON'T EVER FORGET.
THIS ONE'S FOR A DAY
I SPENT AT THE OCEAN
WITH MY MOTHER
AND MY AUNTIE LYDIA.
SOME AREN' VERY PRETTY.
WHAT'S THAT ONE?
WHEN MY MOTHER DIED.
AND THOSE ONES?
THOSE DON'T HAVE
MEMORIES YET.
THOSE ARE THE FUTURE.
WHAT'S IT LIKE
TO BE A PRINCESS?
Archie:
KA'IULANI!
I'M LEAVING NOW.
DO YOU WANT TO SAY GOODBYE?
HMM?
( door opens )
YOU'LL GO BY YOUR SURNAME
HERE, MISS CLEGHORN.
I'VE BEEN TOLD YOU'RE
ACCUSTOMED TO CERTAIN...
ROYAL PRIVILEGES
IN YOUR HOME COUNTRY.
WELL, NOT HERE.
WE'LL MAKE A RESPECTABLE
LADY OF YOU,
- AWAY FROM THE BARBARIAN PLACE
FROM WHICH YOU'VE COME.
- MISS BARNES.
HARROWDEN HALL STUDENTS
PARTICIPATE
IN ALL DUTIES,
SUCH AS WASHING.
YOU'LL EMPTY MY CHAMBER PO AND MAKE MY BED.
DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR?
PERFECTLY.
THE CORRECT RESPONSE
IS "I UNDERSTAND,
MISS BARNES, MA'AM."
I DON'T CARE THAT YOU'RE
A PRINCESS, ALL RIGHT?
NO ONE HERE DOES.
Alice:
THE HEADMISTRESS NEEDS YOU,
MISS BARNES.
KA'IULANI, THERE'S
A LETTER FOR YOU.
- IT'S FROM--
- KALEHUA!
I'LL DO THE LAUNDRY
THEN, SHALL I?
Girl:
MAKE WAY FOR
THE WASHING PRINCESS.
( Kalehua speaking Hawaiian )
Schoolgirl:
WHAT'S THAT?!
- GIVE IT BACK!
- IT'S A LOVE LETTER.
- WHO'D WRITE HER A LOVE LETTER?
- GIVE IT BACK!
WHERE ARE YOU FROM?
ARE YOU IRISH?
PLEASE GIVE IT BACK!
GIVE IT BACK!
- ( thuds )
- UGLY NEGRO.
Barnes:
GIRLS! GIRLS!
- SHE ATTACKED ME, MISS BARNES.
- THAT ISN'T TRUE.
- SHE TOOK MY LETTER!
- MISS CLEGHORN!
GIVE ME THAT.
( paper rustles )
YOU CAN PICK THOSE UP,
YOUR HIGHNESS.
( laughing )
ARE YOU GOING
INTO TOWN?
I AM.
UH... COULD YOU BRING ME
SOME JOURNALS?
I COULD.
WELL, WILL YOU?
YOU COULD COME WITH ME.
BUT I'M NOT DRESSED.
( laughing )
YOU THINK YOU'RE QUITE
THE DANDY, DON'T YOU?
YOU DO.
SALLY MAY SAYS YOU'RE
A TERRIBLE KISSER!
REALLY?
YOU'RE A TERRIBLE LIAR.
SALLY MAY WOULDN'T GIVE YOU
THE TIME OF DAY,
LET ALONE GOSSIP
TO A CHILD LIKE YOU.
- I'M NOT A CHILD!
- HEY!
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
- YOU COULD HAVE BEEN
KILLED, STUPID GIRL.
- ( giggles )
( laughing )
( door opens )
AH, VICTORIA.
ALICE TELLS ME
YOU'RE DOING
VERY WELL AT SCHOOL.
WHAT IS IT?
I HAVE NEWS
FROM YOUR FATHER.
YOUR UNCLE THE KING...
HAS DIED.
- ( sniffling )
- I AM SO SORRY.
HE APPARENTLY HAD BEEN
SLIPPING AWAY FOR SOME TIME.
I-- I SHOULD...
- ALICE IS WAITING FOR ME.
- VICTORIA.
YOUR AUNT WILL BE
QUEEN OF HAWAII NOW
- AND YOU--
- I-- I FEEL FLUSHED.
Lydia's voice:
MY DEAREST KA'IULANI...
IT WAS YOUR UNCLE'S WISH
AND MY COMMAND
THAT YOU BE NAMED
HEIR TO THE THRONE.
UNTIL SUCH TIME,
MY DARLING,
I MUST ATTEND
TO MY PEOPLE
AND FORGET MY SORROW.
REMEMBER, KA'IULANI,
TO ALWAYS MAKE ROOM
FOR THE LIVING.
SHALL I LEAVE YOU?
FATHER SAYS YOU
MAY BE LEAVING US.
I DON'T WANT YOU TO GO.
WHY DOES IT MATTER?
YOU'RE OFF TO UNIVERSITY
ANYWAY.
IT MATTERS.
IT MATTERS!
YOU HAVE NO IDEA,
DO YOU?
THE HELL IT'S BEEN
LIVING WITH YOU,
SEEING YOU EVERY DAY,
THE WAY YOU--
SMILE, YOU LAUGH,
YOUR PERFUME.
- HELL?
- YES.
AND I KNOW IT'S NO THE RIGHT TIME NOW,
- BUT YOU JUST MAY
VERY WELL LEAVE AND I--
- WHAT?
I LOVE YOU.
KA'IULANI, I'M...
I'M-- I'M HOPELESSLY
IN LOVE WITH YOU.
( giggles )
HOPELESSLY?
DESPERATELY.
IRREPARABLY.
COMPLETELY.
I'M TALKING ABOU A LEGITIMATE CONSTITUTION.
YOUR HIGHNESS,
WE HAVE A CONSTITUTION
SIGNED BY THE KING.
I DO NOT RECOGNIZE
A CONSTITUTION THAT IS UNJUST,
- CRAFTED BY THIEVES.
- THIEVES, DID YOU SAY?
SILENCE,
MR. THURSTON!
YOU SUCCEEDED IN
BENDING MY BROTHER.
ME YOU WILL NOT FIND
AS PLIABLE.
WE ACT FOR THE PEOPLE,
YOUR MAJESTY.
- THE PEOPLE?
- YES.
THIS CONSTITUTION
WAS PETITIONED
BY THE CITIZENS
OF THIS COUNTRY.
BY THE PEOPLE,
MR. THURSTON.
THIS IS THE CONSTITUTION
THEY WANT, AS DO I!
SIGNED AND ENACTED
IMMEDIATELY!
AS YOU WISH.
- YOUR MAJESTY, I FEEL YOU--
- YOU ARE DISMISSED, MR. DOLE.
SEND THIS MESSAGE:
"U.S. MINISTER STEVENS,
HONOLULU HARBOR.
AMERICAN LIVES
AND PROPERTY AT RISK."
( clears throat )
( giggles )
I'VE LOWERED THE TOP BAR
SO THAT YOU CAN RIDE IT.
BUT IT'S YOURS.
- TRY IT!
- ( giggles )
COME ON.
- THAT'S IT.
- ( grunts )
- WHOA WHOA.
- OW, MY ANKLE.
HAVE A SEAT.
THIS ONE?
I'M TOLD THIS IS
THE MOST SENSITIVE PAR OF A WOMAN'S BODY.
A WOMAN'S GEOGRAPHY
IS A LITTLE DIFFEREN IN HAWAII.
IS THAT SO?
( laughs )
AND WHAT IF I ASKED YOU
TO MARRY ME?
I WOULDN'T KNOW
UNTIL YOU ASKED ME.
WILL YOU?
THAT'S NOT VERY
ROMANTIC.
VICTORIA
KAWEKIU LUNALILO...
KALANINUIAHILAPALAPA
KA'IULANI...
WILL YOU MARRY ME?
WHAT IF I HAVE TO GO
BACK TO HAWAII THOUGH?
OH, I'LL FOLLOW YOU.
- I'LL FOLLOW YOU.
- REALLY?
YES. YES.
Alice:
YOU'RE IN HERE WORKING
YOURSELF UP, AREN'T YOU?
DON'T.
YOU'LL BE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
GIRL AT THE PARTY, EASILY.
WHICH ONE'S FOR WHEN YOU
FIRST KISSED CLIVE?
( classical music playing )
- Man: YOUR GRACE.
- GOOD AFTERNOON.
HOW DELIGHTFUL TO SEE YOU
AGAIN, ELIZABETH.
- AFTERNOON.
- THEO.
- SPLENDID SHOW, DAVID.
- HOW WAS YOUR TRIP ABROAD?
YOU MUST TELL US
ALL ABOUT IT WHEN
NEXT WE SEE YOU.
THAT DARK
COMPLEXION.
SHE'S HALF POLYNESIAN
AND THE WRONG HALF
EDINBURGH SCOTS.
- REVEREND GOFF.
YOU REMEMBER ALICE?
- IS THIS VICTORIA?
Duchess:
AND CLIVE IS ROMANTICALLY
INVOLVED WITH HER?
MMM.
HAVE A WONDERFUL
PARTY.
DO YOU THINK
SHE'S ATTRACTIVE?
( groans )
IN A JUNGLE TIGRESS
SORT OF WAY, I SUPPOSE.
- ( Duchess titters )
- DAVID!
VICTORIA, I'D LIKE
TO INTRODUCE THE DUKE
OF WINCHESTER
AND HIS NEW WIFE
THE DUCHESS.
NEW WIFE?
WAS THERE ANOTHER?
( faked laughter )
WE WERE JUST ADMIRING YOU
FROM ACROSS THE ROOM.
DO YOU READ AND WRITE?
( sighs )
IN BOTH HAWAIIAN
- HMM.
- HAWAII HAS THE HIGHES LITERACY RATE IN THE WORLD.
Duchess:
YOUR GOWN IS LOVELY.
YOU COULD ALMOST PASS
AS ONE OF OUR ROYALS.
THE PRINCESS'S FAMILY LINE
DATES BACK 1500 YEARS.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU HAD
YOUR TITLE, ELIZABETH,
A MONTH?
EXCUSE US.
IT IS A PLEASURE TO MAKE
YOUR ACQUAINTANCE.
Alice:
I AM SORRY, ELIZABETH.
HONESTY DOES ALWAYS
GET THE BETTER OF HIM.
WHOA.
( door opens )
LOOK AT ME.
I'M A MESS.
FORGET THEM.
THEY'RE POMPOUS FOOLS.
- I DON'T CARE WHAT THEY THINK.
- GOOD.
- I DON'T.
- GOOD.
IT JUST BOTHERS ME
TO SIT HERE...
LIKE SOME ORNAMENT.
MORE NEWS?
IT'S FROM KALEHUA.
DO YOU WANT TO GO HOME?
Theo:
AH, CLIVE, MAY WE
HAVE A WORD?
IN PRIVATE?
IF YOU'LL EXCUSE
US, VICTORIA?
( whispers )
I LOVE YOU.
Theo:
THANK YOU.
IF THIS IS ABOUT THE DUKE
AND THE DUCHESS, I'M SORRY--
YOU AND VICTORIA.
YES, I'VE PROPOSED.
- SHE'S ACCEPTED.
- Mother: GOOD.
WE THOUGHT SO.
IF YOU WANT HER TO STAY,
IF YOU WANT TO MARRY HER,
SHE MUSTN'T SEE THIS.
Soldier:
MOVE MOVE MOVE!
- GO GO GO GO GO!
- OVER HERE. THIS WAY!
( horse neighs )
THIS WAY,
STAND YOUR GROUND!
HAS WASHINGTON
APPROVED?
WELL, DEMOCRACY IS
AMERICAN.
Soldier:
TAKE THE PALACE.
SURRENDER ALL YOUR WEAPONS.
GIVE ME THAT!
( thunder rumbling )
Maid:
MA'AM?
MRS. CONNELLY,
THE SEAMSTRESS.
- MISS BARNES.
- MA'AM.
RECENTLY WIDOWED.
LOOKING FOR WORK, MA'AM.
BRING TOWELS.
- QUICKLY!
- Alice: BUT SHE WAS SO--
ALICE!
YOUR CLOAK LOOKS
VERY DAMP, MRS. CONNELLY.
MAY I?
PLEASE.
I'M JUST NOT SURE IF
HE'S THE WISEST CHOICE
AT THIS MOMENT!
WHO ARE YOU TO SAY
WHAT I CAN DO?
I AM STILL YOUR FATHER,
YOUNG LADY.
YOU LOST THAT PRIVILEGE
TWO YEARS AGO
WHEN YOU ABANDONED ME!
OH!
WHY ARE YOU HERE?!
HAVEN'T YOU READ
ANY OF MY TELEGRAMS?
WHAT TELEGRAMS?!
STAY THERE!
WHERE ARE THEY?
WHERE ARE THEY?
"MONARCHY OVERTHROWN."
"HOUSE ARREST."
"NOTIFY THE PRINCESS."
WHY?
- WHY?
- VICTORIA?
YOU'RE GETTING
MARRIED.
DID YOU KNOW?!
THESE!
DID YOU KNOW?
( sighs )
I DID.
AM I THAT WEAK
IN YOUR EYES?
NO, I THOUGH THAT I WOULD WAIT.
- UNTIL WE WERE MARRIED.
- AND I'M JUST TO FOLLOW
IN YOUR PURSUITS?
NO.
I LOVE YOU.
YOU'VE SAID THAT.
Theo:
VICTORIA.
THERE IS NO VICTORIA.
THERE NEVER WAS!
KA'IULANI.
KA'IULANI, WAIT.
I MADE A MISTAKE.
I'M SORRY.
- YOU SAID YOU'D
FOLLOW ME IF I HAD TO GO.
- I KNOW, AND I WILL.
IF IT COMES TO THAT,
THEN I WILL FOLLOW YOU.
STOP!
DO YOU THINK THA YOU MEAN MORE TO ME
THAN MY COUNTRY?
DO YOU?
( sobbing )
( knocks )
Archie:
KA'IULANI?
I, UM...
I HAD CROSS WORDS
WITH THEO LAST NIGHT.
WHY WOULD HE DO IT?
HE HAS HIS OWN INTERESTS
TO PROTECT, I SUPPOSE.
HE FEELS MISERABLE ABOU THE WAY THAT THINGS
HAVE WORKED OU BETWEEN YOU AND THE BOY.
HE SHOULD.
WHETHER OR NO IT'S THE BEST TIME...
THE BOY LOVES YOU.
BUT HE LEFT.
SO IT DOESN'T REALLY
MATTER, DOES IT?
TELL ME HOW
WE LOST OUR COUNTRY.
Archie:
DO YOU REMEMBER
YOUR UNCLE'S BODYGUARD
- FROM ALL THOSE YEARS AGO?
- YES.
WELL, HE ORGANIZED
A REBELLION
AFTER DOLE AND THURSTON HAD
OVERTHROWN THE GOVERNMENT.
AND THE PLAN WAS
TO MARCH ON HONOLULU
AND FORCE THURSTON'S
REGIME TO DISBAND,
BUT HIS MEN WERE NOT PREPARED
FOR WHAT LAY IN WAIT.
IT WAS A MASSACRE
FROM THE BEGINNING,
I'M AFRAID.
( shouting )
FIRE!
( gunfire )
( Gatling gun firing )
KALEHUA!
- HOW MANY DEAD?
- TOO MANY.
AND AUNT LYDIA?
- ( crockery smashing )
- THE PALACE WAS OVERRUN
WITH THIEVES
AND WHORES.
SHE WAS ARRESTED.
SHE WAS DECLARED
GUILTY OF TREASON
AND SENTENCED
TO INDEFINITE
HOUSE ARRES WITH FORFEITURE
OF HER ASSETS.
AND THE TWINS?
WELL, I'VE HAD NO NEWS
OF EITHER OF THEM.
WHAT IF WE WERE TO APPEAL
TO THE AMERICAN PRESIDEN TO WITHHOLD HIS SUPPORT?
EVEN IF WE COULD FIND
A WAY TO SEE HIM,
CLEVELAND HASN'T MUCH
OF HIS TERM LEFT.
- THEN WE WILL ACT QUICKLY.
- HMM?
DON'T YOU THINK I COULD
PERSUADE A PRESIDENT?
WELL, YOU ARE
YOUR MOTHER'S DAUGHTER,
I SUPPOSE.
DON'T DISREGARD YOUR HEART.
WHY DIDN' YOU GO AFTER HIM?
- PRIDE, I SUPPOSE.
- PRIDE, OH?
PRIDE CAN KEEP YOU
FROM MANY A GOOD THING.
WOULD YOU, UM...
WOULD YOU HAVE A READ
OF THIS, PLEASE?
WHAT IS IT?
AH, THEO WROTE I FOR YOU.
IT'S HIS WAY OF MAKING
AMENDS, I SUPPOSE.
THE AMERICAN PRESS
WILL BE WAITING
FOR YOU.
THEY KNOW WE'RE COMING?
OH, YES YES.
THURSTON MADE SURE OF IT.
HE POSTED A SOMEWHA INFLAMMATORY LETTER
IN THE MAIN NEW YORK
JOURNAL.
WHY AM I NOT SURPRISED?
THIS NEEDS REVISIONS.
WHY AM I
NOT SURPRISED?
- I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT.
- THERE SHE IS.
EXCUSE ME,
COMING THROUGH.
- THINK SHE'LL BE BAREFOOT?
- MORE THAN LIKELY.
WAIT HERE, MA'AM.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN?
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
I WOULD LIKE TO PRESEN MY DAUGHTER
PRINCESS KA'IULANI
OF HAWAII.
Woman:
SHE'S PRETTY.
- UNDENIABLY ELEGANT.
- SHE'S BEAUTIFUL.
( softly )
UNBIDDEN,
- I STAND ON YOUR SHORES TODAY.
- WHAT?!
- WHAT? WHAT?
- CAN'T HEAR IN THE BACK.
- WHAT IS SHE SAYING?
- LOUDER!
- I COME UNATTENDED EXCEP FOR THE LOVING HEARTS...
- CAN'T HEAR YOU IN THE BACK.
- SPEAK UP, GIRLIE!
LOUDER!
WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?
( wavering )
I HEAR THAT COMMISSIONERS
FROM MY LAND
HAVE BEEN ASKING
THIS GREAT NATION
TO TAKE AWAY
MY LITTLE VINEYARD.
- WHAT DID SHE SAY?
- THEY SPEAK NO WORD TO ME
- AND LEAVE ME TO FIND OUT...
- WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!
MA'AM, WHAT HAVE
YOU GOT TO SAY?
NOTHING.
SHE'S JUST A GIRL.
GET ON WITH IT.
( woman laughs )
- 70 YEARS AGO...
- WHAT?
...CHRISTIAN AMERICA
SENT MEN AND WOMEN
TO GIVE RELIGION TO HAWAII.
TODAY THREE SONS
OF THOSE MISSIONARIES
ARE APPEALING TO YOUR CAPITOL
TO UNDO THEIR FATHERS' WORK.
I, A YOUNG
INEXPERIENCED GIRL,
WITH NOT ONE OF MY PEOPLE
NEAR ME
AND ALL OF THESE STATESMEN
AGAINST ME,
HAVE CHOSEN TO STAND UP
FOR THE RIGHTS OF MY PEOPLE.
EVEN NOW
I HEAR THEIR WAILING
IN MY HEAR AND IT GIVES ME
THE STRENGTH AND COURAGE.
AND I AM STRONG
IN THE FAITH OF GOD,
STRONG IN THE KNOWLEDGE
THAT I AM RIGHT,
STRONG IN THE STRENGTH
OF 70 MILLION PEOPLE
WHO IN THIS FREE LAND
WILL HEAR MY CRY
AND REFUSE TO LET THEIR FLAG
HIDE DISHONOR TO MINE!
- BRAVO!
- Woman: GOOD FOR YOU.
- WELL SAID.
- ( applause )
THANK YOU.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?
- YES YES! OVER HERE!
- YES YES, YOU, SIR.
- YOU, SIR, YES.
- PRINCESS KA'IULANI, WILL YOU
BE MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT?
I'M IN THE UNITED STATES
AS A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL
WITH NO INVITATION
TO THE WHITE HOUSE.
BUT WITH YOUR HELP,
I HOPE TO CHANGE THAT.
- HERE HERE HERE!
- BUT YOU CAN CALL ON HIM
ANY TIME INFORMALLY.
I COULD NOT DO THAT.
ONE WOULD NOT CALL
ON A GENTLEMAN
WITH WHOM THEY ARE NO ACQUAINTED, INFORMALLY.
AND I DO NOT BELIEVE THA THE PUBLIC STATION
OF PRESIDENT CLEVELAND
MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
HOW LONG WILL YOU WAI THEN FOR AN INVITATION?
AS LONG AS IT TAKES.
AND IF HE WON' MEET WITH YOU?
THEN I SHALL BE HERE
A VERY LONG TIME.
( reporters chuckle )
THAT'S ALL FOR THIS AFTERNOON,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
THANK YOU VERY VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU.
I THINK THE VERY FLOWER
OF CIVILIZATION.
HER ACCENT SAYS LONDON,
HER FIGURE NEW YORK,
- BUT HER HEART SAYS HAWAII.
- NOT AT ALL WHAT I EXPECTED.
NOT EVEN A HEMI-SEMI-DEMI
BARBARIAN.
( mutters )
- CHRISTIAN!
- ( paper tears )
SET THIS TO PRIN IMMEDIATELY.
AND THE HEADLINE?
"THE PRINCESS WHO...
IMAGINES SHE'S QUEEN."
( hoofbeats,
carriage rattling )
I CAME TO AMERICA TO MEE WITH THE PRESIDENT,
NOT TO SHARE A HOT DOG
WITH THE FIRST LADY.
BUT YOU'RE NO A STATESMAN.
- HMM?
- SO I'M TO HAVE
A LUNCHEON--
YES YES.
UNDER THE GUISE
OF HAVING A LUNCHEON
WE COULD MEET THE MOS POWERFUL MAN IN AMERICA.
YOU HAVE TO WALK
A FINE LINE HERE, KA'IULANI.
Woman:
YOUR NAME IS BEAUTIFUL.
AND SO ARE YOU,
MY DEAR.
MUCH FAIRER IN PERSON
THAN IN THE PAPERS.
THANK YOU.
GROVER WAS ADAMAN THAT YOU JOIN US.
OH, SPEAKING
OF THE DEVIL.
Cleveland:
A STROKE OF GOOD FORTUNE.
MY MEETING WAS CANCELED.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR LUNCH.
THE MAN CAN ALWAYS EAT.
I KNOW YOU WON'T TAKE NO
FOR AN ANSWER, GROVER.
ANYTHING I CAN
BRING YOU, MA'AM?
CUMIN, PLEASE?
YOUR HIGHNESS, IT'S BEEN
IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE
YOUR STAY HERE.
THE PRESS ABSOLUTELY
LOVES YOU.
THERE ARE SENATORS
ON CAPITOL HILL THAT WIELD
LESS POWER OVER THE PRESS
THAN YOU SEEM TO.
Archie:
HER HIGHNESS
UNDERSTANDS THA - SHE'S NOT HERE
ON STATE BUSINESS.
- THANK YOU.
WHAT MY FATHER IS
SAYING IS THA I'M GRATEFUL TO BE A GUES AND WOULD NEVER PRESUME
TO TALK ABOU THE POLITICS OF HAWAII.
WHICH REMINDS ME
OF THIS HEN.
Grover:
THE HEN REMINDS YOU
OF HAWAII?
( chuckles )
IT DOES, ACTUALLY.
NATURAL,
UNSPOILED,
PERFECT.
FOR AS LONG AS ANYONE
CAN REMEMBER,
PEPPER HAS BEEN THE PERFEC SEASONING FOR HEN.
LATELY THOUGH, SALT,
A WHITE MINERAL FROM THE SEA,
HAS BEEN THE FASHION.
CAREFUL TO ADD
JUST A BIT,
AS A PERFECT BALANCE
CAN BE EASILY UPSET.
SHOULD YOU INTRODUCE
AN AMERICAN SPICE,
SUCH AS CUMIN...
THE SALT IS FORTIFIED,
THE HEN DESTROYED.
MR. PRESIDENT,
IF YOU PLEASE.
( squawks )
IT'S TERRIBLE.
TELL ME, HOW DO WE RESTORE
THE NATURAL FLAVOR?
CUMIN HAS NO PLACE ON HEN.
WELL, PRINCESS,
I ONLY HAVE FOUR WEEKS
LEFT IN OFFICE,
BUT I PROMISE
TO DO WHAT I CAN
TO HALT THE USE OF... CUMIN.
YOU'LL NEED TO GET YOUR SPICES
IN ORDER QUICKLY, YOUNG LADY.
PRESIDENT-ELECT McKINLEY
IS FROM OHIO
AND, AS FAR AS I KNOW,
NOT A VERY GOOD COOK.
Thurston:
GENTLEMEN,
SHE MAY HAVE SUCCEEDED
IN WINNING OVER CLEVELAND,
BUT THE NEW PRESIDEN DOESN'T SHARE HIS VIEWS.
McKINLEY
IS WISE TO THE RICHES
OF THIS COUNTRY,
AND WHAT WE CAN DO FOR HIS.
AND HE UNDERSTANDS
THAT WHOEVER POSSESSES HAWAII
CONTROLS THE PACIFIC.
SO HER PLAN HAS FAILED.
WHAT SHE'S DONE IS
AN ACT OF TREASON
- AND WE WILL NOT STAND FOR IT!
- Man: THAT'S RIGHT!
IF SHE DOES RETURN,
I PROPOSE THAT SHE IS
IMMEDIATELY INCARCERATED.
Dole:
WHAT POSSIBLE GOOD
COULD THAT DO?
SHE'S OF LITTLE RELEVANCE
TO YOU NOW. THE UNITED STATES
IS ON YOUR SIDE.
OUR SIDE...
DON'T YOU MEAN, JUSTICE?
YES.
YES, I...
OF COURSE.
WHAT I'M SAYING
IS THAT TO IMPRISON
THE PRINCESS
WOULD ONLY CREATE MORE
TENSION BETWEEN SIDES.
THERE IS ONLY
ONE SIDE, SANFORD--
OURS.
IT'S INTERESTING YOU HAVEN' REALIZED THAT YET.
- ( ships horn blares )
- ARE WE THERE YET?
( soldiers shout in distance )
Soldier:
ALL RIGHT, BOYS.
- COME ON!
- OVER HERE.
THANK YOU.
I HAVE ORDERS TO ESCORT YOU
TO THE QUEEN'S RESIDENCE,
PRINCESS.
PLEASE.
( soldiers shouting
in distance )
KA'IULANI?
I HARDLY RECOGNIZE YOU.
YOU HAVE BECOME A WOMAN.
SO BEAUTIFUL.
YOUR COUNTRY HAS
MISSED YOU, KA'IULANI.
I AM SO HAPPY
YOU'VE COME BACK.
WHAT HAPPENED?
THE UNITED STATES SUPPORTS
THE ANTIROYALISTS.
IT IS CLEAR TO ME NOW
THAT THEY ALWAYS INTENDED
TO DO SO.
WE ARE BEING ANNEXED,
OUR SOVEREIGNTY STOLEN.
THE KANAKA SIGNED A PETITION...
WHICH WAS IGNORED.
WE HAVE BEEN SILENCED.
I'M SO SORRY.
IT WAS A VERY NOBLE THING
YOU DID, MY CHILD.
UNFORTUNATELY,
YOU HAVE ARRIVED
AT THE SADDES POSSIBLE TIME.
THE ANNEXATION CEREMONY
IS TOMORROW.
I WON'T ATTEND.
I'M HOSTING
A PRIVATE FUNCTION,
A KIND OF FUNERAL
FOR OUR NATION.
A WISE WOMAN ONCE SAID...
"WE MUST ALWAYS MAKE ROOM
FOR THE LIVING."
AND WE WILL.
Clive's voice:
MY DEAR KA'IULANI...
PLEASE UNDERSTAND MY REASONS
FOR LEAVING YOU.
( waves lapping )
I BELIEVE YOU'LL FIND IT EASIER
TO GO HOME WITHOUT ME.
I ACTED FOOLISHLY,
AND FOR THAT I AM TRULY SORRY.
BUT PLEASE, I BEG YOU,
DO NOT FORGET US.
OUR LOVE DESERVES
TO BE GUARDED.
I PRAY THAT TIME WILL BRING US
TOGETHER AGAIN.
REMAIN COURAGEOUS,
MY BELOVED PRINCESS.
NO ONE CAN RESIST YOU,
CERTAINLY NOT I.
YOUR LOVING CLIVE.
THE NIGHT MY COUNTRY
DISAPPEARED.
Official:
DO YOU SWEAR ALLEGIANCE
TO GOD AND COUNTRY?
Dole: I DO.
( brass band playing
"The Star Spangled Banner" )
( band going progressively
out of tune )
( girl speaks Hawaiian )
WHERE DID YOU
GET THIS?
MAY I HAVE A WORD,
YOUR HIGHNESS?
I APPRECIATE YOUR
SEEING ME, YOUR HIGHNESS.
I CAN ONLY IMAGINE
THE EMOTIONS THA YOU ARE FEELING TODAY.
NOW THAT HAWAII
IS U.S. TERRITORY
THERE MUST BE NEW LAWS.
TO THAT END, THREE U.S.
COMMISSIONERS
ARE ARRIVING TODAY
TO ASSIST ME.
LORRIN THURSTON AND I WERE
WONDERING IF YOU MIGHT...
IF YOU COULD POSSIBLY FIND I IN YOURSELF TO HOST A DINNER
FOR THESE COMMISSIONERS?
I UNDERSTAND.
YOUR HIGHNESS,
THESE COMMISSIONERS WILL
PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE
IN THE FUTURE
OF HAWAII.
THEIR KNOWLEDGE IS LIMITED
TO WHAT THURSTON
HAS TOLD THEM.
JUST BE A GOOD HOSTESS,
SHOW THEM OUR SOLIDARITY.
IT'S A VERY IMPORTAN EVENING FOR US.
IT COULD BE FOR YOU,
AS WELL.
Barbershop quartet:
LATE ONE NIGHT WHEN
WE WERE ALL IN BED
- OLD MOTHER LEARY LEF THE LANTERN IN THE SHED...
- THANK YOU.
WHEN THE COW KICKED OVER
SHE WINKED HER EYE AND SAID,
"THERE'LL BE A HOT TIME
IN THE OLD TOWN
TONIGHT"...
Man:
GOOD EVENING, YOUR HIGHNESS.
Man:
YOUR HIGHNESS.
PRINCESS.
- YOUR HIGHNESS.
- EVENING.
YOU ARE DOING YOUR PEOPLE
A GREAT SERVICE TONIGHT,
PRINCESS.
EVENING.
I HOPE SO,
MR. THURSTON.
YOUR HIGHNESS.
GOOD EVENING, SIR.
( guests chattering )
ONE MORE?
- LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
- ( clinks flatware )
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
I'M SO PLEASED TO SEE EVERYONE
ENJOYING THEMSELVES.
DON'T BE AFRAID
TO TRY THE POI.
IT'S REALLY QUITE DELICIOUS.
I HAVE THE DISTINGUISHED
HONOR THIS EVENING
TO INTRODUCE YOUR HOSTESS,
THE LOVELY
PRINCESS KA'IULANI.
- ( applause )
- Men: HEAR HEAR!
THANK YOU.
I HOPE EVERYONE
ENJOYED THE LOCAL FOOD
THIS EVENING.
THE HAGGIS, OF COURSE,
IS NOT HAWAIIAN,
BUT RATHER A REMINDER
TO MY FATHER
TO STAY AWAY
FROM THE KITCHEN STAFF.
HAWAII IS ABOUT TO ENTER
INTO THE 20th CENTURY
A CHANGED NATION.
THIS EVENING, I OFFER
THAT WE EMBARK
ON THIS TRANSITION
- AS FRIENDS.
- HEAR HEAR!
WELL SAID.
MR. THURSTON AND MR. DOLE
WANTED A POPULAR GOVERNMENT.
WELL, IT HAS ARRIVED
UNDER THE LAWS
OF THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTION.
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
ASK MR. THURSTON
AND HE WILL TELL YOU
THAT IF YOU OWN LAND
YOU CAN VOTE.
CONVENIENTLY,
THE NATIVES
DO NOT OWN LAND.
IF YOU ASK ONE
OF THE COMMISSIONERS
FROM WASHINGTON--
ALL PRESENT THIS EVENING--
THEY WILL TELL YOU
WITH GREAT PRIDE
THAT ANY AMERICAN MALE
WHO CAN READ OR WRITE
CAN VOTE.
ANY ANGLO-AMERICAN...
OF COURSE.
AS TO THE OTHERS,
ONE DAY
THEY TOO WILL BE
READY TO GOVERN.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO IT.
BUT, REGRETTABLY,
THAT IS NOT TODAY.
ON THE CONTRARY.
YOU WILL FIND THE KANAKA
ARE VERY EAGER TO HAVE A HAND
IN THEIR OWN GOVERNANCE.
MISS CLEGHORN,
WHAT ARE YOU SAYING EXACTLY?
I'M TALKING ABOU THE RIGHT TO VOTE.
Man: WHAT?
I PETITION UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE
FOR ALL OUR PEOPLE.
Thurston:
I BEG YOUR PARDON?
SENATORS,
WE SIMPLY CANNOT...
CONSIDER A PETITION
FROM AN ABROGATED HEIRESS.
Commissioner:
WITH ALL DUE RESPECT,
MISS CLEGHORN,
OUR GOVERNMENT DOESN' RECOGNIZE YOU AS A STATESMAN.
WHO WILL PRESEN YOUR PETITION?
- Dole: I WILL.
- Crowd: WHAT? HUH?
YOUR MAJESTY,
YOUR HIGHNESS,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
I FORMALLY PROPOSE
A REVISION
TO THE ANNEXATION DOCUMENT.
THIS REALLY IS NO THE TIME OR THE PLACE.
SANFORD, PLEASE.
Ka'iulani:
THE COMMISSIONERS
ARE ALL HERE.
I CAN'T THINK THINK
OF A BETTER TIME.
MIGHT I...
MIGHT I REMIND YOU
THE YOUNG LADY IS
NO LONGER A PRINCESS.
WITH ALL DUE RESPECT.
THIS IS ABSURD.
HONESTLY, SANFORD...
HAVE YOU COMPLETELY LOS YOUR SENSES?
OUR FAMILIES DEVELOPED
THIS LAND.
OUR FAMILIES.
AND NOW YOU ALONE
ARE PROPOSING TO JUS THROW IT AWAY.
Commissioner:
THE PRESENCE OF THE UNITED
STATES IN THESE ISLANDS
MUST BE IN THE INTERESTS
OF ALL ITS PEOPLE.
- ( crowd agrees )
- ABSOLUTELY.
MISS CLEGHORN, HOW MANY
NATIVES ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?
90% OF ALL OUR PEOPLE.
( murmuring )
I BELIEVE WE ARE COMPELLED
TO PRESENT MISS CLEGHORN'S
PETITION TO CONGRESS.
WELL...
WHAT BEGAN
AS A LOVELY EVENING
HAS REDUCED ITSELF
TO MADNESS.
I, FOR ONE, TRUST THA YOU'LL COME TO YOUR SENSES.
AS FOR NOW,
I BID YOU GOOD EVENING.
PUIKI, HELP ME
WITH YOUR MOTHER'S CHAIR.
- IT'S TIME FOR US TO LEAVE.
- LYDIA: STAY.
HAVE A SEAT, MR. DOLE.
GOOD EVENING.
LET HIM BE GONE.
( doors close )
( sighs )
Dole:
I THINK YOU'LL SEE
WHAT I MEAN.
PERFECT CONDITIONS FOR THESE
TYPES OF TREES AND FAUNA.
- OH, HOW BEAUTIFUL.
- THE COOLING BREEZES
WHICH COME ASHORE
UNTIL THE LATE FALL.
( speaking Hawaiian )
Archie:
DO YOU REMEMBER GOING
OVER TO THAT ISLAND
- WHEN YOU WERE A WEE GIRL?
- THE COLORS OF THE WATER...
Man:
I COULD GET USED TO THIS.
YOU CAN'T HAVE FORGOTTEN
YOU WENT MISSING FOR
HALF AN HOUR,
CHASING FISH
IN ROCK POOLS,
YOU SAID, DEAR.
( soft laughter )
( singing in Hawaiian )
( applause )
- WHAT JUST HAPPENED?
- THEY JUST CROWNED HER.
CAN THEY DO THAT?
YES.
WELL, SHALL WE?
SHALL WE?
- THIS WAY?
- THIS WAY, COMMISSIONER.
LADIES.
KA'IULANI...
"IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE
THAT I WRITE TO YOU
THIS LETTER.
THE QUIET EFFORTS
OF THE PRINCESS TO OBLITERATE
HARSH FEELINGS IN HAWAII
AND HER ACCEPTANCE
OF THE NEW ORDER OF THINGS
IS APPRECIATED
BY THIS COMMUNITY.
IN RECOGNITION, THE NEW
TERRITORY OF HAWAII
EXPECTS TO GRAN ALL HAWAIIANS FULL RIGHTS
OF CITIZENSHIP."
THE KANAKA CAN VOTE.
YES.
YOU DID IT, BABY GIRL.
( waves lapping )
IS THAT THE POMPOUS FELLOW
I ONCE DROVE
INTO A DITCH?
I ALWAYS SAID I'D
FOLLOW YOU TO HAWAII.
YOU MIGHT HAVE COME
A BIT SOONER.
YES, WELL, I HAD
SOME CIRCUMSTANCES.
MY... FATHER PASSED AWAY.
OH.
I'M SORRY.
HE LEF HIS HAWAIIAN INTERESTS
IN MY CHARGE.
- IS THAT WHY YOU'RE HERE?
- NO.
YOU WERE MAGNIFICEN BACK THERE.
DID YOU EVER READ MY LETTER?
I... I DID.
I'VE NEVER STOPPED
THINKING ABOUT YOU.
I WAS SUCH A STUPID BOY.
SO SELFISH, I--
I LOVE YOU, KA'IULANI.
I LOVE YOU TOO.
YOU NEVER LEFT MY HEART.
COME BACK TO ENGLAND.
MARRY ME.
WHY WOULD I GO
BACK TO ENGLAND?
WELL, YOU CAN'T JUST...
EXPECT ME, I...
KA'IULANI,
I HAVE OBLIGATIONS.
AND SO DO I.
HERE.
NOT ANYMORE.
WELL, THE COUNTRY'S
CRUMBLING.
WOULD YOU REALLY WAN TO STAY HERE AND WATCH I FADE AWAY?
AND WHAT WOULD IT FADE INTO
WITHOUT ME?
AND WHAT WOULD I FADE INTO
WITHOUT IT?
YOU ARE MAGNIFICENT.
GOODBYE, CLIVE.
THANK GOD CHANGE WAS NO SO VIOLENT THIS TIME.
I THINK
AN ENTIRE NATION DIED
THIS TIME, MR. DOLE.
NO, YOUR HIGHNESS, IT LIVES.
IT LIVES IN YOU.
( Lydia narrating )
HAWAIIANS REMEMBER
PRINCESS KA'IULANI
AS THE HOPE SHE BROUGH TO HER PEOPLE.
THE FLAME OF OUR GREA CHIEFESS BURNS BRIGHTLY
IN THE SOUL OF OUR NATION.
( instrumental music playing )
Female narrator:
IN THE KINGDOM OF HAWAII
THERE LIVED
A YOUNG PRINCESS,
CHERISHED BY HER
BELOVED PEOPLE.
HER NAME WAS
VICTORIA KA'IULANI
KALANINUIAHILAPALAPA
KAWEKIU I LUNALILO.
SHE WAS NAMED VICTORIA
IN HONOR OF ENGLAND'S QUEEN,
AND KA'IULANI
WHICH MEANS THE HIGHES POINT OF HEAVEN.
KA'IULANI'S MOTHER
WAS SISTER
TO KING KALAKAUA,
HER FATHER A SCOTTISH
GENTLEMAN.
( both laughing )
AS KA'IULANI GREW,
HER ISLAND NATION
FLOURISHED.
HAWAII WAS ADMIRED
BY THE WORLD
FOR HER BEAUTY
AND ABUNDANCE.
BUT KA'IULANI'S
LITTLE PARADISE
WAS NOT DESTINED TO LAST.
WHEN SHE WAS
STILL A YOUNG GIRL,
HER MOTHER PASSED AWAY.
HAWAII'S PEOPLE WEP FOR THE LOSS
OF THEIR CHIEFESS...
AND PRAYED
FOR HER YOUNG DAUGHTER.
DESPITE HER GRIEF,
PRINCESS KA'IULANI
WOULD SOON FIND THE GREA PURPOSE OF HER LIFE
IN THE COMING BATTLE
FOR THE FUTURE OF HAWAII.
( children laughing )
Young Ka'iulani:
MAMA...
I STILL SEE THE LOSS
OF HER MOTHER IN HER EYES.
YES.
- SHE FINDS GREAT COMFORT BEING
- Ka'iulani: OH.R, YOU KNOW?
- ALLOW ME.
- King: GOOD.
MY SISTER IS A LEADER,
A PERFECT INFLUENCE
FOR KA'IULANI.
A FATHER'S HAND
IS BENEFICIAL,
EVEN IF, AS IN MY CASE,
THE HAND IS SCOTTISH
AND NOT HAWAIIAN.
DON'T WORRY.
TONIGHT THE PEOPLE
WILL CELEBRATE
THE LIGHTING
OF THIS GREAT CITY...
WITH THEIR HAWAIIAN
PRINCESS, ARCHIE.
MMM, NOT TOO OPULENT,
I HOPE.
- YOUR MAJESTY.
- GIBSON.
( speaking Hawaiian )
DID YOU TOUCH THE PRINCESS?
WHAT HAPPENED?
DID HE TOUCH YOU?
HE DIDN' TOUCH ME.
KOA, I SAID
HE DIDN'T TOUCH ME.
Koa:
GET BACK TO WORK.
CLEAN THIS UP.
YOU COME WITH ME, KA'IULANI.
WAIT!
SO I CAN TELL YOU APART.
Man:
MAGNIFICENT, ISN'T IT?
JUST FOR A PARTY?
IT'S REALLY QUITE
ELABORATE.
- ( guests laughing )
- NO EXPENSE SPARED.
TAXPAYERS' DOLLARS,
SPENT AS THOUGH WE
WERE THE ENEMY.
WE NEED TO FIND
A CONCILIATORY PROCESS
THAT INCLUDES THE INTERESTS
OF THE NATIVES.
- PERSUASIVE.
- MM-HMM.
ALL INTERESTS WILL BE
CONSIDERED.
THEN WE STEP ASIDE AND LE THE FUTURE RUN ITS COURSE.
( rhythmic tapping )
LET'S GO.
( chatting )
HONORED GUESTS, A TOAST.
TO MY NIECE
KA'IULANI.
MAY SHE GROW TO BE A LEADER
OF THIS GREAT NATION ONE DAY.
MAY THIS LIGHTING CEREMONY
BE A GLOWING REMEMBRANCE
TO OUR PEOPLE
OF YOUR ROYAL BIRTHRIGHT.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
AT THE REQUES OF HIS MAJESTY
KING KALAKAUA,
PRINCESS KA'IULANI
WILL NOW LIGHT THE CITY
OF HONOLULU
FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME.
- I'M NERVOUS
FOR THE CEREMONY.
- DON'T BE.
YOU'LL STAND PROUD
FOR YOUR MOTHER.
I KNOW IT.
- Kalakaua:
TO THE HOPE OF OUR NATION.
- TO THE HOPE OF OUR NATION!
( applause )
( chanting in Hawaiian )
- YOUR MAJESTY.
- YOUR HIGHNESS.
Man:
WAIT FOR THE WORD.
( group reciting Hawaiian )
YOUR HIGHNESS,
IF YOU WILL.
- ( cheers, applause )
- ( band playing tune )
Man:
LET'S GO, MEN.
GO, MEN, GO!
- ( shouting )
- GO GO, GET 'EM!
- KA'IULANI!
- PROTECT THE PRINCESS.
Kalakaua:
WHAT'S THIS INTRUSION?!
THESE ARE THE VOICES
OF HAWAII,
THE CITIZENS YOU'VE
CHOSEN TO IGNORE.
THESE PEOPLE DEMAND
A NEW GOVERNANCE.
THEY DEMAND ELECTION
OF A NEW CABINE AND THE DISMISSAL
OF PREMIER GIBSON.
THE KING WILL SIGN
THIS CONSTITUTION
OR WE WILL TAKE
THE PALACE BY FORCE.
- ( gun cocks )
- AHEM.
HERE IS MY OFFER TO YOU:
THERE WILL BE NONE
OF MY PEOPLE'S BLOOD
SHED TONIGHT;
RELEASE PREMIER GIBSON,
AND YOU WON'T BE SHO RIGHT WHERE YOU STAND.
( distant shouting )
LET'S DO THIS NOW!
COME ON.
THURSTON!
- RELEASE HIM.
- Man: DO WHAT?
- WHAT HAVE
YOU DONE, THURSTON?
- NOT NOW.
YOUR MAJESTY, FOR YOUR SAFETY
I SHOULD ESCORT YOU
TO MY SHIP.
- I'LL TAKE HER.
- Kalakaua: NO, ESCOR MY NIECE ON BOARD.
- NO, I DON'T WANT TO GO!
- COME WITH ME.
- AUNTIE!
- GET IN THE CARRIAGE.
WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE
YOU CAN ACHIEVE BY THIS?
- THIS IS MADNESS.
- COME ON, PLEASE.
- Man: THURSTON!
- WE'RE RIGHTEOUS.
- ( Ka'iulani shouting )
- GET IN THE CARRIAGE!
- THURSTON!
- ( clinks )
Ka'iulani:
MY SHELLS, MY SHELLS!
Archie:
I'M GONNA GET YOUR SHELLS.
Thurston:
WE'RE PATRIOTS
AND WE'LL BE TRIUMPHANT!
- GO, DRIVER!
- HYAH HYAH, CLEAR THE WAY!
( splashing )
HEY HEY HEY, STOP THAT.
GET DOWN.
COME AND HAVE SOMETHING TO EAT.
YOU NEED TO KEEP
YOUR STRENGTH UP.
IT'S A LONG JOURNEY TO ENGLAND.
WE'RE LEAVING HAWAII?
- I'M NOT GOING.
- YOU HAVE NO CHOICE
IN THE MATTER.
- IT'S FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY.
HEY, KA'IULANI!
- I'M NOT GOING!
HEY, STOP THAT!
COME ON, STOP IT!
FOR GOD'S SAKE, GIRL,
YOU'LL DROWN!
I HATE YOU!
I WISH IT WAS YOU
THAT DIED.
YOU CAN'T DO THAT.
I AM ALI'I.
AND I AM YOUR FATHER
AND I AM NOT PUTTING YOU
IN HARM'S WAY, DO YOU HEAR ME?
( sobbing )
YOU'RE TAKING HER AWAY
FROM ME AGAIN.
YOU WON'T BE HAPPY
TILL THERE'S NOTHING
LEFT OF HER.
NO. NO NO NO,
THAT'S NOT TRUE.
HEY HEY.
WHY ARE YOU MAKING ME GO?
THIS IS WHERE SHE IS.
NO.
BABY GIRL, HEY,
MAMA'S WITH GOD NOW.
- ( horse whinnies )
- HUP!
( groans )
OH, THANK YOU.
- Man: ARCHIE!
- AHA!
- WELCOME.
- YOU'RE A SIGH FOR SORE EYES, THEO, HEY?
COME ALONG, MY DEAR.
COME ON.
THAT'S IT.
THERE WE GO.
Theo:
WELCOME.
OH, YOU LOOK
EXHAUSTED.
MAKES ME WAN A BLOODY DRINK
JUST LOOKING AT YOU.
Archie:
GIVE ME YOUR HAND, SIR.
GIVE ME YOUR HAND.
Theo:
OH, SIMPLY
BREATHTAKING.
YOU'VE GROWN SO FAST,
YOUR HIGHNESS.
KA'IULANI.
I'M NOT STAYING HERE.
KA'IULANI!
THEY'RE NO OF ROYAL BLOOD.
UH, CLIVE THINKS
HE'S OF ROYAL BLOOD.
COME, YOU MUS BE STARVING.
I'VE GOT A POT OF HOT SOUP
ON THE STOVE.
IT'S JUST THE THING
ON THESE COLD MORNINGS.
MARK MY WORDS,
YOU'LL BE SETTLED
IN NO TIME.
YOU'VE A PRETTY ROOM,
FACING THE LAKE.
DEFINITELY
A HAWAIIAN PRINCESS.
I UNDERSTAND
MOST OF HAWAII BELONGS
TO YOU THESE DAYS.
NOT REALLY.
SUGAR PLANTATION HERE
AND THERE.
OH, THE THOMPSONS
SEND THEIR REGARDS.
- DO YOU LIKE HER?
- NO.
WHY NOT?
SHE'S PRETTY!
SHE THINKS SHE'S BETTER
THAN US AND SHE'S NOT.
SHE'S JUST SOME
PRINCESS OF NOWHERE.
- ( growls )
- ( laughing )
Girl:
WHAT ARE THESE?
THAT ONE'S PRETTY.
OLA SHELLS.
MY MOTHER AND I COLLECTED THEM
FROM THE BEACH.
OLA SHELLS.
OLA MEANS "LIFE"
IN HAWAIIAN.
LIFE SHELLS.
YOU COLLECT THEM...
THEN ATTACH MEMORIES
TO EACH ONE
SO YOU DON'T EVER FORGET.
THIS ONE'S FOR A DAY
I SPENT AT THE OCEAN
WITH MY MOTHER
AND MY AUNTIE LYDIA.
SOME AREN' VERY PRETTY.
WHAT'S THAT ONE?
WHEN MY MOTHER DIED.
AND THOSE ONES?
THOSE DON'T HAVE
MEMORIES YET.
THOSE ARE THE FUTURE.
WHAT'S IT LIKE
TO BE A PRINCESS?
Archie:
KA'IULANI!
I'M LEAVING NOW.
DO YOU WANT TO SAY GOODBYE?
HMM?
( door opens )
YOU'LL GO BY YOUR SURNAME
HERE, MISS CLEGHORN.
I'VE BEEN TOLD YOU'RE
ACCUSTOMED TO CERTAIN...
ROYAL PRIVILEGES
IN YOUR HOME COUNTRY.
WELL, NOT HERE.
WE'LL MAKE A RESPECTABLE
LADY OF YOU,
- AWAY FROM THE BARBARIAN PLACE
FROM WHICH YOU'VE COME.
- MISS BARNES.
HARROWDEN HALL STUDENTS
PARTICIPATE
IN ALL DUTIES,
SUCH AS WASHING.
YOU'LL EMPTY MY CHAMBER PO AND MAKE MY BED.
DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR?
PERFECTLY.
THE CORRECT RESPONSE
IS "I UNDERSTAND,
MISS BARNES, MA'AM."
I DON'T CARE THAT YOU'RE
A PRINCESS, ALL RIGHT?
NO ONE HERE DOES.
Alice:
THE HEADMISTRESS NEEDS YOU,
MISS BARNES.
KA'IULANI, THERE'S
A LETTER FOR YOU.
- IT'S FROM--
- KALEHUA!
I'LL DO THE LAUNDRY
THEN, SHALL I?
Girl:
MAKE WAY FOR
THE WASHING PRINCESS.
( Kalehua speaking Hawaiian )
Schoolgirl:
WHAT'S THAT?!
- GIVE IT BACK!
- IT'S A LOVE LETTER.
- WHO'D WRITE HER A LOVE LETTER?
- GIVE IT BACK!
WHERE ARE YOU FROM?
ARE YOU IRISH?
PLEASE GIVE IT BACK!
GIVE IT BACK!
- ( thuds )
- UGLY NEGRO.
Barnes:
GIRLS! GIRLS!
- SHE ATTACKED ME, MISS BARNES.
- THAT ISN'T TRUE.
- SHE TOOK MY LETTER!
- MISS CLEGHORN!
GIVE ME THAT.
( paper rustles )
YOU CAN PICK THOSE UP,
YOUR HIGHNESS.
( laughing )
ARE YOU GOING
INTO TOWN?
I AM.
UH... COULD YOU BRING ME
SOME JOURNALS?
I COULD.
WELL, WILL YOU?
YOU COULD COME WITH ME.
BUT I'M NOT DRESSED.
( laughing )
YOU THINK YOU'RE QUITE
THE DANDY, DON'T YOU?
YOU DO.
SALLY MAY SAYS YOU'RE
A TERRIBLE KISSER!
REALLY?
YOU'RE A TERRIBLE LIAR.
SALLY MAY WOULDN'T GIVE YOU
THE TIME OF DAY,
LET ALONE GOSSIP
TO A CHILD LIKE YOU.
- I'M NOT A CHILD!
- HEY!
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
- YOU COULD HAVE BEEN
KILLED, STUPID GIRL.
- ( giggles )
( laughing )
( door opens )
AH, VICTORIA.
ALICE TELLS ME
YOU'RE DOING
VERY WELL AT SCHOOL.
WHAT IS IT?
I HAVE NEWS
FROM YOUR FATHER.
YOUR UNCLE THE KING...
HAS DIED.
- ( sniffling )
- I AM SO SORRY.
HE APPARENTLY HAD BEEN
SLIPPING AWAY FOR SOME TIME.
I-- I SHOULD...
- ALICE IS WAITING FOR ME.
- VICTORIA.
YOUR AUNT WILL BE
QUEEN OF HAWAII NOW
- AND YOU--
- I-- I FEEL FLUSHED.
Lydia's voice:
MY DEAREST KA'IULANI...
IT WAS YOUR UNCLE'S WISH
AND MY COMMAND
THAT YOU BE NAMED
HEIR TO THE THRONE.
UNTIL SUCH TIME,
MY DARLING,
I MUST ATTEND
TO MY PEOPLE
AND FORGET MY SORROW.
REMEMBER, KA'IULANI,
TO ALWAYS MAKE ROOM
FOR THE LIVING.
SHALL I LEAVE YOU?
FATHER SAYS YOU
MAY BE LEAVING US.
I DON'T WANT YOU TO GO.
WHY DOES IT MATTER?
YOU'RE OFF TO UNIVERSITY
ANYWAY.
IT MATTERS.
IT MATTERS!
YOU HAVE NO IDEA,
DO YOU?
THE HELL IT'S BEEN
LIVING WITH YOU,
SEEING YOU EVERY DAY,
THE WAY YOU--
SMILE, YOU LAUGH,
YOUR PERFUME.
- HELL?
- YES.
AND I KNOW IT'S NO THE RIGHT TIME NOW,
- BUT YOU JUST MAY
VERY WELL LEAVE AND I--
- WHAT?
I LOVE YOU.
KA'IULANI, I'M...
I'M-- I'M HOPELESSLY
IN LOVE WITH YOU.
( giggles )
HOPELESSLY?
DESPERATELY.
IRREPARABLY.
COMPLETELY.
I'M TALKING ABOU A LEGITIMATE CONSTITUTION.
YOUR HIGHNESS,
WE HAVE A CONSTITUTION
SIGNED BY THE KING.
I DO NOT RECOGNIZE
A CONSTITUTION THAT IS UNJUST,
- CRAFTED BY THIEVES.
- THIEVES, DID YOU SAY?
SILENCE,
MR. THURSTON!
YOU SUCCEEDED IN
BENDING MY BROTHER.
ME YOU WILL NOT FIND
AS PLIABLE.
WE ACT FOR THE PEOPLE,
YOUR MAJESTY.
- THE PEOPLE?
- YES.
THIS CONSTITUTION
WAS PETITIONED
BY THE CITIZENS
OF THIS COUNTRY.
BY THE PEOPLE,
MR. THURSTON.
THIS IS THE CONSTITUTION
THEY WANT, AS DO I!
SIGNED AND ENACTED
IMMEDIATELY!
AS YOU WISH.
- YOUR MAJESTY, I FEEL YOU--
- YOU ARE DISMISSED, MR. DOLE.
SEND THIS MESSAGE:
"U.S. MINISTER STEVENS,
HONOLULU HARBOR.
AMERICAN LIVES
AND PROPERTY AT RISK."
( clears throat )
( giggles )
I'VE LOWERED THE TOP BAR
SO THAT YOU CAN RIDE IT.
BUT IT'S YOURS.
- TRY IT!
- ( giggles )
COME ON.
- THAT'S IT.
- ( grunts )
- WHOA WHOA.
- OW, MY ANKLE.
HAVE A SEAT.
THIS ONE?
I'M TOLD THIS IS
THE MOST SENSITIVE PAR OF A WOMAN'S BODY.
A WOMAN'S GEOGRAPHY
IS A LITTLE DIFFEREN IN HAWAII.
IS THAT SO?
( laughs )
AND WHAT IF I ASKED YOU
TO MARRY ME?
I WOULDN'T KNOW
UNTIL YOU ASKED ME.
WILL YOU?
THAT'S NOT VERY
ROMANTIC.
VICTORIA
KAWEKIU LUNALILO...
KALANINUIAHILAPALAPA
KA'IULANI...
WILL YOU MARRY ME?
WHAT IF I HAVE TO GO
BACK TO HAWAII THOUGH?
OH, I'LL FOLLOW YOU.
- I'LL FOLLOW YOU.
- REALLY?
YES. YES.
Alice:
YOU'RE IN HERE WORKING
YOURSELF UP, AREN'T YOU?
DON'T.
YOU'LL BE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
GIRL AT THE PARTY, EASILY.
WHICH ONE'S FOR WHEN YOU
FIRST KISSED CLIVE?
( classical music playing )
- Man: YOUR GRACE.
- GOOD AFTERNOON.
HOW DELIGHTFUL TO SEE YOU
AGAIN, ELIZABETH.
- AFTERNOON.
- THEO.
- SPLENDID SHOW, DAVID.
- HOW WAS YOUR TRIP ABROAD?
YOU MUST TELL US
ALL ABOUT IT WHEN
NEXT WE SEE YOU.
THAT DARK
COMPLEXION.
SHE'S HALF POLYNESIAN
AND THE WRONG HALF
EDINBURGH SCOTS.
- REVEREND GOFF.
YOU REMEMBER ALICE?
- IS THIS VICTORIA?
Duchess:
AND CLIVE IS ROMANTICALLY
INVOLVED WITH HER?
MMM.
HAVE A WONDERFUL
PARTY.
DO YOU THINK
SHE'S ATTRACTIVE?
( groans )
IN A JUNGLE TIGRESS
SORT OF WAY, I SUPPOSE.
- ( Duchess titters )
- DAVID!
VICTORIA, I'D LIKE
TO INTRODUCE THE DUKE
OF WINCHESTER
AND HIS NEW WIFE
THE DUCHESS.
NEW WIFE?
WAS THERE ANOTHER?
( faked laughter )
WE WERE JUST ADMIRING YOU
FROM ACROSS THE ROOM.
DO YOU READ AND WRITE?
( sighs )
IN BOTH HAWAIIAN
- HMM.
- HAWAII HAS THE HIGHES LITERACY RATE IN THE WORLD.
Duchess:
YOUR GOWN IS LOVELY.
YOU COULD ALMOST PASS
AS ONE OF OUR ROYALS.
THE PRINCESS'S FAMILY LINE
DATES BACK 1500 YEARS.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU HAD
YOUR TITLE, ELIZABETH,
A MONTH?
EXCUSE US.
IT IS A PLEASURE TO MAKE
YOUR ACQUAINTANCE.
Alice:
I AM SORRY, ELIZABETH.
HONESTY DOES ALWAYS
GET THE BETTER OF HIM.
WHOA.
( door opens )
LOOK AT ME.
I'M A MESS.
FORGET THEM.
THEY'RE POMPOUS FOOLS.
- I DON'T CARE WHAT THEY THINK.
- GOOD.
- I DON'T.
- GOOD.
IT JUST BOTHERS ME
TO SIT HERE...
LIKE SOME ORNAMENT.
MORE NEWS?
IT'S FROM KALEHUA.
DO YOU WANT TO GO HOME?
Theo:
AH, CLIVE, MAY WE
HAVE A WORD?
IN PRIVATE?
IF YOU'LL EXCUSE
US, VICTORIA?
( whispers )
I LOVE YOU.
Theo:
THANK YOU.
IF THIS IS ABOUT THE DUKE
AND THE DUCHESS, I'M SORRY--
YOU AND VICTORIA.
YES, I'VE PROPOSED.
- SHE'S ACCEPTED.
- Mother: GOOD.
WE THOUGHT SO.
IF YOU WANT HER TO STAY,
IF YOU WANT TO MARRY HER,
SHE MUSTN'T SEE THIS.
Soldier:
MOVE MOVE MOVE!
- GO GO GO GO GO!
- OVER HERE. THIS WAY!
( horse neighs )
THIS WAY,
STAND YOUR GROUND!
HAS WASHINGTON
APPROVED?
WELL, DEMOCRACY IS
AMERICAN.
Soldier:
TAKE THE PALACE.
SURRENDER ALL YOUR WEAPONS.
GIVE ME THAT!
( thunder rumbling )
Maid:
MA'AM?
MRS. CONNELLY,
THE SEAMSTRESS.
- MISS BARNES.
- MA'AM.
RECENTLY WIDOWED.
LOOKING FOR WORK, MA'AM.
BRING TOWELS.
- QUICKLY!
- Alice: BUT SHE WAS SO--
ALICE!
YOUR CLOAK LOOKS
VERY DAMP, MRS. CONNELLY.
MAY I?
PLEASE.
I'M JUST NOT SURE IF
HE'S THE WISEST CHOICE
AT THIS MOMENT!
WHO ARE YOU TO SAY
WHAT I CAN DO?
I AM STILL YOUR FATHER,
YOUNG LADY.
YOU LOST THAT PRIVILEGE
TWO YEARS AGO
WHEN YOU ABANDONED ME!
OH!
WHY ARE YOU HERE?!
HAVEN'T YOU READ
ANY OF MY TELEGRAMS?
WHAT TELEGRAMS?!
STAY THERE!
WHERE ARE THEY?
WHERE ARE THEY?
"MONARCHY OVERTHROWN."
"HOUSE ARREST."
"NOTIFY THE PRINCESS."
WHY?
- WHY?
- VICTORIA?
YOU'RE GETTING
MARRIED.
DID YOU KNOW?!
THESE!
DID YOU KNOW?
( sighs )
I DID.
AM I THAT WEAK
IN YOUR EYES?
NO, I THOUGH THAT I WOULD WAIT.
- UNTIL WE WERE MARRIED.
- AND I'M JUST TO FOLLOW
IN YOUR PURSUITS?
NO.
I LOVE YOU.
YOU'VE SAID THAT.
Theo:
VICTORIA.
THERE IS NO VICTORIA.
THERE NEVER WAS!
KA'IULANI.
KA'IULANI, WAIT.
I MADE A MISTAKE.
I'M SORRY.
- YOU SAID YOU'D
FOLLOW ME IF I HAD TO GO.
- I KNOW, AND I WILL.
IF IT COMES TO THAT,
THEN I WILL FOLLOW YOU.
STOP!
DO YOU THINK THA YOU MEAN MORE TO ME
THAN MY COUNTRY?
DO YOU?
( sobbing )
( knocks )
Archie:
KA'IULANI?
I, UM...
I HAD CROSS WORDS
WITH THEO LAST NIGHT.
WHY WOULD HE DO IT?
HE HAS HIS OWN INTERESTS
TO PROTECT, I SUPPOSE.
HE FEELS MISERABLE ABOU THE WAY THAT THINGS
HAVE WORKED OU BETWEEN YOU AND THE BOY.
HE SHOULD.
WHETHER OR NO IT'S THE BEST TIME...
THE BOY LOVES YOU.
BUT HE LEFT.
SO IT DOESN'T REALLY
MATTER, DOES IT?
TELL ME HOW
WE LOST OUR COUNTRY.
Archie:
DO YOU REMEMBER
YOUR UNCLE'S BODYGUARD
- FROM ALL THOSE YEARS AGO?
- YES.
WELL, HE ORGANIZED
A REBELLION
AFTER DOLE AND THURSTON HAD
OVERTHROWN THE GOVERNMENT.
AND THE PLAN WAS
TO MARCH ON HONOLULU
AND FORCE THURSTON'S
REGIME TO DISBAND,
BUT HIS MEN WERE NOT PREPARED
FOR WHAT LAY IN WAIT.
IT WAS A MASSACRE
FROM THE BEGINNING,
I'M AFRAID.
( shouting )
FIRE!
( gunfire )
( Gatling gun firing )
KALEHUA!
- HOW MANY DEAD?
- TOO MANY.
AND AUNT LYDIA?
- ( crockery smashing )
- THE PALACE WAS OVERRUN
WITH THIEVES
AND WHORES.
SHE WAS ARRESTED.
SHE WAS DECLARED
GUILTY OF TREASON
AND SENTENCED
TO INDEFINITE
HOUSE ARRES WITH FORFEITURE
OF HER ASSETS.
AND THE TWINS?
WELL, I'VE HAD NO NEWS
OF EITHER OF THEM.
WHAT IF WE WERE TO APPEAL
TO THE AMERICAN PRESIDEN TO WITHHOLD HIS SUPPORT?
EVEN IF WE COULD FIND
A WAY TO SEE HIM,
CLEVELAND HASN'T MUCH
OF HIS TERM LEFT.
- THEN WE WILL ACT QUICKLY.
- HMM?
DON'T YOU THINK I COULD
PERSUADE A PRESIDENT?
WELL, YOU ARE
YOUR MOTHER'S DAUGHTER,
I SUPPOSE.
DON'T DISREGARD YOUR HEART.
WHY DIDN' YOU GO AFTER HIM?
- PRIDE, I SUPPOSE.
- PRIDE, OH?
PRIDE CAN KEEP YOU
FROM MANY A GOOD THING.
WOULD YOU, UM...
WOULD YOU HAVE A READ
OF THIS, PLEASE?
WHAT IS IT?
AH, THEO WROTE I FOR YOU.
IT'S HIS WAY OF MAKING
AMENDS, I SUPPOSE.
THE AMERICAN PRESS
WILL BE WAITING
FOR YOU.
THEY KNOW WE'RE COMING?
OH, YES YES.
THURSTON MADE SURE OF IT.
HE POSTED A SOMEWHA INFLAMMATORY LETTER
IN THE MAIN NEW YORK
JOURNAL.
WHY AM I NOT SURPRISED?
THIS NEEDS REVISIONS.
WHY AM I
NOT SURPRISED?
- I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT.
- THERE SHE IS.
EXCUSE ME,
COMING THROUGH.
- THINK SHE'LL BE BAREFOOT?
- MORE THAN LIKELY.
WAIT HERE, MA'AM.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN?
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
I WOULD LIKE TO PRESEN MY DAUGHTER
PRINCESS KA'IULANI
OF HAWAII.
Woman:
SHE'S PRETTY.
- UNDENIABLY ELEGANT.
- SHE'S BEAUTIFUL.
( softly )
UNBIDDEN,
- I STAND ON YOUR SHORES TODAY.
- WHAT?!
- WHAT? WHAT?
- CAN'T HEAR IN THE BACK.
- WHAT IS SHE SAYING?
- LOUDER!
- I COME UNATTENDED EXCEP FOR THE LOVING HEARTS...
- CAN'T HEAR YOU IN THE BACK.
- SPEAK UP, GIRLIE!
LOUDER!
WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?
( wavering )
I HEAR THAT COMMISSIONERS
FROM MY LAND
HAVE BEEN ASKING
THIS GREAT NATION
TO TAKE AWAY
MY LITTLE VINEYARD.
- WHAT DID SHE SAY?
- THEY SPEAK NO WORD TO ME
- AND LEAVE ME TO FIND OUT...
- WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!
MA'AM, WHAT HAVE
YOU GOT TO SAY?
NOTHING.
SHE'S JUST A GIRL.
GET ON WITH IT.
( woman laughs )
- 70 YEARS AGO...
- WHAT?
...CHRISTIAN AMERICA
SENT MEN AND WOMEN
TO GIVE RELIGION TO HAWAII.
TODAY THREE SONS
OF THOSE MISSIONARIES
ARE APPEALING TO YOUR CAPITOL
TO UNDO THEIR FATHERS' WORK.
I, A YOUNG
INEXPERIENCED GIRL,
WITH NOT ONE OF MY PEOPLE
NEAR ME
AND ALL OF THESE STATESMEN
AGAINST ME,
HAVE CHOSEN TO STAND UP
FOR THE RIGHTS OF MY PEOPLE.
EVEN NOW
I HEAR THEIR WAILING
IN MY HEAR AND IT GIVES ME
THE STRENGTH AND COURAGE.
AND I AM STRONG
IN THE FAITH OF GOD,
STRONG IN THE KNOWLEDGE
THAT I AM RIGHT,
STRONG IN THE STRENGTH
OF 70 MILLION PEOPLE
WHO IN THIS FREE LAND
WILL HEAR MY CRY
AND REFUSE TO LET THEIR FLAG
HIDE DISHONOR TO MINE!
- BRAVO!
- Woman: GOOD FOR YOU.
- WELL SAID.
- ( applause )
THANK YOU.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?
- YES YES! OVER HERE!
- YES YES, YOU, SIR.
- YOU, SIR, YES.
- PRINCESS KA'IULANI, WILL YOU
BE MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT?
I'M IN THE UNITED STATES
AS A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL
WITH NO INVITATION
TO THE WHITE HOUSE.
BUT WITH YOUR HELP,
I HOPE TO CHANGE THAT.
- HERE HERE HERE!
- BUT YOU CAN CALL ON HIM
ANY TIME INFORMALLY.
I COULD NOT DO THAT.
ONE WOULD NOT CALL
ON A GENTLEMAN
WITH WHOM THEY ARE NO ACQUAINTED, INFORMALLY.
AND I DO NOT BELIEVE THA THE PUBLIC STATION
OF PRESIDENT CLEVELAND
MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
HOW LONG WILL YOU WAI THEN FOR AN INVITATION?
AS LONG AS IT TAKES.
AND IF HE WON' MEET WITH YOU?
THEN I SHALL BE HERE
A VERY LONG TIME.
( reporters chuckle )
THAT'S ALL FOR THIS AFTERNOON,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
THANK YOU VERY VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU.
I THINK THE VERY FLOWER
OF CIVILIZATION.
HER ACCENT SAYS LONDON,
HER FIGURE NEW YORK,
- BUT HER HEART SAYS HAWAII.
- NOT AT ALL WHAT I EXPECTED.
NOT EVEN A HEMI-SEMI-DEMI
BARBARIAN.
( mutters )
- CHRISTIAN!
- ( paper tears )
SET THIS TO PRIN IMMEDIATELY.
AND THE HEADLINE?
"THE PRINCESS WHO...
IMAGINES SHE'S QUEEN."
( hoofbeats,
carriage rattling )
I CAME TO AMERICA TO MEE WITH THE PRESIDENT,
NOT TO SHARE A HOT DOG
WITH THE FIRST LADY.
BUT YOU'RE NO A STATESMAN.
- HMM?
- SO I'M TO HAVE
A LUNCHEON--
YES YES.
UNDER THE GUISE
OF HAVING A LUNCHEON
WE COULD MEET THE MOS POWERFUL MAN IN AMERICA.
YOU HAVE TO WALK
A FINE LINE HERE, KA'IULANI.
Woman:
YOUR NAME IS BEAUTIFUL.
AND SO ARE YOU,
MY DEAR.
MUCH FAIRER IN PERSON
THAN IN THE PAPERS.
THANK YOU.
GROVER WAS ADAMAN THAT YOU JOIN US.
OH, SPEAKING
OF THE DEVIL.
Cleveland:
A STROKE OF GOOD FORTUNE.
MY MEETING WAS CANCELED.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR LUNCH.
THE MAN CAN ALWAYS EAT.
I KNOW YOU WON'T TAKE NO
FOR AN ANSWER, GROVER.
ANYTHING I CAN
BRING YOU, MA'AM?
CUMIN, PLEASE?
YOUR HIGHNESS, IT'S BEEN
IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE
YOUR STAY HERE.
THE PRESS ABSOLUTELY
LOVES YOU.
THERE ARE SENATORS
ON CAPITOL HILL THAT WIELD
LESS POWER OVER THE PRESS
THAN YOU SEEM TO.
Archie:
HER HIGHNESS
UNDERSTANDS THA - SHE'S NOT HERE
ON STATE BUSINESS.
- THANK YOU.
WHAT MY FATHER IS
SAYING IS THA I'M GRATEFUL TO BE A GUES AND WOULD NEVER PRESUME
TO TALK ABOU THE POLITICS OF HAWAII.
WHICH REMINDS ME
OF THIS HEN.
Grover:
THE HEN REMINDS YOU
OF HAWAII?
( chuckles )
IT DOES, ACTUALLY.
NATURAL,
UNSPOILED,
PERFECT.
FOR AS LONG AS ANYONE
CAN REMEMBER,
PEPPER HAS BEEN THE PERFEC SEASONING FOR HEN.
LATELY THOUGH, SALT,
A WHITE MINERAL FROM THE SEA,
HAS BEEN THE FASHION.
CAREFUL TO ADD
JUST A BIT,
AS A PERFECT BALANCE
CAN BE EASILY UPSET.
SHOULD YOU INTRODUCE
AN AMERICAN SPICE,
SUCH AS CUMIN...
THE SALT IS FORTIFIED,
THE HEN DESTROYED.
MR. PRESIDENT,
IF YOU PLEASE.
( squawks )
IT'S TERRIBLE.
TELL ME, HOW DO WE RESTORE
THE NATURAL FLAVOR?
CUMIN HAS NO PLACE ON HEN.
WELL, PRINCESS,
I ONLY HAVE FOUR WEEKS
LEFT IN OFFICE,
BUT I PROMISE
TO DO WHAT I CAN
TO HALT THE USE OF... CUMIN.
YOU'LL NEED TO GET YOUR SPICES
IN ORDER QUICKLY, YOUNG LADY.
PRESIDENT-ELECT McKINLEY
IS FROM OHIO
AND, AS FAR AS I KNOW,
NOT A VERY GOOD COOK.
Thurston:
GENTLEMEN,
SHE MAY HAVE SUCCEEDED
IN WINNING OVER CLEVELAND,
BUT THE NEW PRESIDEN DOESN'T SHARE HIS VIEWS.
McKINLEY
IS WISE TO THE RICHES
OF THIS COUNTRY,
AND WHAT WE CAN DO FOR HIS.
AND HE UNDERSTANDS
THAT WHOEVER POSSESSES HAWAII
CONTROLS THE PACIFIC.
SO HER PLAN HAS FAILED.
WHAT SHE'S DONE IS
AN ACT OF TREASON
- AND WE WILL NOT STAND FOR IT!
- Man: THAT'S RIGHT!
IF SHE DOES RETURN,
I PROPOSE THAT SHE IS
IMMEDIATELY INCARCERATED.
Dole:
WHAT POSSIBLE GOOD
COULD THAT DO?
SHE'S OF LITTLE RELEVANCE
TO YOU NOW. THE UNITED STATES
IS ON YOUR SIDE.
OUR SIDE...
DON'T YOU MEAN, JUSTICE?
YES.
YES, I...
OF COURSE.
WHAT I'M SAYING
IS THAT TO IMPRISON
THE PRINCESS
WOULD ONLY CREATE MORE
TENSION BETWEEN SIDES.
THERE IS ONLY
ONE SIDE, SANFORD--
OURS.
IT'S INTERESTING YOU HAVEN' REALIZED THAT YET.
- ( ships horn blares )
- ARE WE THERE YET?
( soldiers shout in distance )
Soldier:
ALL RIGHT, BOYS.
- COME ON!
- OVER HERE.
THANK YOU.
I HAVE ORDERS TO ESCORT YOU
TO THE QUEEN'S RESIDENCE,
PRINCESS.
PLEASE.
( soldiers shouting
in distance )
KA'IULANI?
I HARDLY RECOGNIZE YOU.
YOU HAVE BECOME A WOMAN.
SO BEAUTIFUL.
YOUR COUNTRY HAS
MISSED YOU, KA'IULANI.
I AM SO HAPPY
YOU'VE COME BACK.
WHAT HAPPENED?
THE UNITED STATES SUPPORTS
THE ANTIROYALISTS.
IT IS CLEAR TO ME NOW
THAT THEY ALWAYS INTENDED
TO DO SO.
WE ARE BEING ANNEXED,
OUR SOVEREIGNTY STOLEN.
THE KANAKA SIGNED A PETITION...
WHICH WAS IGNORED.
WE HAVE BEEN SILENCED.
I'M SO SORRY.
IT WAS A VERY NOBLE THING
YOU DID, MY CHILD.
UNFORTUNATELY,
YOU HAVE ARRIVED
AT THE SADDES POSSIBLE TIME.
THE ANNEXATION CEREMONY
IS TOMORROW.
I WON'T ATTEND.
I'M HOSTING
A PRIVATE FUNCTION,
A KIND OF FUNERAL
FOR OUR NATION.
A WISE WOMAN ONCE SAID...
"WE MUST ALWAYS MAKE ROOM
FOR THE LIVING."
AND WE WILL.
Clive's voice:
MY DEAR KA'IULANI...
PLEASE UNDERSTAND MY REASONS
FOR LEAVING YOU.
( waves lapping )
I BELIEVE YOU'LL FIND IT EASIER
TO GO HOME WITHOUT ME.
I ACTED FOOLISHLY,
AND FOR THAT I AM TRULY SORRY.
BUT PLEASE, I BEG YOU,
DO NOT FORGET US.
OUR LOVE DESERVES
TO BE GUARDED.
I PRAY THAT TIME WILL BRING US
TOGETHER AGAIN.
REMAIN COURAGEOUS,
MY BELOVED PRINCESS.
NO ONE CAN RESIST YOU,
CERTAINLY NOT I.
YOUR LOVING CLIVE.
THE NIGHT MY COUNTRY
DISAPPEARED.
Official:
DO YOU SWEAR ALLEGIANCE
TO GOD AND COUNTRY?
Dole: I DO.
( brass band playing
"The Star Spangled Banner" )
( band going progressively
out of tune )
( girl speaks Hawaiian )
WHERE DID YOU
GET THIS?
MAY I HAVE A WORD,
YOUR HIGHNESS?
I APPRECIATE YOUR
SEEING ME, YOUR HIGHNESS.
I CAN ONLY IMAGINE
THE EMOTIONS THA YOU ARE FEELING TODAY.
NOW THAT HAWAII
IS U.S. TERRITORY
THERE MUST BE NEW LAWS.
TO THAT END, THREE U.S.
COMMISSIONERS
ARE ARRIVING TODAY
TO ASSIST ME.
LORRIN THURSTON AND I WERE
WONDERING IF YOU MIGHT...
IF YOU COULD POSSIBLY FIND I IN YOURSELF TO HOST A DINNER
FOR THESE COMMISSIONERS?
I UNDERSTAND.
YOUR HIGHNESS,
THESE COMMISSIONERS WILL
PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE
IN THE FUTURE
OF HAWAII.
THEIR KNOWLEDGE IS LIMITED
TO WHAT THURSTON
HAS TOLD THEM.
JUST BE A GOOD HOSTESS,
SHOW THEM OUR SOLIDARITY.
IT'S A VERY IMPORTAN EVENING FOR US.
IT COULD BE FOR YOU,
AS WELL.
Barbershop quartet:
LATE ONE NIGHT WHEN
WE WERE ALL IN BED
- OLD MOTHER LEARY LEF THE LANTERN IN THE SHED...
- THANK YOU.
WHEN THE COW KICKED OVER
SHE WINKED HER EYE AND SAID,
"THERE'LL BE A HOT TIME
IN THE OLD TOWN
TONIGHT"...
Man:
GOOD EVENING, YOUR HIGHNESS.
Man:
YOUR HIGHNESS.
PRINCESS.
- YOUR HIGHNESS.
- EVENING.
YOU ARE DOING YOUR PEOPLE
A GREAT SERVICE TONIGHT,
PRINCESS.
EVENING.
I HOPE SO,
MR. THURSTON.
YOUR HIGHNESS.
GOOD EVENING, SIR.
( guests chattering )
ONE MORE?
- LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
- ( clinks flatware )
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
I'M SO PLEASED TO SEE EVERYONE
ENJOYING THEMSELVES.
DON'T BE AFRAID
TO TRY THE POI.
IT'S REALLY QUITE DELICIOUS.
I HAVE THE DISTINGUISHED
HONOR THIS EVENING
TO INTRODUCE YOUR HOSTESS,
THE LOVELY
PRINCESS KA'IULANI.
- ( applause )
- Men: HEAR HEAR!
THANK YOU.
I HOPE EVERYONE
ENJOYED THE LOCAL FOOD
THIS EVENING.
THE HAGGIS, OF COURSE,
IS NOT HAWAIIAN,
BUT RATHER A REMINDER
TO MY FATHER
TO STAY AWAY
FROM THE KITCHEN STAFF.
HAWAII IS ABOUT TO ENTER
INTO THE 20th CENTURY
A CHANGED NATION.
THIS EVENING, I OFFER
THAT WE EMBARK
ON THIS TRANSITION
- AS FRIENDS.
- HEAR HEAR!
WELL SAID.
MR. THURSTON AND MR. DOLE
WANTED A POPULAR GOVERNMENT.
WELL, IT HAS ARRIVED
UNDER THE LAWS
OF THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTION.
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
ASK MR. THURSTON
AND HE WILL TELL YOU
THAT IF YOU OWN LAND
YOU CAN VOTE.
CONVENIENTLY,
THE NATIVES
DO NOT OWN LAND.
IF YOU ASK ONE
OF THE COMMISSIONERS
FROM WASHINGTON--
ALL PRESENT THIS EVENING--
THEY WILL TELL YOU
WITH GREAT PRIDE
THAT ANY AMERICAN MALE
WHO CAN READ OR WRITE
CAN VOTE.
ANY ANGLO-AMERICAN...
OF COURSE.
AS TO THE OTHERS,
ONE DAY
THEY TOO WILL BE
READY TO GOVERN.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO IT.
BUT, REGRETTABLY,
THAT IS NOT TODAY.
ON THE CONTRARY.
YOU WILL FIND THE KANAKA
ARE VERY EAGER TO HAVE A HAND
IN THEIR OWN GOVERNANCE.
MISS CLEGHORN,
WHAT ARE YOU SAYING EXACTLY?
I'M TALKING ABOU THE RIGHT TO VOTE.
Man: WHAT?
I PETITION UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE
FOR ALL OUR PEOPLE.
Thurston:
I BEG YOUR PARDON?
SENATORS,
WE SIMPLY CANNOT...
CONSIDER A PETITION
FROM AN ABROGATED HEIRESS.
Commissioner:
WITH ALL DUE RESPECT,
MISS CLEGHORN,
OUR GOVERNMENT DOESN' RECOGNIZE YOU AS A STATESMAN.
WHO WILL PRESEN YOUR PETITION?
- Dole: I WILL.
- Crowd: WHAT? HUH?
YOUR MAJESTY,
YOUR HIGHNESS,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
I FORMALLY PROPOSE
A REVISION
TO THE ANNEXATION DOCUMENT.
THIS REALLY IS NO THE TIME OR THE PLACE.
SANFORD, PLEASE.
Ka'iulani:
THE COMMISSIONERS
ARE ALL HERE.
I CAN'T THINK THINK
OF A BETTER TIME.
MIGHT I...
MIGHT I REMIND YOU
THE YOUNG LADY IS
NO LONGER A PRINCESS.
WITH ALL DUE RESPECT.
THIS IS ABSURD.
HONESTLY, SANFORD...
HAVE YOU COMPLETELY LOS YOUR SENSES?
OUR FAMILIES DEVELOPED
THIS LAND.
OUR FAMILIES.
AND NOW YOU ALONE
ARE PROPOSING TO JUS THROW IT AWAY.
Commissioner:
THE PRESENCE OF THE UNITED
STATES IN THESE ISLANDS
MUST BE IN THE INTERESTS
OF ALL ITS PEOPLE.
- ( crowd agrees )
- ABSOLUTELY.
MISS CLEGHORN, HOW MANY
NATIVES ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?
90% OF ALL OUR PEOPLE.
( murmuring )
I BELIEVE WE ARE COMPELLED
TO PRESENT MISS CLEGHORN'S
PETITION TO CONGRESS.
WELL...
WHAT BEGAN
AS A LOVELY EVENING
HAS REDUCED ITSELF
TO MADNESS.
I, FOR ONE, TRUST THA YOU'LL COME TO YOUR SENSES.
AS FOR NOW,
I BID YOU GOOD EVENING.
PUIKI, HELP ME
WITH YOUR MOTHER'S CHAIR.
- IT'S TIME FOR US TO LEAVE.
- LYDIA: STAY.
HAVE A SEAT, MR. DOLE.
GOOD EVENING.
LET HIM BE GONE.
( doors close )
( sighs )
Dole:
I THINK YOU'LL SEE
WHAT I MEAN.
PERFECT CONDITIONS FOR THESE
TYPES OF TREES AND FAUNA.
- OH, HOW BEAUTIFUL.
- THE COOLING BREEZES
WHICH COME ASHORE
UNTIL THE LATE FALL.
( speaking Hawaiian )
Archie:
DO YOU REMEMBER GOING
OVER TO THAT ISLAND
- WHEN YOU WERE A WEE GIRL?
- THE COLORS OF THE WATER...
Man:
I COULD GET USED TO THIS.
YOU CAN'T HAVE FORGOTTEN
YOU WENT MISSING FOR
HALF AN HOUR,
CHASING FISH
IN ROCK POOLS,
YOU SAID, DEAR.
( soft laughter )
( singing in Hawaiian )
( applause )
- WHAT JUST HAPPENED?
- THEY JUST CROWNED HER.
CAN THEY DO THAT?
YES.
WELL, SHALL WE?
SHALL WE?
- THIS WAY?
- THIS WAY, COMMISSIONER.
LADIES.
KA'IULANI...
"IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE
THAT I WRITE TO YOU
THIS LETTER.
THE QUIET EFFORTS
OF THE PRINCESS TO OBLITERATE
HARSH FEELINGS IN HAWAII
AND HER ACCEPTANCE
OF THE NEW ORDER OF THINGS
IS APPRECIATED
BY THIS COMMUNITY.
IN RECOGNITION, THE NEW
TERRITORY OF HAWAII
EXPECTS TO GRAN ALL HAWAIIANS FULL RIGHTS
OF CITIZENSHIP."
THE KANAKA CAN VOTE.
YES.
YOU DID IT, BABY GIRL.
( waves lapping )
IS THAT THE POMPOUS FELLOW
I ONCE DROVE
INTO A DITCH?
I ALWAYS SAID I'D
FOLLOW YOU TO HAWAII.
YOU MIGHT HAVE COME
A BIT SOONER.
YES, WELL, I HAD
SOME CIRCUMSTANCES.
MY... FATHER PASSED AWAY.
OH.
I'M SORRY.
HE LEF HIS HAWAIIAN INTERESTS
IN MY CHARGE.
- IS THAT WHY YOU'RE HERE?
- NO.
YOU WERE MAGNIFICEN BACK THERE.
DID YOU EVER READ MY LETTER?
I... I DID.
I'VE NEVER STOPPED
THINKING ABOUT YOU.
I WAS SUCH A STUPID BOY.
SO SELFISH, I--
I LOVE YOU, KA'IULANI.
I LOVE YOU TOO.
YOU NEVER LEFT MY HEART.
COME BACK TO ENGLAND.
MARRY ME.
WHY WOULD I GO
BACK TO ENGLAND?
WELL, YOU CAN'T JUST...
EXPECT ME, I...
KA'IULANI,
I HAVE OBLIGATIONS.
AND SO DO I.
HERE.
NOT ANYMORE.
WELL, THE COUNTRY'S
CRUMBLING.
WOULD YOU REALLY WAN TO STAY HERE AND WATCH I FADE AWAY?
AND WHAT WOULD IT FADE INTO
WITHOUT ME?
AND WHAT WOULD I FADE INTO
WITHOUT IT?
YOU ARE MAGNIFICENT.
GOODBYE, CLIVE.
THANK GOD CHANGE WAS NO SO VIOLENT THIS TIME.
I THINK
AN ENTIRE NATION DIED
THIS TIME, MR. DOLE.
NO, YOUR HIGHNESS, IT LIVES.
IT LIVES IN YOU.
( Lydia narrating )
HAWAIIANS REMEMBER
PRINCESS KA'IULANI
AS THE HOPE SHE BROUGH TO HER PEOPLE.
THE FLAME OF OUR GREA CHIEFESS BURNS BRIGHTLY
IN THE SOUL OF OUR NATION.
( instrumental music playing )