South Pacific

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South Pacific

1958,

2h 31m,

Musical

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Nurse Nellie Forbush of the U.S. Navy falls for middle-aged French plantation owner Emile De Becque, but recoils upon discovering that he's fathered two mixed-race children. When Nellie leaves him, the heartbroken Emile agrees to take on a dangerous espionage mission. In his absence, Nellie struggles to reconcile her prejudices with her love for him -- and after she spends time with his children and comes to care for them, fears that Emile may not return alive.

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David Vaughan

Sight & Sound

Mar 30, 2020

South Pacific follows what has by now become the pattern for the screen versions of Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals: the original is treated as though it were in some way sacred.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Mar 2, 2024

2.5/4

The stage version of South Pacific won the Pulitzer Prize, but no comparable honors were forthcoming for this so-so screen adaptation of one of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s most enduring works.

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Moira Walsh

The Catholic World

Nov 28, 2023

South Pacific is too sophisticated to have the broad general suitability of The King and I. For its more limited audience, however, it is a practically perfect screen version of a contemporary musical comedy classic.

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Bob Halliday

Salt Lake Tribune

Sep 2, 2020

With the large, curved screen and speakers all around the house, the audience is wrapped up and transported to a Pacific isle with a woman-hungry pack of Seabees for a ringside seat at two of the most intriguing love tales in contemporary literature.

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Jul 23, 2012

C+

Joshua Logan's stiff screen version leaves much to be desired, and Mitzi Gaynor is miscast and charmless, but the score is undenibaly glorious

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Brian Webster

Apollo Guide

May 13, 2009

77/100

Might not be musical enough for some, and it's certainly not going to be substantial enough for some. But it's entertaining and more emotionally true than you might expect.

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Han W

Aug 29, 2018

Beautiful music and a musical that confronts racism ahead of the1960s.

Theodore S

Aug 26, 2018

Josh Logan's botched adaptation of the Rodgers & Hammerstein stage classic. Beautiful cinematography and a soaring musical score are at odds with strange color filters and uneven casting choices: Mitzi Gaynor gives her it her best shot in the lead but just doesn't have the acting chops to pull it off, Rossano Brazzi is better (but his singing voice is dubbed) and John Kerr is stiff-as-a-board (also with a dubbed singing voice); Juanita Hall and Ray Walston come across the best, although Hall's singing voice is ALSO dubbed (even though she sang the role on Broadway!). Add to that some unnecessary "opening up" of the action in the second half and you have an unremarkable attempt to film a remarkable show. Pity.

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Theodore L

Aug 23, 2018

I have such vivid memories as a kid of my mother playing the soundtrack vinyl over and over again. At 8 years old, I had every single word to every song memorized!

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Han R

Aug 20, 2017

I could not have loved it more. Some of the best music ever written, a touch of life in WWII, great dancing, marvelous scenery.. I have always amazed at R and H music and lyric. I had read Mitchner's Tales of the South Pacific first and that was icing on the cake.

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Harry S

Nov 28, 2016

Worst color correction ever yikes

Kylo W

Mar 2, 2016

It took me almost a year and 4 tries to get through this movie.

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Synopsis

Nurse Nellie Forbush of the U.S. Navy falls for middle-aged French plantation owner Emile De Becque, but recoils upon discovering that he's fathered two mixed-race children. When Nellie leaves him, the heartbroken Emile agrees to take on a dangerous espionage mission. In his absence, Nellie struggles to reconcile her prejudices with her love for him -- and after she spends time with his children and comes to care for them, fears that Emile may not return alive.

Director: Joshua Logan
Producer: Buddy Adler
Screenwriter: Oscar Hammerstein II, Joshua Logan, James Michener, Paul Osborn
Distributor: 20th Century Fox, Samuel Goldwyn Company, CBS/Fox, Magna Corporation, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Production Co: Rodgers & Hammerstein Productions, 20th Century Fox, South Pacific Enterprises, Magna Corporation
Genre: Musical
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 19, 1958, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 17, 2015
Runtime: 2h 31m
Sound Mix: Magnetic Stereo 6 Track

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