But in other respects, the way in which the state Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism has dealt with WaterWorld producers sheds some light on the lengths to which DBEDT’s Film Industry Office will go to accommodate movie-makers. The movie’s environmental toll may not be great. After several warnings, however, the producers of WaterWorld hired people to keep the water in the harbor free of debris from the film operations. About the only rumor that could be verified is the one concerning trash in the water. The pyrotechnics involved in some scenes appear to have been conducted in such a fashion as to avoid environmental harm. Mooring sites were chosen expressly to avoid any damage to coral. Experts at the National Marine Fisheries Service have closely monitored the seabed where the artificial atoll has been moored. For example, Eddie Sherman, writing in Midweek, reported: “there has been damage to the environment (especially coral beds) as a result of huge explosions in the water, etc.” Other rumors have circulated about turtles being poisoned as a result of chemical spills, about oil spills, dumping of trash in the water, and the like.Įnvironment Hawai`i has found little basis for the rumors. According to supermarket tabloids, Costner’s marriage has become yet another casualty of the film.īy some accounts, the movie has been an environmental nightmare, on top of everything else. The logistics involved in filming scenes on the huge artificial atoll just off the coast of Kawaihae Harbor have been formidable, with the water generally refusing to hold still while the cameras roll.
Technicians have been fired or have walked off. By most accounts, the movie is over budget and behind schedule. WaterWorld, the Kevin Costner movie filmed on the Big Island, has seen its share of woes.
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