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South Pacific

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Rossano Brazzi Rossano Brazzi
Emile De Becque
Mitzi Gaynor Mitzi Gaynor
Ensign Nellie Forbush, USN
John Kerr John Kerr
Lt. Joseph Cable, USMC
Ray Walston Ray Walston
Luther Billis
Juanita Hall Juanita Hall
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Russ Brown Russ Brown
Capt. Brackett, USN
Jack Mullaney Jack Mullaney
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An average movie

1 year, 3 months ago at Dec 14 14:43
I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since it seemed to have a decent reputation, I thought I might as well check it out. To be honest, I’m not a huge fan of musicals in general, I have to admit that I’m not familiar with Rodgers and Hammerstein and it’s only afterwards that I discovered that they were also responsible for ‘Oklahoma!’ (which seriously bored me) and ... read more
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Description: The dazzling Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, brought to lush life by the director of the original stage version, Joshua Logan. Set on a remote island during the Second World War, South Pacific tracks two parallel romances: one between a Navy nurse (Mitzi Gaynor) "as corny as Kansas in August" and a wealthy French plantation owner (Rossano Brazzi), the other between a young American officer (John Kerr) and a native girl (France Nuyen). The theme of interracial love was still daring in 1958, and so was director Logan's decision to overlay emotional moments with tinted filters--a technique that misfires as often as it hi ... (more)
Release date: 14 April 1958
UPC: 086162108648
Tags: Musical (10), Romance (8), Comedy (5), World War II (5), War (5), Military (4), WWII (4), Navy (3), Island (3), 1958 (3), 50's (2), AFI Top 100 Movie Songs (2), Blu-ray (2), Recommended (2), Race Relations (2), Tear Jerker (2), Music Video (2), Pacific (2), World War 2 (2)
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johanlefourbe posted a review 1 year, 3 months ago

An average movie

“I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since it seemed to have a decent reputation, I thought I might as well check it out. To be honest, I’m not a huge fan of musicals in general, I have to admit that I’m not familiar with Rodgers and Hammerstein and it’s only afterwards that I discovered that they were also responsible for ‘Oklahoma!’ (which seriously bored me) and ‘The Sound of Music’ (which is at least a massive classic). Well, I think it was rather tricky to make a rather fluffy and shallow musical taking place during WWII but I have to admit that they almost pulled it off though. By the way, this movie got a lot of critics because they used some garish color filters but, even though the effect was indeed sometimes jarring, it didn’t bother me that m” read more

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