South Pacific

South Pacific
DVD cover
Directed by	Richard Pearce
Produced by	Christine A. Sacani
Written by	Oscar Hammerstein II Joshua Logan James A. Michener Lawrence D. Cohen
Starring	Glenn Close Harry Connick, Jr. Rade Šerbedžija Natalie Mendoza
Music by	Richard Rodgers Michael Small
Cinematography	Stephen F. Windon
Distributed by	Buena Vista
Release date(s)	Broadcast: March 26, 2001 DVD: August 28, 2001
Running time	135 min
Language	English
Budget	$15,000,000

Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific, is a made-for-television movie, directed by Richard Pearce in 2001. This ABC production starred Glenn Close, Harry Connick, Jr. and Rade Šerbedžija, and was broadcast on television in 2001 and also released on DVD.

Production

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South Pacific was filmed primarily in Australia, with some scenes shot in Moorea, an island close to Tahiti. Sixteen songs are featured in the movie. This version omitted the well-known song "Happy Talk", although not for "politically correct" reasons as has been rumored, and cut the even more popular song "Bali Hai" in half. Several new scenes, such as Nellie and Emile's very first meeting at the officer's club, were added, and a new character was created to serve as Nellie's best friend and confidante. The sex scenes between Liat and Lt. Cable were also dealt with more frankly than in the original. The film was harshly criticized by some because the order of the songs was somewhat changed, despite the order already having been altered when the original stageshow was converted to film, and because Rade Serbedsija, who played Emile, does not have an operatic singing voice, as have all other "Emile"s before him. Unlike the movie version of The Sound of Music, the structure of this South Pacific was said by some to be damaged because of the change in the order of the songs. In the stage original and in the 1958 film, for instance, the song "Twin Soliloquies" expresses musically what Emile and Nellie do not actually say to each other and leads to Emile's "Some Enchanted Evening", sung only a minute later. In the television version, however, the two songs are sung in two entirely different scenes.

Cast

• Glenn Close - Nellie Forbush
• Harry Connick, Jr. - Lt. Joseph Cable
• Rade Šerbedžija - Emile de Becque
• Jack Thompson - Captain George Brackett
• Lori Tan Chinn - Bloody Mary
• Ilene Graff - Singing Ngana
• Natalie Mendoza - Liat
• Simon Burke - Harbison
• Steve Bastoni - Lt. Buzz Adams
• Kimberley Davies - Luann
• Robert Pastorelli - Luther Billis
• Craig Ball - Austin
• Damon Herriman - Professor
• Salvatore Coco - DeVito
• Peter Lamb - Bruno

DVD

A DVD was released on August 28, 2001.

• Special features include
  • Deleted scenes
  • A behind-the-scenes look at the making of the movie

Soundtrack

South Pacific: Original TV Soundtrack
Soundtrack by Richard Rodgers
Released	March 20, 2001
Recorded	Studio 301, Sydney, Australia
Genre	Film/Soundtrack
Label	Columbia Records/Sony Music
Producer	Michael Gore, Paul Bogaev

A soundtrack from the TV production was released on March 20, 2001.

1. "Overture"
2. "There Is Nothing Like a Dame"
3. "A Cock-Eyed Optimist" - Glenn Close
4. "Bloody Mary"
5. "Bali Ha'i"
6. "Twin Soliloquies" - Glenn Close
7. "Some Enchanted Evening"
8. "Dites-Moi"
9. "Younger Than Springtime" - Harry Connick, Jr.
10. "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair" - Glenn Close, Ilene Graff
11. Some Enchanted Evening (Reprise) - Glenn Close
12. "I'm in Love with a Wonderful Guy" - Glenn Close, Ilene Graff
13. "You've Got to Be Carefully Taught" - Harry Connick Jr.
14. "This Nearly Was Mine"
15. "Honey Bun" - Glenn Close, Ilene Graff
16. "Finale Ultimo" - Glenn Close
17. "My Girl Back Home" - Glenn Close, Harry Connick Jr.

External links

• *[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0242898/ South Pacific at the Internet Movie Database
• South Pacific at Allmovie