Critic Reviews
South Pacific (1958) Rank 4 Reviews
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DVD Net (Anthony Clarke)
The American creative team Rodgers and Hammerstein virtually created the American musical theatre. ...read the complete South Pacific movie review at DVD Net (Anthony Clarke)
DVD Savant (Glenn Erickson)
Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific was one of the bigger film events of the late 1950s, and the polite answer about its merit as a film is that the music is sensational. Their movie adaptation of Oklahoma! received few compliments as great cinema but ...read the complete South Pacific movie review at DVD Savant (Glenn Erickson)
filmcritic.com basks in the South Pacific
This is an embarrassing statement for a man to make but I think that South Pacific is one of my favorite old movies. As an art form, the musical is dubious at best. And Joshua Logan was not one of the great Hollywood directors -- as demonstrated by the fi ...read the complete South Pacific movie review at filmcritic.com basks in the South Pacific
DVD Times
There are many different ways to appreciate South Pacific just as there are many ways to dislike it. You can start off with the simple fact that it is a musical – you either love them or you hate them. If you love them, you have to admit then that South P ...read the complete South Pacific movie review at DVD Times
Parent Previews
In the midst of World War II, Lieutenant Joseph Cable flies into the Solomon Islands to prepare for a mission that will roadblock the Japanese from making further advances towards America. But Cable's task is anything but a walk on the beach. First he mus ...read the complete South Pacific movie review at Parent Previews
Movie ram-blings (Ram Samudrala)
Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein created a really cool musical with South Pacific, based on James Michener's Tales from the South Pacific. I won't get into the details here of the plot here, which is extremely thought-provoking, since I've already re ...read the complete South Pacific movie review at Movie ram-blings (Ram Samudrala)
Parent/Teacher Learning Guides at teachwithmovies.org
Set on an American Navy base located on a tropical island during the Second World War, this film describes the experiences of the sailors and the nurses, several romances, and one reconnaissance mission. The story is based on the Pulitzer Prize winning b ...read the complete South Pacific movie review at Parent/Teacher Learning Guides at teachwithmovies.org
Fulvue Drive-in
Another early and very successful Rodgers & Hammerstein feature film Musical was so because it was shot in the original 70mm version of Todd-AO. Joshua Logan’s South Pacific (1958) started at a longer 70mm Road Show cut, with a prints that toured the cou ...read the complete South Pacific movie review at Fulvue Drive-in
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