South Pacific (Collector's Edition)
starring: Rossano Brazzi, Mitzi Gaynor, John Kerr, Ray Walston, Juanita Hall
directed by: Joshua Logan
directed by: Joshua Logan
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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 hits. The comic relief tends to fall flat, and an overly spunky Mitzi Gaynor is a poor substitute for the stage original's Mary Martin. But the location scenery on the Hawaiian island of Kauai is gorgeous, and the songs are among the finest in the American musical catalog: "Some Enchanted Evening," "Younger than Springtime," "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair," "This Nearly Was Mine." That's Juanita Hall as the sly native trader Bloody Mary, singing the haunting tune that launched a thousand tiki bars, "Bali H'ai." Based on stories from James Michener's book Tales from the South Pacific. --Robert Horton
Movie DVD
Amazon.com:
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 hits. The comic relief tends to fall flat, and an overly spunky Mitzi Gaynor is a poor substitute for the stage original's Mary Martin. But the location scenery on the Hawaiian island of Kauai is gorgeous, and the songs are among the finest in the American musical catalog: "Some Enchanted Evening," "Younger than Springtime," "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair," "This Nearly Was Mine." That's Juanita Hall as the sly native trader Bloody Mary, singing the haunting tune that launched a thousand tiki bars, "Bali H'ai." Based on stories from James Michener's book Tales from the South Pacific. --Robert Horton
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- A poor film
An utter disappointment!The lip syncing is just awful.What is really terrible about this film is the director's decision to film certain scenes in a ghostly yellow with everything in the scene appearing to be deathly ill.A film I purchased, watched, and then tossed it in the trash.
Rating: - Poor film.
Poor direction and a plodding pace ruin this film. Hollywood took a wonderful Broadway musical and destroyed it. The only good thing about it is the music. The cd of the soundtrack is absolutely glorious. But the film itself is perfectly dreadful. And what was with the different lens colors for the different songs? I found that totally unnecessary and positively ANNOYING!
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- South Pacific
This is a long time loved movie.I really like watching it with my family.The movie was new and in great condition.It did take a long time to get to me, however.
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- Be aware of degraded version on DVD
We enjoyed watching this DVD.However, we watched the "Extended..." version which had sections in which the color was degraded as if it were made from an old film version that was faded.There is another version on the DVD that appeared to have the color either restored or otherwise produced with good color (we just reviewed sections that were poor on the other version, but were good in this version).We have not watched all the information on the DVD, e.g., Music Only.At least one of the songs ... Read More
Rating: - A Masterpiece!
A great film with outstanding performances, and the memorable music and lyrics of Rodgers & Hammerstein.Highly recommended!
- A poor filmAn utter disappointment!The lip syncing is just awful.What is really terrible about this film is the director's decision to film certain scenes in a ghostly yellow with everything in the scene appearing to be deathly ill.A film I purchased, watched, and then tossed it in the trash.
- Poor film.Poor direction and a plodding pace ruin this film. Hollywood took a wonderful Broadway musical and destroyed it. The only good thing about it is the music. The cd of the soundtrack is absolutely glorious. But the film itself is perfectly dreadful. And what was with the different lens colors for the different songs? I found that totally unnecessary and positively ANNOYING!
- South PacificThis is a long time loved movie.I really like watching it with my family.The movie was new and in great condition.It did take a long time to get to me, however.
- Be aware of degraded version on DVDWe enjoyed watching this DVD.However, we watched the "Extended..." version which had sections in which the color was degraded as if it were made from an old film version that was faded.There is another version on the DVD that appeared to have the color either restored or otherwise produced with good color (we just reviewed sections that were poor on the other version, but were good in this version).We have not watched all the information on the DVD, e.g., Music Only.At least one of the songs ... Read More
- A Masterpiece!A great film with outstanding performances, and the memorable music and lyrics of Rodgers & Hammerstein.Highly recommended!
