This made-for-TV version of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic actually improves on the messy, 1958 feature-film version and favors drama and spectacle over musical comedy. During WWII, marine Lieutenant Joseph Cable (singer Harry Connick Jr.) is stationed in the South Pacific for a top secret surveillance mission. Far from home, Cable finds a kindred spirit in Little Rock-native Nellie Forbush (Glenn Close), who’s in charge of the remote atoll's navy nurses. Cable travels to the isle of Bali Hai, where he finds respite from the war by falling in love with Liat (Natalie Mendoza), the innocent daughter of salty entrepreneur Bloody Mary (Lori Tan Chinn), and consumma...
Released:
2000
Rated:
PG
Length:
135 mins