South Pacific (1958)

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Directed by

Joshua Logan

Starring (View all)

Rossano Brazzi
Emile De Becque

Mitzi Gaynor
Ensign Nellie Forbush, USN

John Kerr
Lt. Joseph Cable, USMC

Ray Walston
Luther Billis

Juanita Hall
Bloody Mary

France Nuyen
Liat

Russ Brown
Capt. Brackett, USN

Jack Mullaney
The Professor

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Richard Rodgers

Oscar Hammerstein II

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An average movie

2 years, 1 month ago at Dec 14 14:43

johanlefourbe

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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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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