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1 Video. 61 Photos. Musical Romance War. On a South Pacific island during World War II, love blooms between a young nurse and a secretive Frenchman who's being courted for a dangerous military mission. Director. Joshua Logan. Writers. Paul Osborn. Richard Rodgers. Oscar Hammerstein II. Stars. Rossano Brazzi. Mitzi Gaynor. John Kerr.
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South Pacific is a 1958 American romantic musical film based on the 1949 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific, which in turn is loosely based on James A. Michener 's 1947 short-story collection Tales of the South Pacific.
- $5.61 million
- Richard Rodgers
- March 19, 1958
- Buddy Adler
South Pacific (also known as Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific) is a 2001 American romantic musical television film based on the 1949 stage musical of the same name, itself an adaptation of James A. Michener's 1947 book Tales of the South Pacific.
- March 26, 2001
- American Broadcasting Company
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Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific. After graduating from nursing school, 20-something Nellie Forbush (Glenn Close) gets stationed on a tiny island in the South Pacific during World...
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- Richard Pearce
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Mitzi Gaynor. Ensign Nellie Forbush, USN. John Kerr. Lt. Joseph Cable, USMC. Ray Walston. Luther Billis. Juanita Hall. Bloody Mary. Photos & Videos. View All. Film Details. MPAA Rating. Genre. Musical. Adaptation. Romance. Release Date. Mar 1958. Premiere Information. New York opening: 19 Mar 1958. Production Company.
- Joshua Logan
- Rossano Brazzi
Produced by Rodgers & Hammerstein and 20th Century Fox, the film version of South Pacific premiered on March 19, 1958. Directed by original Broadway director and co-librettist Joshua Logan, the film starred Mitzi Gaynor as Ensign Nellie Forbush, opposite Italian film star Rossano Brazzi as Emile de Becque.
Duration. 3h. TCM Emails. Sign Up. Adaptation of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, based on the novel "Tales of the South Pacific," by James A. Michener, about love and loss on a remote Pacific island during World War II. The story tracks two parallel romances: one between Nellie Forbush, a Navy nurse, and Emile DeBecque, a...