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Goin' Coconuts

  • 1978
  • PG
  • 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
4.0/10
287
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Goin' Coconuts (1978)
AdventureComedy

While performing in Hawaii Donny and Marie Osmond get involved in a crime mystery surrounding a necklace.While performing in Hawaii Donny and Marie Osmond get involved in a crime mystery surrounding a necklace.While performing in Hawaii Donny and Marie Osmond get involved in a crime mystery surrounding a necklace.

  • Director
    • Howard Morris
  • Writers
    • William Marc Daniels
    • Raymond Harvey
  • Stars
    • Donny Osmond
    • Marie Osmond
    • Herb Edelman
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    4.0/10
    287
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Howard Morris
    • Writers
      • William Marc Daniels
      • Raymond Harvey
    • Stars
      • Donny Osmond
      • Marie Osmond
      • Herb Edelman
    • 16User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Donny Osmond
    Donny Osmond
    • Donny
    Marie Osmond
    Marie Osmond
    • Marie
    Herb Edelman
    Herb Edelman
    • Sid
    • (as Herbert Edelman)
    Kenneth Mars
    Kenneth Mars
    • Kruse
    Ted Cassidy
    Ted Cassidy
    • Mickey
    Marc Lawrence
    Marc Lawrence
    • Webster
    Khigh Dhiegh
    Khigh Dhiegh
    • Wong
    Harold Sakata
    Harold Sakata
    • Ito
    Jack Collins
    Jack Collins
    • Charlie
    Danny Wells
    Danny Wells
    • Al
    Charles Walker
    Charles Walker
    • Jake
    Tommy Fujiwara
    Tommy Fujiwara
    • Alecki
    Crystin Sinclaire
    • Tricia
    Debbie Osmond
    • Girl at the End Speaking with Donny
    • (uncredited)
    Daniel Selby
    Daniel Selby
    • Boy in Airport
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Howard Morris
    • Writers
      • William Marc Daniels
      • Raymond Harvey
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    10mandz_jane

    I really liked it!!!

    OK so I might be a tad biased in saying that I really liked this film as I am a huge Osmond fan!! But it was really funny. I enjoyed seeing Donny and Marie interact they have such amazing chemistry working as a brother and sister team. Being only 19 a lot of people think it is odd that someone my age likes The Osmonds, but The Osmonds are so incredibly talented and I really admire them, they are awesome!! Donny and Marie have amazing voices, if only all the famous singers these days could sing half as good as The Osmonds. I loved every song they sang in the movie. If anyone happens to read this checkout Donny's cd called "What I Mean't To Say", it just shows what a wonderful singer he truly is.
    1curtis-8

    What Happened here?

    I saw this movie when I was a kid and just watched it again for nostalgia's sake. My reaction on both occasions was to think "What happened here?" They couldn't have come up with a lazier, lamer vehicle for these kids if they'd tried. I mean, it was a theatrical feature film featuring a talented duo with a hit tv show ant hit records. And it's like they put almost no money--or, more importantly, zero effort--into the movie. It's not even as good as a TV movie from back in the day--the two part Brady Bunch Hawaiian episode was better quality. Howard Morris has directed good films before this, but Coconuts seems to have not been directed at all. SO many endless long shots, bad sound--like they just set up a camera in one spot and told the actors to do the best they could with no retakes. Kenneth Mars tries desperately to be funny--SO desperately. Donny and Marie are pleasant and natural, but they're so relaxed they seem to think that they're just doing a rehearsal. There's a happy, "Yeah, whatever...when's lunch?" attitude which could have been funny if played up on purpose. But I think they really just had no idea what was going on. This doesn't seem like it was directed by someone who doesn't know how to direct a movie, but by someone who has never even SEEN a movie before. The cheezy disney movies of the day like Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo put this film to shame. How could so many talented people produce something so LAME?

    Ps-- I recently read that Donny and Marie passed up on roles in Grease in order to do this movie--Marie would have been Sandy and Donny cameoed as an angel. They supposedly chose this project because it was more "family friendly," which is kind of strange seeing as how it has murders and racial "humor."
    3moonspinner55

    "Cute, Marie...cute"

    Jewel thieves in Hawaii are after necklace worn by visiting pop star. Imagine being outsmarted by Donny & Marie Osmond! Blandly cute semi-musical may spark fond memories for fans of the duo's TV variety show, but is otherwise an unpolished comedy of embarrassments. Aloha! *1/2 from ****
    jjavieraponteparsi

    I loved the soundtrack album

    I never saw this movie, didn't know it was a movie when I bought the album back in 1978. I loved the soundtrack album, I wish they would reissue it in CD. I have a Greatest Hits album that includes On the shelf, but I also liked the other songs, specially Falling In Love (it was great), the instrumental version of May Tomorrow Be a Perfect Day, and that cover they did that went like this "Baby, now that I found you I can't let you go, I built my world around you, I need you so, baby even though you don't need me..." One day I had that song playing and my older brother said "Wow, that's a very old song!". He remembered the original; for me it was new. Later I heard the original (I don't remember the title of the tune), but I still prefer Donny & Marie's version.I really enjoyed (and still do) their music and their TV show when I was a teenager. God bless them both!
    1lxg2k

    Worst Movie Ever Made!

    I saw this movie when it came out in the theaters and I was a fan of the Donnie & Marie Show...However, even though I was only 15 when I saw it, I was shocked and disappointed at how bad this film was. It was so bad, I was embarrassed for them and I walked out of the movie half way through.

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    • Trivia
      Although he continued to do voice work on several television projects, this is the final theatrically released film Ted Cassidy ever appeared in.
    • Connections
      Featured in Sneak Previews: The Wild Geese/A Dream of Passion/Goin' Coconuts/Slow Dancing in the Big City/Violette (1978)
    • Soundtracks
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      Written by Earl Brown

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    • Release date
      • October 6, 1978 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Aloha, Donny & Marie
    • Filming locations
      • Royal Hawaiian Hotel - 2259 Kalakava Avenue, Honolulu, O'ahu, Hawaii, USA(Hotel where Donny and Marie are performing and staying)
    • Production company
      • Inter Planetary Pictures
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      1 hour 36 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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