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MPAA Rating: PG Content Advisory: Excellent For Children Movie Release: 2001 DVD Release: 08/28/2001 Format: DVD - Pan and Scan Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Studio: Walt Disney Video Members Wishing: 2 Genres: Musical, Romance, Musical Comedy, Musical Romance, War Romance

Rodgers and Hammerstein's award-winning musical South Pacific, based on stories by James A. Michener, successfully debuted in 1949, and has since been performed scores of times on-stage and onscreen. Its revered musical score is infused with many singable favorites. This made-for-TV movie rendition, shot in Australia, originally aired on ABC and features award-winning actors Glenn Close and Harry Connick Jr. Set on a naval base in the tropics during World War II, the dual love story reveals the challenges faced by romance through racial prejudice and war, as demonstrated by the struggles of the tale's two couples. ~ Sarah Sloboda, All Movie Guide

Glenn Close - Nellie Forbush
Robert Pastorelli
Harry Connick, Jr. - Lieutenant Cable

Richard Pearce directed this made-for-television adaptation of South Pacific. The DVD offers a standard full-frame transfer that preserves the original broadcast aspect ratio of 1.33:1. Closed-captioned English soundtracks are rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS 5.1. There are no subtitles on this release. In addition to a making-of featurette, the disc contains a deleted scene highlighted by a performance of "My Girl Back Home" by stars Glenn Close and Harry Connick Jr. While this disc will not erase memories of the first film version of South Pacific, it is a fine release. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide