History Theatre / SouthPacific

The musical received a film adaptation in 1958, starring Mitzi Gaynor as Nellie and Rossano Brazzi as Emile. It made more money than any other movie of the year.

* SympatheticMurderBackstory: De Becque had to flee his homeland because he killed a man in a BarBrawl. But it's okay because the victim was a bully!
** Well, that and the guy was trying to kill ''him''. And the actual death was an accident (so more like sympathetic manslaughter backstory).

The musical received a film adaptation in 1958, starring Mitzi Gaynor as Nellie and Rossano Brazzi as Emile. It made more money than any other movie of the year, and eventually became Rodgers' and Hammerstein's first movie available on Blu-Ray Disc.

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* AllMusicalsAreAdaptations: Weaves together two separate stories from James A. Michener's ''Tales of the South Pacific''.

* AnAesop

* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler: Nellie's home town of Little Rock]].
* ChivalrousPervert: Multiple; whatever they may say or fantasize among themselves, the sailors are completely respectful to the nurses.
** Luther is the most fleshed-out example: he's very interested in "the women who dance with just skirts on!", yet he stops Emile from talking to Nellie because he thinks Emile hurt her, when Nellie tells him how wonderful he is for giving her flowers he admits they aren't from him, and when she emotionally opens the note from Emile he says he'll be around if she needs him.
* CrowdSong: "Bloody Mary," "Nothing Like a Dame," and "Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair."
* DarkReprise: For "Some Enchanted Evening" and "Younger Than Springtime."

* IAmSong: "A Cockeyed Optimist."

* IrrelevantActOpener
* IvyLeagueForEveryone
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Billis.

* MildlyMilitary

* ThatRemindsMeOfASong: "Honey Bun."
* TrappedBehindEnemyLines

* [[spoiler: LoveRedeems]]: [[spoiler: Nellie eventually allows her love for Emile to overpower any negative feelings she had regarding his bi-racial previous marriage.]]

* CutSong: Many, some of which, like "My Girl Back Home," are now commonly used in revivals.
** Another, "Suddenly Lovely," eventually received new lyrics, which turned it into "Getting to Know You" from ''Theatre/TheKingAndI''.
** Yet another, "Loneliness of Evening," received a spot in Rodgers' and Hammerstein's 1965 television version of ''Film/{{Cinderella}}''.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: So, Nellie puts aside her racial prejudices because she loves Emile and his children, but Cable is killed and leaves Liat and Bloody Mary in limbo...]]

* ChivalrousPervert: Multiple; whatever they may say or fantasize among themselves the sailors are completely respectful to the nurses.

* FourthDateMarriage: Nellie and Emile, who have only known each other for "few short weeks" but are then engaged.

* AllStarCast: The Carnegie Hall concert version in 2006 brought together famous singing actor Brian Stokes Mitchell as de Becque, country legend Music/RebaMcEntire as Nellie, and Alec Baldwin as Billis.

Cable tries to get Emile to agree to be his guide for the mission, but Emile will have none of it. Bloody Mary introduces Cable to a beautiful Tonkinese girl named Liat. Cable is enamored, but is shocked to discover that she is Bloody Mary's daughter. Nellie also makes a discovery about Emile that forces her to face her deep seated racial prejudices.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: So, Nellie puts aside her racial prejudices because she loves Emile and his children, but Cable is killed and leaves Liat and Bloody Mary into an oblivion...]]

* ICantBelieveAGuyLikeYouWouldNoticeMe: Emile and Nellie in "Twin Soliloquies". Nellie worries that a "cultured Frenchman" can't really be interested in her, a "little hick", while Emile worries that, surrounded by "younger men than I, officers and doctors," she won't chose to be with him.

* ICan'tBelieveAGuyLikeYouWouldNoticeMe: Emile and Nellie in "Twin Soliloquies". Nellie worries that a "cultured Frenchman" can't really be interested in her, a "little hick", while Emile worries that, surrounded by "younger men than I, officers and doctors," she won't chose to be with him.

-->-- "Some Enchanted Evening"

''South Pacific'' is a [[TheMusical musical]] by Creator/{{Rodgers and Hammerstein}}, originally produced in 1949. It was nominated for ten Tony awards, and won all of them, including the second ever Tony for Best Musical. ''South Pacific'' is also the only musical to win Best Production, Best Direction, and all four acting awards at one time.

Nellie Forbush is a Navy nurse from Arkansas serving in the South Pacific during WorldWarII. She has met a local French plantation owner named Emile de Becque. Lieutenant Joe Cable arrives on the island to take part in a spy mission.

Cable tries to get Emile to agree to be his guide for the mission, but Emile will have none of it. Bloody Mary introduces Cable to a beautiful Tonkinese girl named Liat. Cable is enamored, but is shocked to discover that she is Bloody Mary's daughter. Nellie also makes a discovery about Emile that forces her to face her deep-seated racial prejudices.

The show has many well-known numbers, including "Some Enchanted Evening", "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair", "Younger Than Springtime", "Nothing Like a Dame", "Honey Bun" and "Wonderful Guy".

* CrowdSong: "Bloody Mary", "Nothing Like a Dame", and "Wash That Man Right Out Of My Hair".
* CutSong: Many, some of which, like "My Girl Back Home", are now commonly used in revivals.
** Another, "Suddenly Lovely", eventually received new lyrics, which turned it into "Getting to Know You" from ''TheKingAndI''.
** Yet another, "Loneliness of Evening", received a spot in Rodgers' and Hammerstein's 1965 television version of ''{{Film/Cinderella}}''.
* DarkReprise: For "Some Enchanted Evening" and "Younger Than Springtime"

* IAmSong: "A Cockeyed Optimist".

* MyGirlBackHome: TropeNamer and subversion. In this case he sings this song before ''cheating'' on his "girl back home".
* PepTalkSong: "Happy Talk":

* SexyDiscretionShot: It's not all ''that'' discreet, considering that they're both half-undressed, but the stage still fades to black as Joe and Liat embrace and fall to the floor.

* ThatRemindsMeOfASong: "Honey Bun".

!!The film adaptation provides examples of:

* EpicMovie: Filmed on location in Hawaii, the movie beat ''Film/{{Vertigo}}'' and ''{{Gigi}}'' to become the #1 film of 1958. However, several Rodgers and Hammerstein fans regard it as the weakest film adaptation due to garish MoodLighting (achieved through color filters) and poor pacing.
* FeetFirstIntroduction: Liat has one in the General Release/Home Video version.
* MovieBonusSong: "My Girl Back Home". The movie also incorporates the CutSong "Loneliness of Evening," as a spoken poem Emile writes to Nellie.
* ReCut: Two versions are known to exist: a roadshow version that runs 172 minutes and a 157-minute general release version. The roadshow version was considered lost until 2005; the 2006 DVD and 2009 Blu-Ray include both the general release and roadshow versions. The version that played in Europe more closely follows the play by showing Nellie's and Emile's first scene together before the song "Bloody Mary".
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* BetaCouple: Cable and Liat.

''South Pacific'' is a [[TheMusical musical]] by {{Rodgers and Hammerstein}}, originally produced in 1949. It was nominated for ten Tony awards, and won all of them, including the second ever Tony for Best Musical. ''South Pacific'' is also the only musical to win Best Production, Best Direction, and all four acting awards at one time.

* AllStarCast: The Carnegie Hall concert version in 2006 brought together famous singing actor Brian Stokes Mitchell as de Becque, country legend [[RebaMcEntire Reba [=McEntire=]]] as Nellie, and Alec Baldwin as Billis.

->''Some enchanted evening, when you will find your true love''

Nellie Forbush is a navy nurse from Arkansas serving in the South Pacific during WorldWarII. She has met a local French plantation owner named Emile de Becque. Lieutenant Joe Cable arrives on the island to take part in a spy mission.

* EveryoneLooksSexierIfFrench / EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench: Emile, depending on the actor in question.

* OldShame: Not the film as a whole, but Joshua Logan, the director, later regretted the MoodLighting used during filming. He also stated that the filters came out much more intensely than he had planned; the coloring was not supposed to be that heavy.

* AllStarCast: The Carnegie Hall concert version in 2006 brought together famous opera singer Brian Stokes Mitchell as de Becque, country legend [[RebaMcEntire Reba [=McEntire=]]] as Nellie, and Alec Baldwin as Billis.