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''When you feel her call you across a crowded room,''
''Then fly to her side,and make her your own''
''Or all through your life you may dream all alone!''|"Some Enchanted Evening"}}
|"Some Enchanted Evening"}}
 
'''''South Pacific''''' is a [[The Musical|musical]] by [[Rodgers and Hammerstein]], originally produced in 1949. It was nominated for ten Tony awards, and won all of them, including the second ever Tony for Best Musical. ''South Pacific'' is also the only musical to win Best Production, Best Direction, and all four acting awards at one time.
 
Nellie Forbush is a navy nurse from Arkansas serving in the South Pacific during [[World War II]]. She has met a local French plantation owner named Emile de Becque. Lieutenant Joe Cable arrives on the island to take part in a spy mission.
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The show has many well-known numbers, including "Some Enchanted Evening", "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair", "Younger Than Springtime", "Nothing Like a Dame", "Honey Bun" and "Wonderful Guy".
 
The musical received a film adaptation in 1958. It made more money than any other movie of the year, and eventually became Rodgers' and Hammerstein's first movie available on [[Blu-Ray Disc]].
 
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* [[All Musicals Are Adaptations]]: weaves together two separate stories from James A. Michener's ''Tales of the South Pacific''.
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