Product Details

• Actors: Tommy Lee Jones, Michael O'Keefe, Max Phipps, Jenny Seagrove, Grant Tilly
• Directors: Ferdinand Fairfax
• Writers: Lloyd Phillips, David Odell, John Hughes
• Producers: Lloyd Phillips, Robert Whitehouse
• Format: Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Paramount
• VHS Release Date: January 1, 1998
• Run Time: 99 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (37 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00000I682
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #225,313 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

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The swashbuckling adventure, Nate and Hayes, is a long lost prototype for the more recent Pirates of the Caribbean. Morally-intact pirate, Captain Bully Hayes (Tommy Lee Jones), adopts Nathaniel Williamson (Michael O' Keefe), a reverend's son, to fight the ultra-villainous, slave-trading pirate crew headed by bounty hunter, Ben Pease (Max Phipps). Hayes makes a living illegally selling weaponry to native islanders, but that's nothing compared to the misdeeds his ex-friend Pease has lately undertaken. After Pease's shipmates pillage and kill everyone related to Nate and his fiancé, Sophie (Jenny Seagrove), Bully Hayes springs to action, motivated by his own romantic interest in Sophie, which develops as the plot thickens. Nate and Hayes looks and feels like Indiana Jones, with Disneyland-like island sets, Tommy Lee as the heroic, charismatic guy full of one-liners, and natives costumed with generic "native" bones through the nose, feathered headdresses, and grass skirts, making it easy to date this film according to Harrison Ford's classic. Plentiful sword-fighting scenes and shots of pirate ships sailing the open seas guarantee to please pirate buffs, though Nate and Hayes doesn't have the swarthy power of classics like The Black Swan, or those starring Errol Flynn. --Trinie Dalton

From the back cover

An action-packed, swashbuckling adventure, Nate and Hayes stars Tommy Lee Jones as the notorious real-life buccaneer, Captain "Bully" Hayes, and Michael O'Keefe as the young Reverend Nate. The story takes place in the mid-1800's on the South Pacific islands where murderous raids and bloody battles were not uncommon. A cut-throat gang led by the villainous Ben Pease (Max Phipps) has brutally interrupted the wedding ceremony of Nate and Sophie (Jenny Seagrove). After abducting Sophie, Pease teams up with a German Count (Grant Tilly). Together, they plan to take over the island of King Owatopi using Sophie as the sacrifice. Nate bands together with the infamous Hayes -- a deadly rival of Pease -- to battle their foes.

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pirates Pilfer Plenty, June 23, 2004

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C. A. Luster "The Rook" (Burke, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nate & Hayes [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I had this on Beta years and years ago. Why this isn't out on DVD by now is beyond me. Any fan of Tommy Lee Jones should love it. Fans of adventure and pirate movies will enjoy it as well. Jones and Michael O'Keefe are a good team in this lighthearted action movie. The story, acting, music, and directing are borderline great. Unfortunatly it didn't catch on at the time of it's release and most of the following is people that lucked upon it on TV or at a rental store.

Any fan of movies like "The Three Musketeers" or "The Mask of Zorro" will probably enjoy it. A great adventure movie with a mix of Indiana Jones and Pirates. We can only hope with the release of movies like "Cutthroat Island" on DVD this won't be overlooked since it is a notch above several all ready available.It may not measure up to "Pirates of the Caribbean" but it still has a good deal of fun and action. There are no great special effects, just a good story and some decent acting.

18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "It's hard to love a ship : they rot.", April 22, 2002

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Sean A. Cole "The Viceroy" (Raleigh, NC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nate & Hayes [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This movie is a GOOD time waiting to happen. It's simply fun. Lots and lots of fun. More fun than a sack of badgers. Tons of action, great fight scenes, excellent humor, and fantastic cinematography. I'm surprised we don't get more movies set in the South Pacific (except, of course, for the deadly sharks, destructive typhoons, remoteness, lack of modern medicine, headhunters and posoinous everything; some people are just more easily deterred than I am, I suppose.)

If you're looking for a good, entertaining romp with great catch phrases and plenty of action, this is it. The music's pretty good, too, by the way. WHEN IS THIS COMING OUT ON DVD!?!?!?!?!? I must have it! Oblige me, Ben!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just Good Fun!!, September 6, 2006

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Scott A. Hagglund "Movie Maniac" (Arvada, Co. United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nate and Hayes (DVD)

I really enjoyed Nate and Hayes from the first time I saw it. I got this movie on laser disc back in the early 80's when I was stationed in Pearl Harbor in the Navy. There was a Bar called "Bully Hayes Place" we used to go to. I made sure I had a copy of the movie so I could always show my friends. If you like Action and Adventure this is a can't miss. I have watched it with my friends over and over and was thrilled to be able to get it on DVD.