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The Sound of Music (1965) 8.0
A woman leaves an Austrian convent to become a governess to the children of a Naval officer widower. Director:Robert WiseWriters:George Hurdalek (with the partial use of ideas by) (as Georg Hurdalek) , Howard Lindsay (from the stage musical book by), 3 more credits » |
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Cast
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| Christopher Plummer | ... | ||
| Eleanor Parker | ... | ||
| Richard Haydn | ... | ||
| Peggy Wood | ... | ||
| Charmian Carr | ... | ||
| Heather Menzies-Urich | ... |
Louisa
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| Nicholas Hammond | ... | ||
| Duane Chase | ... | ||
| Angela Cartwright | ... | ||
| Debbie Turner | ... | ||
| Kym Karath | ... | ||
| Anna Lee | ... | ||
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Portia Nelson | ... | |
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In 1930's Austria, a young woman named Maria is failing miserably in her attempts to become a nun. When the Navy captain Georg Von Trapp writes to the convent asking for a governess that can handle his seven mischievous children, Maria is given the job. The Captain's wife is dead, and he is often away, and runs the household as strictly as he does the ships he sails on. The children are unhappy and resentful of the governesses that their father keeps hiring, and have managed to run each of them off one by one. When Maria arrives, she is initially met with the same hostility, but her kindness, understanding, and sense of fun soon draws them to her and brings some much-needed joy into all their lives -- including the Captain's. Eventually he and Maria find themselves falling in love, even though Georg is already engaged to a Baroness and Maria is still a postulant. The romance makes them both start questioning the decisions they have made. Their personal conflicts soon become ... Written by LOTUS73
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Country:
USARelease Date:
29 March 1965 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
Rodgers and Hammerstein's The Sound of Music See more »Box Office
Budget:
$8,200,000 (estimated)Gross:
$163,214,286 (USA)Company Credits
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Runtime:
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)Color:
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2.35 : 1
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Maria: [singing] The hills are alive with the sound of music / With songs they have sung for a thousand years. / The hills fill my heart with the sound of music. / My heart wants to sing every song it hears.
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(1959) (uncredited)
Music by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Sung by Christopher Plummer (dubbed by Bill Lee) and Charmian Carr
Also played on guitar by Carr
Played by the orchestra and danced to by guests at the party
Sung by Julie Andrews, Nicholas Hammond, Heather Menzies-Urich, Duane Chase, Angela Cartwright, Debbie Turner and Kym Karath and the audience at the Salzburg folk festival with Carr and Plummer dubbed by Lee
Played as background music often
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Trivia
The gazebo used for the "Sixteen Going on Seventeen" and "Something Good" scenes can still be visited in the Salzburg area, on "Sound of Music" tours. However, the public had to be excluded from the interior because film fans who were considerably older than "sixteen going on seventeen" were injuring themselves while trying to dance along the seats. The gazebo in Austria was only used for exterior shots. The actual dance by Charmian Carr and Daniel Truhitte was, in fact, filmed on a replica of the gazebo's interior on a sound stage at 20th Century-Fox in Los Angeles, as were the shots of Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer. See more »Goofs
When Maria goes to see the Mother Abbess (after "Maria") the chair is at the end of the desk as she enters the room. But when the Mother Abbess tells her to sit, it is in the middle. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Maria: [singing] The hills are alive with the sound of music / With songs they have sung for a thousand years. / The hills fill my heart with the sound of music. / My heart wants to sing every song it hears.
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Crazy Credits
The 20th Century Fox logo is played in complete silence. See more »Soundtracks
Edelweiss(1959) (uncredited)
Music by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Sung by Christopher Plummer (dubbed by Bill Lee) and Charmian Carr
Also played on guitar by Carr
Played by the orchestra and danced to by guests at the party
Sung by Julie Andrews, Nicholas Hammond, Heather Menzies-Urich, Duane Chase, Angela Cartwright, Debbie Turner and Kym Karath and the audience at the Salzburg folk festival with Carr and Plummer dubbed by Lee
Played as background music often
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This has to be the greatest musical of all time. An amazing musical score and stunning choreography, no home should be without a copy of this timeless classic.
This musical is known by everybody and is suitable for all ages. A Happy family film with no sex, violence or bad language. The young actors playing the roles of the von Trapp children are amazing and Andrews gives a performance to be remembered for a lifetime as Maria, a young Nun who becomes a cheerful governess.
This is definately a family movie to be watched together on a Sunday Afternoon!!