tiki bar scene in old (or not so old) movie - General Tiki

K kahukini Member Joined: Mar 28, 2002 Posts: 555	K kahukini Posted posted on Tue, Apr 2, 2002 4:26 PM There's a good tiki bar/restaurant scene in the 1961 Bop Hope picture "Bachelor in Paradise" ... Lana Turner even does a sexy hula dance. Here's the plot summary: A. J. Niles is the author of a series of 'Bachelor Books'. These books describe the romantic life of a bachelor in various cities of the world. But when he runs into trouble with the I.R.S. for back taxes, he needs to write another book fast, to pay them. His publisher decides a book about life in the American suburbs would be a hit, and settles him into Paradise Cove. One bachelor plus lonely housewives equals many angry husbands. In perhaps my second favorite movie after "Being There" we see in the 1960 Jack Lemmon hit "The Apartment" a couple of scenes that take place in a moody NYC Tiki Bar. Here's the plot summary: Bud Baxter is a struggling clerk in a huge New York insurance company. He's discovered a quick way to climb the corporate ladder - by lending out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mistresses. He often has to deal with the aftermath of their visits and one night he's left with a major problem to solve. I have been told that there is a funny little indie film made a few years ago about 2 slackers who are starting up a tiki bar... They apparently fly to easter island and one of the gods comes to life or something and comes back with them?! Does anybody know the name of this movie? Or was my friend smoking crack?

There's a good tiki bar/restaurant scene in the 1961 Bop Hope picture "Bachelor in Paradise" ... Lana Turner even does a sexy hula dance. Here's the plot summary: A. J. Niles is the author of a series of 'Bachelor Books'. These books describe the romantic life of a bachelor in various cities of the world. But when he runs into trouble with the I.R.S. for back taxes, he needs to write another book fast, to pay them. His publisher decides a book about life in the American suburbs would be a hit, and settles him into Paradise Cove. One bachelor plus lonely housewives equals many angry husbands.

In perhaps my second favorite movie after "Being There" we see in the 1960 Jack Lemmon hit "The Apartment" a couple of scenes that take place in a moody NYC Tiki Bar. Here's the plot summary: Bud Baxter is a struggling clerk in a huge New York insurance company. He's discovered a quick way to climb the corporate ladder - by lending out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mistresses. He often has to deal with the aftermath of their visits and one night he's left with a major problem to solve.

I have been told that there is a funny little indie film made a few years ago about 2 slackers who are starting up a tiki bar... They apparently fly to easter island and one of the gods comes to life or something and comes back with them?! Does anybody know the name of this movie? Or was my friend smoking crack?

Post #292 by kahukini on Tue, Apr 2, 2002 4:26 PM