South Pacific. Red #56 [videorecording] / 20th Century Fox ; South Pacific Enterprises, Inc. ; Magna Theatre Corporation ; Rodgers and Hammerstein ; screenplay by Paul Osborn ; produced by Buddy Adler ; directed by Joshua Logan.
Based on the novel Tales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener. Adapted from the play South Pacific by Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan. Originally produced as a motion picuture in 1958. Interactive menus include scene selection, language selection, special features (movieton news premiere, cast & crew, production notes). Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
Summary:
Set in the Pacific theater during World War II, this musical film explores the theme of racial prejudice in two parallel stories; that of a Navy nurse's love for a plantation owner with two Eurasian children, and a Marine lieutenant's love for a native woman.
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