Rossano Brazzi, Mitzi Gaynor, John Kerr, Ray Walston. Directed by Joshua Logan.
The great Rodgers & Hammerstein musical gets the deluxe Hollywood treatment and was the first musical filmed in 70mm after "Oklahoma!" (1955). After the recent restoration, here's the opportunity available in only a handful of cities to enjoy this film as audiences first saw it almost 50 years ago - with its rich palette of colors and the timeless R&H score sonorously splendid in six-track stereo. The story, based on James Michener's tales of love and World War II on a Pacific Island, and with its anti-war themes and denouncements of racism, is more timeless than ever.