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.
Bibliographic Details
| Corporate Authors: |
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
(Production personnel),
Magna Theatre Corporation
(Production personnel) |
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| Other Authors: |
Osborn, Paul, 1901-1988
(Screenwriter),
Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960
(Lyricist),
Adler, Buddy, 1906-1960
(Producer),
Logan, Joshua
(Director),
Brazzi, Rossano, 1916-1994
(Performer),
Gaynor, Mitzi, 1931-
(Performer),
Kerr, John, 1931-2013
(Performer),
Walston, Ray, 1917-2001
(Performer),
Hall, Juanita, 1901-1968
(Performer),
Nuyen, France, 1939-
(Performer),
Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979,
Michener, James A. (James Albert), 1907-1997 |
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| Format: | Video
DVD
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| Language: | English
Spanish |
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| Published: |
[Beverly Hills, Calif.] :
[CBS Fox Video],
[1999]
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| Item Description: |
- Widescreen format (aspect ratio: 2.20:1).
- 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 released as a motion picture in 1958 by 20th Century Fox.
- Special features include: Movietone newsreel on movie's premiere ; theatrical trailer ; cast & crew biographies ; production notes.
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