

South Pacific
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Can a girl from Little Rock find happiness with a mature French planter she got to know one enchanted evening away from the military hospital where she is a nurse? Or should she just wash that man out of her hair? Bloody Mary is the philosopher of the island and it's hard to believe she could be the mother of Liat who has captured the heart of Lt. Joseph Cable USMC. While waiting for action in the war in the South Pacific, sailors and nurses put on a musical comedy show. The war gets closer and the saga of Nellie Forbush and Emile de Becque becomes serious drama.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $6M
- Box office
- $36.8M
- Language
- English
- world war ii
- plantation
- musical
- u.s. navy
- based on play or musical
- interracial relationship
- hospital
- pacific island
- tragic event
- laundry
- tropical island
- racial stereotype
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United StatesUS
- TheatricalTodd-AO premiere at Criterion Theatre in New York City.19 Mar 1958
United KingdomGB
- TheatricalU21 Apr 1958
FranceFR
- TheatricalU8 Jul 1958
GermanyDE
- Theatrical28 Nov 1958
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South Pacific was released on 19 March 1958.
Audience reviews
2- J5/10
John Chard
11/9/2019
Knuckleheads and cockeyed optimists. Even though it's gargantuan in length, this is actually a "small" screen adaptation of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway play. Met with indifference by the critics of the time, it has however come to be loved by many a musical fan. I'm not one of them though... There's no denying that the songs are superb, mostly top draw, but there are so many irritating issues within. …
- C6/10
CinemaSerf
1/16/2024
Amidst the backdrop of the Second World War, Joshua Logan takes us, courtesy of Rodgers and Hammerstein, on a romance set on a beautiful tropical island. Mitzi Gaynor is one of the few women here who is surrounded by squad of hormonal sailors who declare "There's Nothing Like a Dame" early on, so she has no shortage of would-be suitors. Also on this island is the Frenchman "Emile" (Rossano Brazzi) whom the visitors w…
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