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SOUTH PACIFIC
September 22, 2025 @ 4:00 pm
On Sunday 22nd at 4pm: the romantic musical film, SOUTH PACIFIC (2h25mins).
It is 1943 and the United States Navy has established several bases in the Solomon Islands, in preparation for an invasion towards New Guinea and the Central Pacific. On one such island lives a French planter named Emile de Becque, whom the Navy wishes to employ as a scout to nearby Japanese held islands. To accomplish this task, de Becque is approached by a US Navy nurse named Nellie Forbush. Amidst an outstanding musical score, and breathtaking scenery, the drama of “South Pacific” unfolds.
“Be prepared to be dazzled by R&H’s most amazing, underrated musical of all time.
The love story is between a spirited young Navy nurse and an older French planter who’s afraid of losing anything. While that makes for some very groan-friendly moments, everything is forgiven when you peer through the weird, multi-coloured lenses and pay attention to what’s actually going on: a fantastic story (besides the romance) is unfolding. It’s the story of a world where everything is changing, and the road down that way could not have been better.
There’s lots to love here, so don’t be distracted by what you can use to maul this movie. The performances are great, the songs are probably the only songs I’ve never minded having looped in my head that weren’t written by Richard O’Brien, and the beauty of the South Pacific is something that would be amazing to behold anywhere from a majestic silver screen to a tiny little kitchen-table TV set.
As far as musicals go, this is one of my all-time favourites and should be the same for more people.”