Line #20 Film/SixDaysSevenNights


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3	''Six Days Seven Nights'' is a 1998 film, part romantic comedy and part adventure film. Directed by Creator/IvanReitman, starring Creator/HarrisonFord and Creator/AnneHeche. Creator/DavidSchwimmer and Creator/JacquelineObradors play the most significant supporting characters, but there are also Creator/TemueraMorrison, Creator/DannyTrejo and Cliff Curtis.
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5	The film starts with a young couple Robin Monroe (Heche) and Frank Martin (Schwimmer). Robin is a workaholic journalist for "Dazzle", a New York-based fashion magazine. Frank wants to get her away from work, arranging for a weeklong vacation in Makatea, in the Tuamotu Archipelago of the South Pacific. (Actual location.)
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7	Their trip is uneventful, until they hire the DHC-2 Beaver airplane flown by Quinn Harris (Ford). The trio are joined by Angelica (Obradors), Harris' friend and lover. Her employers notify Robin that she has to attend a fashion event in Tahiti. She hires Harris to take her there, leaving Frank and Angelica waiting for them in Makatea.
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9	When the aging Beaver crash-lands on a deserted island, Robin and Quinn have to survive on their own. Later encountering [[RuthlessModernPirates modern-day pirates]] and having to escape them as well. During all the action, the duo start falling for each other. Meanwhile, back in Makatea, Frank and Angelica are romancing each other.
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11	The film was a [[CriticalDissonance box office hit but a critical failure]] at the time of its release. Nevertheless, its worldwide grosses of $164,839,294 probably ensure that it's fondly remembered by its various creators.
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13	Not to be confused with the 2017 political thriller ''Film/SixDays''.
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16	!!This film provides examples of:
17	* AgeGapRomance: Harrison was 58 and Heche was 29 at the time. Their characters get together eventually.
18	* BarelyThereSwimwear: "I thought it was an eyepatch!"
19	* BrickJoke: "And there is NOTHING wrong with my tits!"
20	* CaptainObvious:
21	--> '''Robin:''' Some kind of creature has just swum up my pants. I'm guessing...it might be a snake.\
22	'''Quinn:''' Oh. That's bad.
23	* DefrostingIceQueen: Robin loathes Quinn to begin with; by the end of their adventure she's in love with him.
24	* DidntThinkThisThrough: Robin fires a flare gun to get the attention of a passing airliner. Quinn berates her for wasting the flare, pointing out that the jumbo jet is several miles above them and would be hard pressed to notice an explosion, let alone a signal flare they're not looking for.
25	%% * DistractedByTheSexy: (This is a zero context example. Please do not uncomment until further context has been added.)Frank as after he initially turns down Angelica because of loyalty to Robin but he was distracted by her sexiness so much that he went back to her bungalow and she answered the door naked and he slept with her.
26	* FanService: Robin spends almost the entire movie in thin white shirts with no bra. Her attire getting progressively skimpier is also a measure of her warming up to Quinn.
27	* FromBadToWorse: From crashing on a deserted island to being chased by pirates on the same island.
28	* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The pirates shooting at their own boat, at the end.
29	* HypocriticalHumor: Frank gets awfully indignant when finding out about Robin and Quinn, despite having just confessed to sleeping with Angelica.
30	* KissOfDistraction: Just before taking a dive over the cliff.
31	* MacGyvering: Quinn and Robin rig up floats for the plane to replace its broken wheel.
32	* MayDecemberRomance: Quinn and Robin.
33	* PrecisionFStrike: When Robin has been crammed against the window of their plane by an inflating emergency raft. Combined with FlippingTheBird when Quinn (claims he) can't quite make out what she said.
34	* PunnyName: Invoked for no apparent reason. The guy leading up the search and rescue hunt for Quinn and Robin is named Tom Morrow.
35	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Robin demands Quinn explain exactly what his problem with her is. He obliges.
36	* RuthlessModernPirates: Nothing romantic about these pirates.
37	* SalvagePirates: Robin and Quinn thought they were saved, but things actually go FromBadToWorse.
38	* SceneryPorn: The absolutely gorgeous shots of island scenery and ocean vistas rival anything from ''Series/{{Lost}}''.
39	* ShoutOut:
40	** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] when Quinn has to touch a snake. Based on ''Franchise/IndianaJones'', one would expect him to be afraid, but he actually has no problem whatsoever digging it out of Robin's shorts. An [[InvertedTrope Inversion]] of WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes.
41	** Also subverted when fellow (future) ''Franchise/StarWars'' veteran Temeura Morrison gets Han Solo's line, "We got company!"
42	* SnakesAreSinister: Robin doesn't want to put one out of her shorts herself, so Quinn has to do it.
43	* SteppingOutToReact: When Quinn realizes his plane crash landed on an uncharted island with no way to signal for help, he calmly walks over to a shrub, ducks behind it, then thrashes around while muttering {{Angrish}} for a minute or two. When he emerges he looks shell-shocked but calm.
44	* TimeTitle: A 1998 survival adventure with a romantic subplot between a LovableRogue aviator and a DefrostingIceQueen fashion model that takes place over what was intended as a weeklong vacation in Makatea.
45	* TooDumbToLive: The pirates fire a mortar shot straight up at the fleeing plane, with predictable results. They actually do survive, but are now stranded on the island themselves.
46	* TookALevelInBadass: Robin, when they fight the pirates. Not to mention going from TheLoad to helping repair Quinn's aircraft and later flying and landing it when Quinn is injured and unconscious.
47	* ToplessnessFromTheBack: A brief moment where Robin changes her shirt (into something [[FanService even thinner and skimpier]]).
48	** When Angelica seduces Frank, the camera switches behind her just as she takes off her bra. His reaction tells us all we need to know about the view.
49	* TropicalIslandAdventure: The movie is set on a deserted tropical island, and French Polynesia is also a prominent location.
50	* YoureNotMyType: PlayedForLaughs in this exchange between the acerbic pair:
51	--> '''Quinn Harris:''' If it makes you feel any better you're not my type.
52	--> '''Robin Monroe:''' Oh good, why?
53	--> '''Quinn Harris:''' You talk too much. You're opinionated. You're stubborn, sarcastic, and stuck up! Your ass is too narrow and your tits are too small.
54	--> '''Robin Monroe:''' Hey, you wanna know why you're not my type?
55	--> '''Quinn Harris:''' Nope.

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