South Pacific (1958)
- Directed by
- Joshua Logan
- Genre
- drama film, war film, musical film, romance film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 2h 51m
- Rated
- U
- Rating
- 6.2 of 10 from 118 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
In 1943 on a South Pacific island, a Navy nurse falls in love with a French planter while a Marine lieutenant falls for a native islander. The story intertwines these romances with the challenges of World War II and racial prejudice.
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What happens
South Pacific is a 1958 American romantic musical film based on the 1949 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific, which in turn is loosely based on James A. Michener's 1947 short-story collection Tales of the South Pacific. The film, directed by Joshua Logan, stars Rossano Brazzi, Mitzi Gaynor, John Kerr and Ray Walston in the leading roles with Juanita Hall as Bloody Mary, the part that she had played in the original stage production. The film was nominated for three Academy Awards, winning the Academy Award for Best Sound for Fred Hynes. It is set in 1943, during World War II, on an island in the South Pacific. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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