South Pacific Movie on TV now

[Unknown User]

Posted: 6/7/08 at 2:20pm

2001 version of R&H's South Pacific on Hallmark now.
With Glenn Close & Harry Connick Jr.

Just wanted to announce it haha.

[Smaxie]

Posted: 6/7/08 at 3:06pm

Thanks for the warning. I've put the Hallmark Channel on 'block'.

[ljay889]

Posted: 6/7/08 at 3:08pm

It's so awful.

[Smaxie]

Posted: 6/7/08 at 3:15pm

My favorite comment regarding this movie: when told that Glenn Close was cast in a TV version of South Pacific, John Simon remarked, "As who? Lieutenant Cable?"

[BigFatBlonde]

Posted: 6/7/08 at 3:21pm

Children.. gather around to see Grandma Nellie Forbush squeak out a tune...

[dayao]

Posted: 6/7/08 at 7:27pm

My favorite comment on this terrible remake is from an Amazon.com review, especially now that I know that Richard Rodgers' daughter, Mary Rodgers Guettel, was principally responsible for allowing the Glenn Close TV film to be made:

"the 1958 film is still a zillion times better than this unfortunate and ill-advised Glenn Close TV remake, which is so bad that if someone had deliberately set out to defile and ridicule the memory of Rodgers and Hammerstein and their work, they couldn't have done a better character assassination than allowing this TV movie to be made."

[Unknown User]

Posted: 6/7/08 at 8:15pm

haha oh that's sad.

I watched it because I haven't seen it in years. It wasn't the best movie I've ever seen but I really want to see the musical and this was the alternative haha.

[gcal]

Posted: 6/7/08 at 8:23pm

South Pathetic

[kathy selden]

Posted: 6/8/08 at 12:26am

Boycott Hallmark cards - Here's to American Greeting!