| 词条 | Pacific Destiny |
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| name = Pacific Destiny | image = Pacific_Destiny_(1956_film).jpg | caption = British theatrical poster | director = Wolf Rilla | producer = James Lawrie | writer = Richard Mason (screenplay) Jack Lee (adaptation) | based on = book A Pattern of Islands by Sir Arthur Grimble | studio = Lawrie Productions Limited British Lion Films Limited (in association with) Shepperton Studios, England | starring = Denholm Elliott Susan Stephen | music = James Bernard | cinematography = Martin Curtis | editing = John Trumper | distributor = A British Lion Release {{small|(UK)}} | released = {{Film date|df=y|1956|06|05|London, UK}} | runtime = 96 mins[1] | country = United Kingdom | language = English | budget = | gross = }}Pacific Destiny is a 1956 British drama film directed by Wolf Rilla and starring Denholm Elliott, Susan Stephen and Michael Hordern.[2] The screenplay concerns a young British couple who win the respect of the inhabitants of a South Pacific island during the colonial era.[3] It was based on A Pattern of Islands, a memoir by Sir Arthur Grimble recounting his time in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands as a cadet officer and Resident Commissioner in the 1920s.[4][5] Film credits show Samoa as the filming location.[6] PlotThe true story of inexperienced District Officer Cadet Arthur Grimble (Denholm Elliott) who arrives with his bride Olivia (Susan Stephen) on a remote Pacific island to work in the Colonial Service. He finds it hard to meet the approval of his superior, the Resident Commissioner (Michael Hordern), who had been expecting a more experienced man. The harder Grimble tries to please him, the more things seem to go awry, and he soon finds himself banished to a smaller neighbouring island. Olivia though is not as easily discouraged as her husband by the situation, and lends her support in a way that eventually meets with the approval of the island people. Cast
Critical receptionLeonard Maltin called it a "Boring (but true) story";[7] TV Guide again, though praising the performances of Elliott and Hordern, called it "a routine and boring story with a pretty picture backdrop":[6] and British Pictures noted "A pleasant bit of colonial travelogue, most notable for being Britain's first fiction film in Cinemascope."[8]References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/pacific-destiny-1956|title=PACIFIC DESTINY - British Board of Film Classification|website=www.bbfc.co.uk}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/45585|title=Pacific Destiny (1956)|publisher=}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/pacific-destiny-v105357|title=Pacific Destiny (1956) - Wolf Rilla - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie|website=AllMovie}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Yyqc0Qa6b60C&pg=PA899&lpg=PA899&dq=pacific+destiny+literary+sources+in+film&source=bl&ots=KaUiySt4A6&sig=RQH-_m-o9wokMkQ57_TPzh6bGCo&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi2rbqj0ZHWAhVPblAKHZbiAPUQ6AEIRTAJ#v=onepage&q=pacific+destiny+literary+sources+in+film&f=false|title=The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film|first=Alan|last=Goble|date=1 January 1999|publisher=Walter de Gruyter|via=Google Books}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/a-pattern-of-islands-by-arthur-grimble-2301677.html|title=A Pattern of Islands, By Arthur Grimble|date=24 June 2011|publisher=}} 6. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/movies/pacific-destiny/review/108703/|title=Pacific Destiny|website=TVGuide.com}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/86102/Pacific-Destiny/|title=Pacific Destiny (1956) - Overview - TCM.com|website=Turner Classic Movies}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.britishpictures.com/arch_p.html|title=ARCHIVE P - Ph: British films of the 30s, 40s and 50s|first=David|last=Absalom|website=www.britishpictures.com}} External links
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