I have seen this movie adaptation on the big screen and many times on television, most recently on 9/28/06. I also directed a stage production in Ohio. Regrettably, Joshua Logan was not a superb movie director (this has been evident in other movie versions of stage musicals)...the movie languishes at a tepid pace, the movie is too long, the principals are miscast (and unfortunately most singing voices are dubbed, including Juanita Hall), and the bizarre color filters are a major distraction. Having seen the beaches on Kauai, I fault Logan for not letting that beauty show through. I do not know what possessed Logan and others, after viewing any dailies, to go along with the final product (probably, MONEY). The great humanitarianism of Oscar Hammerstein II still shows through, however, like in "You've Got to Be Taught."
Review of South Pacific
