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Poll: Hawaiian Shirt Wearing 20th Century Movie Characters

A poll by urbanemovies.
August 2024 marks the 65th anniversary of Hawaii's admission as the 50th state of the United States of America on August 21, 1959. It also marks the 126th anniversary of the annexation of Hawaii by the United States as a U.S. territory on August 12, 1898. Plus, National Hawaiian Shirt Day is celebrated in the United States on the third Friday of August each year. In celebration, we offer a retrospective of Hawaiian shirts in films from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. 

Which of these selected Hawaiian shirt wearing live-action movie characters from the twentieth century is your favorite?

Discuss the topic here. #NationalHawaiianShirtDay

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    Julia Roberts and Joan Cusack in Runaway Bride (1999)

    FILM: Runaway Bride

    CHARACTER(S): Margaret "Maggie" Carpenter, Peggy Flemming

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    Christian Slater in True Romance (1993)

    FILM: True Romance

    CHARACTER: Clarence Worley

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    Sean Penn in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)

    FILM: Fast Times at Ridgemont High

    CHARACTER: Jeff Spicoli

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    Jim Carrey in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)

    FILM: Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

    CHARACTER: Ace Ventura

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    Elliott Gould in M*A*S*H (1970)

    FILM: M*A*S*H

    CHARACTER: John "Trapper John" McIntyre

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    Tom Cruise in Cocktail (1988)

    FILM: Cocktail

    CHARACTER: Brian Flanagan

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    Nicolas Cage in Raising Arizona (1987)

    FILM: Raising Arizona

    CHARACTER: Herbert I. "Hi" McDunnough

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    Al Pacino in Scarface (1983)

    FILM: Scarface

    CHARACTER: Antonio "Tony" Montana

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    Wayne Knight and Cameron Thor in Jurassic Park (1993)

    FILM: Jurassic Park

    CHARACTER: Dennis Nedry

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    Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito in Twins (1988)

    FILM: Twins

    CHARACTER(S): Julius Benedict, Vincent Benedict

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    Leonardo DiCaprio in Romeo + Juliet (1996)

    FILM: Romeo +Juliet

    CHARACTER: Romeo Montague

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    Johnny Depp in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)

    FILM: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

    CHARACTER: Raoul Duke

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    Benicio Del Toro in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)

    FILM: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

    CHARACTER: Dr. Gonzo

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    Robert De Niro in Cape Fear (1991)

    FILM: Cape Fear

    CHARACTER: Max Cady

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    Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Conchita Alonso in The Running Man (1987)

    FILM: The Running Man

    CHARACTER: Benjamin "Ben" Richards

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    Brad Pitt in Fight Club (1999)

    FILM: Fight Club

    CHARACTER: Tyler Durden

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    Bruce Willis in 12 Monkeys (1995)

    FILM: 12 Monkeys

    CHARACTER: James Cole

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    Tim Roth in Pulp Fiction (1994)

    FILM: Pulp Fiction

    CHARACTER: "Pumpkin"

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    Christopher Lloyd in Back to the Future Part II (1989)

    FILM: Back to the Future 2

    CHARACTER: Emmett "Doc" Brown

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    Danny Aiello and John Turturro in Do the Right Thing (1989)

    FILM: Do the Right Thing

    CHARACTER: Sal

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    Harrison Ford in The Mosquito Coast (1986)

    FILM: The Mosquito Coast

    CHARACTER: Allie Fox

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    Matt Dillon in There's Something About Mary (1998)

    FILM: There's Something About Mary

    CHARACTER: Patrick "Pat" Healy

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    Bill Murray in Where the Buffalo Roam (1980)

    FILM: Where the Buffalo Roam

    CHARACTER: Hunter S. Thompson

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    John Candy in Brewster's Millions (1985)

    FILM: Brewster's Millions

    CHARACTER: Spike Nolan

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    Fran Drescher and 'Weird Al' Yankovic in UHF (1989)

    FILM: UHF

    CHARACTER: George Newman

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    Matthew Broderick in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)

    FILM: Ferris Beuller's Days Off

    CHARACTER: Ferris Beuller

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    Ron Livingston in Office Space (1999)

    FILM: Office Space

    CHARACTER: Peter Gibbons

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    John Cusack in The Sure Thing (1985)

    FILM: The Sure Thing

    CHARACTER: Walter 'Gib' Gibson

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    Montgomery Clift in From Here to Eternity (1953)

    FILM: From Here to Eternity

    CHARACTER: Robert E. Lee "Prew" Prewitt

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    Sandra Bullock and Jason Patric in Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997)

    FILM: Speed 2: Cruise Control

    CHARACTER: Alex Shaw

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    Andrew McCarthy in Weekend at Bernie's (1989)

    FILM: Weekend at Bernie's

    CHARACTER: Larry Wilson

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    Donal Logue in The Tao of Steve (2000)

    FILM: The Tao of Steve

    CHARACTER: Dex

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    Mark Harmon in Summer School (1987)

    FILM: Summer School

    CHARACTER: "Freddy" Shoop

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    Elvis Presley in Blue Hawaii (1961)

    FILM: Blue Hawaii

    CHARACTER: Chadwick "Chad" Gates

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    Takeshi Kitano and Yusuke Sekiguchi in Kikujiro (1999)

    Another Twentieth Century Hawaiian Shirt Wearing Movie Character Not Listed

    FILM: Kukujiro

    CHARACTER(S): Kikujiro Takeda, Masao Sugiyama (as the pictured examples)


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