I have been looking for this DVD for years and found it here then I ordered it aND WAS VERY PROMT thanks!!!

A Classic musical that is timeless
We are going to see the revival of the Broadway show
We wanted to remember the story line & music
I believe the new broadway version won 7 Tony awards
out of 11 nominations
Also purchased the CD of New Broadway production
We are now looking forward to what should be some
great entertainment

South Pacific is a classic. The beauty, the actors, and the music all come together to make this a movie my family and I truly enjoy. There is much to learn from the movie too, as it's much deeper than just scenery and music. It addresses prejudice in a very tactful way, as it was meant to do by it's writers. At the time it was written, few screen writers would dare attempt such, as they were sure to be snubbed, but thankfully South Pacific became a huge success, despite early poor reviews, and has turned into a genuine classic. I highly recommend the movie, especially for the price on Amazon.com.

We saw this on our honeymoon and now 14 years later we own it and are enjoying memory lain. Greta price. Thanks Amazon for another great product.

Enjoying this DVD very much. Our daughter is playing the part of Nellie in "South Pacific" in our local theater and we wanted to watch it again before seeing her play the part Thank you.

Revisiting Kauai this summer and taking our children for the first time....this movie is a gem!! Kids enjoying as well.

I absolutely love this movie. I remember watching it as a kid. Good quality dvd.

Very saisfied, shipped abd delivered on time. We had just seen the revival on Broadway in New York City and we never saw the widescreen version of the movie. In fact I think I never even saw the movie in color! It was on TV years ago. And the extras were very entertaining especailly the old 1950's TV clip of Mary Martin, when she was playing the part of Nellie Forebush on Broadway. A must see for Broadway musical lovers!

An excellent, old movie. Great story, great music. This DVD had etra stuff on it. I was very pleased with this one.

It's hard to believe it has been 50 years since I first sat in a theater and was smitten with the beauty of South Pacific. The unforgettable songs stuck in my head and I replayed and replayed the soundtrack for years. The energy of Mitzi Gaynor as Nurse Nellie Forbush, the passion of Rossano Brazzi as Emile de Becque, the tender young love of Joe Cable and Liat portrayed by John Kerr and France Nuyen, were all imprinted on my young mind and began in me a love affair with musicals.

I recently ordered the DVD as I plan to visit New York and see the wondrous stage version in revival for the first time at Lincoln Center. Not surprisingly, I remembered all the words to all the songs and was thrilled once again by "There Is Nothin' Like A Dame", "Bali Ha'i", "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair", "Some Enchanted Evening", "Honey Bun", and all the other wonderful songs that comprise this classic musical. What struck me most was the relevance the themes in this movie still have today---the fear of someone different and the inbred prejudices so accurately pinpointed in "You've Got To Be Taught" are still as important to remember as they were in 1958. The sheer enthusiasm of all the songs, the wit of Ray Walston, and the haunting voice of Juanita Hall all combined to bring this both tragic and comic tale to life again.

The Collector's Edition video contains some remarkable extras that you will not want to pass up after viewing the movie. Most notable is the 60 Minutes interview with James Michener when Diane Sawyer takes him back to the islands that inspired his first novel, the basis for the musical. Also, the featurette on the making of the movie is most interesting with footage of the stars on location and information on what it took to transform the island into a movie set. The vintage clip of Mary Martin and Ezio Pinza recreating a bit of their Broadway roles may either settle once and for all who the best Nellie was or forever keep the argument alive. Definitely, this DVD has some of the most interesting extras I've seen on a disc.

If you want to relive this magnificent tale of young Americans far away from home during World War II and aching with loneliness but afraid to love someone "different," you will be captivated by its magic. And if you have never seen it before, you definitely want to remedy that situation.

To my thinking, this is the best of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals on screen. With a lush tropical setting and rather odd dual love stories, plus a theme of racial tolerance and the beauteous Mitzi Gaynor, this dazzles the eye. But with all that, it would be a dud without the music.

For the most part here, the songs are excellent, especially "Some Enchanged Evening," "Bali Hai," "You Have to Be Carefully Taught," and "Nothing Like a Dame." Once they enter your head, they never come out. There is one song I think is downright silly, however, and that's "Happy Talk." Why it was included is beyond me. It isn't even close to the others in melody and certainly not in lyrics.

Mitzi Gaynor is the star of the performers, not Brazzi, Kerr, Nuyen, or Walston. She lights up the place that is already nice to look upon, and she sells every song she sings. It's unfortunate that she was not an even greater movie star than she was. I've seen her stage show, and she was sensational with that as well.

A fine addition to the movie itself are the extras, especially the bit with Mary Martin and Ezio Pinza, stars of the original stage production. I've always liked Ms. Martin, but she was no match for Gaynor. And then there is the 60 Minutes segment when the author of the Pulitzer Prize winning book went back to the South Pacific where he had served during World War II. I often skip the extras. I'm glad I didn't here. They add much to the enjoyment of the movie.

This is simply a better movie than "The King and I" or "Carousel." It's one to watch again and again--and I will whenever I'm feeling down about life.

First off let me say the transfer from film to this new Collectors Edition DVD is as good as it gets, my previous demonstration disc is the Lord of the Rings (the best transfer of film to DVD ever done, till now) the Road Show version is outstanding, everything is clear and sharp in this anamorphic transfer, the audio (Dolby Digital 5.0 surround) transfer is fantastically good, everyone performs beautifully, the songs are great (not unexpected) Bali Ha'i is breath taking, both the visual and audio are tops, the use of colored filters is at times a distraction, and other times seems to add to the mood, so I have mixed feelings about that, the Boars tooth ceremony is kind of silly, but enjoyable anyway, I have watched this movie 10 times in the 6 weeks I have had it, so I guess I love it

it sounds like there are different audio tracks- when 2 or more are talking some sound very mute others normal

DVD was in excellent shape, I collect, I should know. Will definitely do business again. Highly Recommend!!!

I was delighted with the promptness which brought this wonderful film to me. I had seen a play about South Pacific and it really prompted me to send for the DVD. I enjoyed it as much seeing it this time as I did over 40years ago.

This is by far the best version of the movie. The remake just didn't do it. Beautiful scenery, music, singing. I loved it!

A Pulitzer Prize winner, South Pacific ranks among the most celebrated of Rodgers and Hammerstein's acclaimed musicals.

"South Pacific" is a unforgettable musical masterpiece. It is the romantic love story of a naïve young Navy nurse (Mitzi Gaynor) and an older French Plantation owner (Rossano Brazzi) on the South Sea island of Kauai.

This breathtaking show is highlighted by some of the most romantic songs ever written: "Some Enchanted Evening," "There is Nothin' Like a Dame," "Younger Than Springtime" and so many more songs, that will keep you humming to the tunes for a long time after.


South Pacific (Collector's Edition)

This is the worst rendition of a wonderful Broadway show I have ever seen.
Rossano Brazzi is incredibly wooden, Mitzi Gaynor has lost her sparkle, and the cast appears to be sleepwalking. I would attribute this to poor oversight and direction, as the cast are all talented performers except in this strange transformation from Broadway to film.

The Collectors Edition DVD set contains all that anyone interested in this movie could want.

I became familiar with all the South Pacific songs as a child but didn't actually watch the movie until middle-age. I found it unexpectedly strange but interesting - particularly the racist aspects of the story. Despite the soul searching, "you have to be taught to hate", etc it is still a product of its time. The brown wife of the white French planter is conveniently dead and the young American "Lieutenann" is also killed to avoid the embarrassment of miscegenation.

I first saw SP on black and white TV in 1971 and '73 and was spellbound by the story and music. In 1978 while in New York City I saw an ad in the paper that it was showing at a movie theater in downtown Manhattan so I jumped at the opportunity. I was so glad I did because the theatrical experience is unforgettable. That soundtrack is done full justice in a big theater. You can see why SP got the Academy Award for "Achievement in Sound". Moreover, the big-screen experience, the gorgeous colors all come together beautifully. This happened again in 1986 at another special screening and I was lucky enought to repeat the experience.
Like others, I cannot understand why this film was criticized so harshly.
I found Mitzi Gaynor ideally suited for the part of Nellie. From the ecstatic heights of singing & dancing about being in love with "A Wonderful Guy" to depths of despair as she struggled with the demons of "Carefully Taught" racial prejudice, she conveyed the full range of emotions Nellie the Nurse experiences. The other actors were just as good. The movie packs an emotional wallop about bigotry that is bold for the time it was released and it darn near breaks your heart in the process.
It contains all the spectrum of emotions - laughter, tears, anger and of course love. Rodgers & Hammerstein's musicals certainly had what I would call "heart". They were not "fluffy" like the MGM musicals of the 40's. They had a message and the songs somehow stay with you longer. I find "South Pacific" one of the most haunting, but in a pleasant way. Like Bali H'ai, I long to visit my "special island" again and again via this film.

This is one of my most favorite movies. The DVD copy was a much better quality then the old VHS.

ignore all the bad reviews - just watch and enjoy - if for no other reason than to see Juanita Hall give a great performance......a tremendous film with flaws but in this case it doesn't matter.

This movie is an excellent rendition of the original Broadway production by Rodgers and Hammerstein that opened in April 1949 and ran for 5 years.
Mitzi Gaynor and Rossano Brazzi do very well following the original cast of Mary Martin and Ezo Pinza. Having seen the original play shortly after it opened, and as a Navy veteran in the same South Pacific area during WWII my impressions then make it unfair to compare the impact of the movie with the original. All in all it is very good DVD which includes a wealth of information about the filming, location, and the cast.

I just retired my original copy because this one looks and sounds wonderful.

I was most pleased with the new upgraded, remastered quality of this classic musical. The color and content were beautiful and clear. The extras were every interesting and entertaining. Worth the great price!

Over the decades, I've seen this film many, many times -- on TV, on VHS, on laserdisc. Each time I saw it, I wanted it to be a bit more than it was:

-- I've always wished I could appreciate the performance of Ray
Walston as Luther Billis, because all of his scenes were pure
ham, and he nearly ruined all the scenes he was in...for me.

-- I have always wished "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair"
was as complete in the film as it is on the RCA soundtrack
recording (I'll tackle this now -- the complete version never made
any final cut of the film).

-- I've always wished I could see the film as originally assembled
and premiered.

-- I have always wished Alfred Newman's scoring -- brilliant though
it is in all the cuts I'd seen of the film -- offered a bit more
Newman flair.

And now, I'm extremely gratified to say, my wishes have nearly all come true.

This restoration print is phenomenal. Yes there are some washed-out scenes, but I don't care. They are finally back where they belong. This roadshow restoration was printed from a Todd-AO master negative and is a considerably DIFFERENT film from the one most of us have been exposed to the past 49 years.

The print is magnificent, clear and in many ways looks better than most new films look today.

This roadshow version resonates for me in ways that the theatrical cut never did. Time and again, the music set my heart racing, my pulse throbbing, and my senses went into overload.

This film is a visual and aural feast. It's also now my favorite film musical EVER!

Color filters? Bah! Get over 'em! I read somewhere that cinematographer Leon Shamroy wanted them for the purpose of achieving/enhancing emotional responses to scenes. Other sources say it was director Joshua Logan who insisted on using them, primarily because he had experimented with such things in the Broadway production. I know many responses have been sheer hatred/disdain for all the filters, but I love many of them. Those I don't I ignore.

I've read/heard a lot of hoo-haw about the casting of Nellie Forbush (including the highly negative and wishy-washy commentary by Richard Barrios, a film historian whose commentary is replete with "people" have said -- "many people", "some people", "people", "a friend", "someone"...all in the negative...and always attributing his negativity to unnamed others. He seemingly owns nothing he says, but doesn't mind repeating what he has heard. This depletes him of any sort of authority on the subject. It's unfathomable to me that a studio would afflict a restoration of one of its most profitable movies with such absurd negativity...especially given the film's many admirers).

Much has been discussed about why Mary Martin and Ezio Pinza did not recreate their roles. One of the features on the second disc will show you why -- check out the numbers performed in that 1954 Rodgers and Hammerstein TV tribute (three years before filming began on the movie version). Martin looks to be somewhere in her 40s (she was 51)...and matronly plump -- and Pinza (who was 62) looks terrible (and totally unromantic-leadish). You can get away with a lot on stage, but you cannot hide such things on camera. I doubt that Martin was EVER considered for the role. And Pinza died in 1957.

Mary Martin was a great, shining star of the Broadway musical theater. She had a lightly raspy singing voice that she invested with great emotional nuance and feeling. I am a huge fan of Martin's and mean her no disrespect in my observations above.

Barrios maintains that Mitzi Gaynor's voice was not in Martin's league. I'm not sure what he means by that because to my ears, Gaynor's voice is leagues better than Martin's in quality and range. He may be saying he felt Martin's intepretation of the songs was better (and he comes off as one of those somewhat snooty theatrical drama mavens for whom nothing translated to the screen from the theater will ever be good enough, but I disagree with virtually everything that comes out of his mouth on the commentary so I won't mention him again).

There is talk that Elizabeth Taylor was a candidate. What a blessing THAT never happened.

The other great "sigh-in-the-sky" complaint is that Doris Day would have been perfect as Nellie but that she turned off Joshua Logan at a party one night when she refused to get up and sing for guests. I'd always heard she refused to audition for Richard Rodgers.

At any rate...I certainly cannot imagine Doris Day, with her all-too-familiar mannerisms, as Nellie Forbush in "South Pacific." I know she had the look, but I think Gaynor was by far the best choice of those considered for the role.

Many will strongly disagree. And many of those will be the same folks who still bemoan the loss of Frank Sinatra as Billy Bigelow in "Carousel." The visual imagery of that casting still induces giggles. That slight, skinny man wearing a barker's cap and being a rugged barker on a carousel? I think Hollywood dodged a HUGE misfire when he walked out on that film.

Watch Gaynor's performance closely in this roadshow version -- she is luminous, she is restrained, she is exuberant. She is up to the task in every scene and pulls off some incredibly difficult scenes with great dramatic effect. Her vocals are magnificent.

And the huge surprise for me: Ray Walston is wonderful as Luther Billis. They restored much footage of him ...much of what was missing was character development and nuances. In the cut version we saw only the more hyper/extreme elements of his performance. This restored Luther Billis is terrific, and Walston owns the role!

Being a film music fan of many, many decades (!), I have to say that it's always the music that counts most for me in any musical (not to mention any other kind of film), but "South Pacific" is Alfred Newman's masterpiece. He took a classic Broadway score and made it shine more gloriously than it had ever shone before. It's thrilling beyond words to have Newman's original scoring returned to the film...many glorious flourishes pop up frequently to great effect...the entire segments like Cable's walk through the jungle of Bali Ha'i with Bloody Mary -- an entire chunk of film with an entire chunk of original music restored (the Newman scoring of this chunk brings to mind the opening music in the vision sequence in "The Song of Bernadette", but with exotic colorings employed rather than religious ones). Newman's work set a standard that has never been remotely approached by anyone but Newman himself (in "Camelot").

I cannot recommend the restored roadshow version of "South Pacific" more highly. See it (and IGNORE ENTIRELY the accompanying commentary).

A beautiful movie ! the location is a masterpiece,the story well written ,and reveals some of the lesser evils of the war,its a fun movie while being romantic too.The first musical I saw as a kid and still enjoy it today. Anyone who enjoys Rodgers and Hammerstien this is a prime example!

i ordered THIRD MAN ON THE MOUNTAIN DVD.....before i ordered this DVD.....was sometime in January 2007 and i paid for top speed delivery.....i received the other DVD in my order but not THIRD MAN ON THE MOUNTAIN DVD.....nothing yet....

can u look into where it is please......i have emailed before but have not received any response...and wont order again from AMAZON\
thank you

Glenda Papac

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.

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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.

This is a REALLY what a "collectors"/anniversary edition should look like. Lots of great special features.

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.

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.

If there was ever a movie to put the South Pacific in your soul this is it!one of Rogers&Hammerstein's best. Great music,fun entertainment and two good love stories.This is a must for anyone that loves good down to earth music and fun.

I have watched the film and listened to the commentary on the disc that holds the "road show" version of the film. I don't know what all the fuss is about. The movie is one of the most beautifully filmed I have ever seen and the sound is perfect, not the mention the perfection of the music itself. Stop talking about the color filters and look beyond it to enjoy the movie itself. I did not agree with the gentleman's assessment of Mary Martin's performance being superior to Mitzi Gaynor, who I found to be great in the film. Did you see the clip of Mary Martin? Good grief! Other than that, I found the commentary to be very interesting. The extras were wonderful as well, especially the 60 Minutes interview. I was a little disappointed that the "Making of" documentary was not new. Still, the film has so many great messages and is beautiful to watch and I am now a big fan of Mitzi Gaynor!