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| South Pacific (Collector's Edition) | 
 enlarge | Director: Joshua Logan
Actors: Rossano Brazzi, Mitzi Gaynor, John Kerr (ii), Ray Walston, Juanita Hall
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
List Price: $26.98
Buy New: $16.46
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Avg. Customer Rating:  123 reviews
Sales Rank: 1315
Format: Ac-3, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Dubbed)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 2
Running Time: 329
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.7
MPN: 2238152
UPC: 024543381525
EAN: 0024543381525
ASIN: B000HT3PGK
Theatrical Release Date: March 19, 1958
Release Date: November 7, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Quality deteriorated--desperately needs restoring and digital remastering March 8, 2007
1 out of 8 found this review helpful
This movie must be restored--the quality of picture is unacceptable beginning with Bloody Mary's singing Bali Hi. I tried to purchase a completely restored, digitally remastered DVD of this musical and could not find one in 2007. I returned this DVD to the seller.
Lighten up, people March 4, 2007
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
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C'mon, people. Lighten up. I'm not a big fan of musicals, but this is a good movie. I do agree the use of colored filters was grossly overworked. It's like garlic: a little is a little good; a lot is not a lot of good, and the director definitely over-did it. But to criticize Rossano Brazzi's accent because it was Italian instead of French is being quite picky. He was supposed to lend a certain "continental" air to his role, and he did. And musicals are supposed to be fantasies of a sort, so you have to use some imagination. If you want realism, you shouldn't look to a musical, after all, how many times have you been around a group of people in real life who suddenly broke into song and dance, all perfectly choreographed, of course?
The thing I found absolutely DUMB, DUMB, DUMB was the anti-racism message. I thought it was hokey in 1959 when I first saw this movie, and I still do. Neither incident made sense. First, we have sweet and petite Nellie Forbush from Little Rock, AR, falling in love with a Frenchman; but when she finds out he was once married to a native woman (now deceased) and the two kids she adores were the native woman's, a racist streak a mile wide goes up her spine. Kinda hard to believe, even for 1959.
Then there is Lt. Joe Cable from Philadelphia, PA. He meets and falls instantly (if not sooner) in love with an absolutely gorgeous native girl. He sweeps her into his arms, sings "Younger Than Springtime", and kisses her. Later he makes other visits to her, and they swim in a swimming hole, hugging and kissing underwater. There not being any jewelry stores on the islands, he gives her his family heirloom watch that his father and grandfather carried in prior wars. Now, one would naturally think this was leading up to a marriage proposal, and it did, but not by Cable . . . by Liat's mother. He suddenly realizes . . . guess what!!! . . . HER EYES ARE SLANTED and their children will have slanted eyes! Dang that racist streak!
Although these inconsistencies don't make sense to me, perhaps I should use my imagination; after all it is a musical.
The one thing I found offensive is the notion that only whites can be racists. But that's Hollywood . . . always beating up on its own who made it rich.
I checked this movie out of the local library. You might check yours if you decide to watch it. I'm not sure I'd buy it.
 A great anniversary edition February 22, 2007
This is a REALLY what a "collectors"/anniversary edition should look like. Lots of great special features.
Get Over Mary Martin Already February 19, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Mary Martin is overrated, over acts, and is not remotely as pretty as Mitzi Gaynor. Mitzi Gaynor gave a wonderful performance, and that's a simple fact. I was totally engaged in Rossano Brazzi as the widowed plantation owner finding a second chance at love. I am still surprised at how many of the male actors in minor roles went on to have successful careers, but I did not see the same weight of subsequently successful female actors. The music is flawless. I agree the filters are distracting, but that is not reason enough for anyone to deny themselves the pleasure of this musical. I cried at the end when I was eight and cried again this morning at 56. The messages of bigotry not being natural but taught and the cruelty of war, especially because we do it to ourselves, are lessons we just can't seem to learn.
 a disappointment February 18, 2007
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
Two stars for the music....they didn't hurt the music. Minus 3 stars for messing with the color, bigtime...whose idea was it to add the colored-lens-look on and off thoroughout the movie? Wish I hadn't bought this one.
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