Beautifully made, wonderful music BUT gets very BORING mainly due to Von Sydow's character. It was an odd choice for Julie Andrews as she was the Queen of Hollywood at the time but, as usual, she gives a lovely performance. The other performances are good too, it is just Von Sydow's character constant bible bashing that simply starts irritating. Elmer Bernstain's music is superb and the photography visually stunning. Very long and obviously some omissions from the original Michener novel. Would have been interesting to see what Rodgers and Hammerstein could have done with it after their masterpiece South Pacific, based also on Michener novels. Worth watching if you can stay awake!!