COURTESY SLEEPING GIANT SOTHEBY'S INTERNATIONAL REALTY
The lagoon and waterfall, above, were featured in the 1958 movie "South Pacific." The Kilauea property, listed at $5.5 million, has drawn interest "from all over the world, but still no buyer," the seller's listing agent said.
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For sale: Hawaii home with Hollywood ties
'South Pacific' property has five bedrooms on a gated 6-acre tract
Some enchanted Kauai real estate buyer could soon purchase private rights to the waterfall, slippery slide and private lagoon featured in the 1958 movie "South Pacific."
Sleeping Giant Sotheby's International Realty recently listed 2525 Liliuokalani Street for $5.5 million. The 4,894-square-foot Kilauea property features five bedrooms and four and a half baths on a gated 6-acre tract of land with an in-ground pool. However, the property's most distinguishing feature is its 50-foot waterfall with an approximately 20-foot natural slippery slide that cascades into a private grotto, said Paul Kyno, the seller's listing agent.
"There's definitely been a lot of interest from all over the world, but still no buyer," said Kyno, who closed four deals in 2007 that totaled $46 million, making him the top seller on Kauai and No. 12 in the state.
Over the years millions of movie goers and TV watchers have fallen in love with that waterfall and with Hawaii, said Sue Kanoho, executive director of the Kauai Visitors Bureau.
"I don't know from a real estate perspective how much of a pull a movie site would have, but from a destination perspective many people are pretty enamored with our sites," Kanoho said. "We actually have film tours that take tourists to those sites."
COURTESY SLEEPING GIANT SOTHEBY'S INTERNATIONAL REALTY
This 4,894-square-foot Kilauea house and adjoining lagoon, featured in the 1958 movie "South Pacific" is listed at $5.5 million, Film officials say there is no telling how much impact the listing's ties to Hollywood will have on demand.
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While there are film tours all over Kauai, chances are few tourists have had a chance to get up close and personal with the South Pacific slide, which is located on private land.
"It's a very rare and secluded property," Kyno said. "No one would know that this exists, and you probably couldn't get permission to build it today."
While it's hard to judge how much impact the listing's ties to Hollywood will have on demand, its legendary past could be a factor in the sale, Kyno said.
"Before I came to Hawaii, South Pacific was my dream of what Hawaii was all about," Kyno said. "I think that many people feel that way."
The South Pacific waterfall is just down the road from a 161-acre ranch with an even more famous waterfall that Kyno sold a few years back. The waterfall on the ranch, which was purchased by a California buyer for $5.5 million, has been featured in the movie Six Days, Seven Nights and Mighty Joe Young and is still being used in movies today, Kyno said.
"I specialize in the higher-end market and I always seem to sell waterfall properties," he said.