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South Pacific (Collector's Edition)

South Pacific (Collector's Edition)
Director: Joshua Logan
Actors: Rossano Brazzi, Mitzi Gaynor, John Kerr (ii), Ray Walston, Juanita Hall
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD

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Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars 125 reviews
Sales Rank: 1037

Format: Ac-3, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Dubbed)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 329 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.7

MPN: FOXD2238154D
UPC: 024543381525
EAN: 0024543381525
ASIN: B000HT3PGK

Theatrical Release Date: March 19, 1958
Release Date: November 7, 2006
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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 11/06/2007 Run time: 151 minutes Rating: Nr

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


Customer Reviews:   Read 120 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars "Soutn Pacific" DVD   October 24, 2008
Lynn W. England (Cooekville, TN)
Broadway was just a string of Variety shows until "South Pacific". Everything changed after that. This DVD is a wonderful experience.


5 out of 5 stars Great gift   September 18, 2008
carolbi (Connecticut)
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)


5 out of 5 stars Great classic   September 13, 2008
Oldie Fan (Nova Scotia, Canada)
The digital enhancement of this old classic is superb! The special features were also very good. Pure entertainment!


5 out of 5 stars Classic Favorite   September 2, 2008
Shirley A. Yant (Sherrodsville, OH USA)
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.


1 out of 5 stars This musical did not age well. I'm very disappointed.   August 16, 2008
Nitaloo (Huntington, New York USA)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful

This musical did not age well at all. I'm crushed and disappointed. Purchased for my granddaughter based on my memory of the film, but the acting was weak and stilted, with the exception of the old Polynesian dame, who was WONDERFUL. Still, not worth the money or experience of seeing it again.

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