South Pacific (Widescreen Edition) | Rossano Brazzi, Mitzi Gaynor

South Pacific (Widescreen Edition) | Rossano Brazzi, Mitzi Gaynor | "Soutn Pacific" DVD

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	South Pacific (Widescreen Edition) Rossano Brazzi, Mitzi Gaynor 20th Century Fox, 1999 average customer review:based on 126 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

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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Classic Favorite

A great classic musical movie. I had a scratchy VHS tape of this and wanted to get a good, clear movie. Thank you for making it available at a reasonable price. The music in it is very, very good and the story is a great one.

"Soutn Pacific" DVD

Broadway was just a string of Variety shows until "South Pacific". Everything changed after that. This DVD is a wonderful experience.

Great classic

The digital enhancement of this old classic is superb! The special features were also very good. Pure entertainment!

Great gift

I had bought a different DVD of South Pacific for my children's anniversary, but returned it as that wasn't the one they wanted. They are just thrilled with this one.South Pacific (Collector's Edition)

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