South Pacific 1958
- Director: Joshua Logan
- Seen by this director: Camelot, Bus Stop
- Based on the stories by James Michener
- Cast: Mitzi Gaynor, Rossano Brazzi, John Kerr, Ray Walston, Juanita Hall, France Nuyen, Russ Brown
- Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
- John Kerr – TV series
- Ray Walston – Swing Vote, Of Mice and Men, I Know My First Name Is Steven, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, The Sting, My Favourite Martian, Damn Yankees
- France Nuyen – The Battle of the Planet of the Apes, TV series
- Russ Brown – Damn Yankees
- Why? Nostalgia
- Seen: Two or three times before. Now 7 August 2021
My
parents had the Broadway soundtrack on LP and I played it endlessly along with
their other musicals. It’s not my favourite but it has its merits.
Nellie
(Gaynor) is an officer in the army nursing corps. Emile (Brazzi) is a
plantation-owner on an island in the South Pacific occupied by American troops.
The time: WWII.
Nurses, sailors, Tonkinese natives, singing, dancing, romance, racial tension, war. The story is OK. The characters are flat, though, the dialog is feeble, and the acting is hammy. Mitzi Gaynor is simply awful. Fortunately, the singing is quite good, some of the songs are clever, and the anti-racism message lifts it.
3 * of 5
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