South Pacific (1958)

Director:

Joshua Logan

Writers:

Oscar Hammerstein II (play)
Joshua Logan (play)

Release Date:

19 March 1958 (USA)

Genre:

Musical | Romance | War

Tagline:

In the thrilling tradition of "Around The World In 80 Days"...

Plot:

Can a girl from Little Rock find happiness with a mature French planter she got to know one enchanted...

Plot Keywords:

Dames | Fugitive | Show | Hospital | Optimism

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 7 nominations

Cast

Rossano Brazzi	...	Emile de Becque
Mitzi Gaynor	...	Ens. Nellie Forbush
John Kerr	...	Lt. Joseph Cable
Ray Walston	...	Luther Billis
Juanita Hall	...	Bloody Mary
France Nuyen	...	Liat
Russ Brown	...	Capt. George Brackett
Jack Mullaney	...	The Professor
Ken Clark	...	Stewpot
Floyd Simmons	...	Cmdr. Bill Harbison
Candace Lee	...	Ngana
Warren Hsieh	...	Jerome
Tom Laughlin	...	Lt. Buzz Adams
Francis Kahele	...	Henry - Emile's Servant
Robert Jacobs	...	1st Comnmunications Man

Runtime:

157 min | 171 min (roadshow version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Sound Mix:

4-Track Stereo (35 mm mag-optical prints) | 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Mono (35 mm optical prints)

Certification:

New Zealand:G | Iceland:L | Australia:G | Canada:G | Finland:K-8 | Sweden:Btl | UK:U

Filming Locations:

Ibiza, Balearic Islands, Spain

Company:

Magna Corporation

Trivia:

South Pacific won the Pulitzer Prize in Drama in 1950--it premiered on Broadway in April of 1949. Only six musicals have won the Pulitzer Prize in drama--one per decade from the 1930s to the 1990s. They are as follows: "Of Thee I Sing" (1931), "South Pacific" (1949), "Fiorello" (1959), "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" (1961), "A Chorus Line" (1975), "Sunday in the Park with George" (1984), and "Rent" (1996).

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: During "A Wonderful Guy," there's a part when Mitzi Gaynor's lips aren't synchronized with the music whatsoever.

Quotes:

Emile de Becque: What makes her talk like that - you and she? I do not believe it is born in you! I do not believe it!
Lt. Cable: It's not born in you - it happens after you're born!

Movie Connections:

Featured in My Favorite Things: Julie Andrews Remembers (2005) (V)

Soundtrack:

Reprise: Some Enchanted Evening

New 70MM Re-Release and Restored DVD!

This film is due to be re-released in 70MM for limited engagements next year. A new restored DVD is also being prepared by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment which includes scenes that were cut back in 1958. Somebody commented recently about the fact that "lap-dissolves" were used between many scenes in this film and this person obviously felt that this was some kind of fault. This was a common editing technique utilized in the past and was used usually to signify the passage of time. It is rarely used these days and obviously that person has not encountered this technique before and has assumed that it is a fault, but this is not the case.

I am curious to know if the new transfer will feature the Broadway continuity(the Emile-Nellie Plantation scene before the "Bloody Mary" scene)? I hope it is an anamorphic transfer?