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The Sound of Music (1965)
7.9
A woman leaves an Austrian convent to become a governess to the children of a Naval officer widower. Director:Robert Wise |
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Won 5 Oscars.
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Eleanor Parker | ... | |
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Richard Haydn | ... | |
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Charmian Carr | ... |
Liesl
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Heather Menzies-Urich | ... |
Louisa
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Friedrich
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Duane Chase | ... |
Kurt
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Brigitta
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Debbie Turner | ... |
Marta
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Gretl
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Anna Lee | ... | |
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Portia Nelson | ... | |
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Storyline
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... Written by LOTUS73
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...the more you see it, the more it becomes one of your favorite things! See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
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Rodgers and Hammerstein's The Sound of Music See more »Box Office
Budget:
$8,200,000 (estimated)Gross:
$163,214,286 (USA)Company Credits
Production Co:
Robert Wise Productions, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Argyle Enterprises See more »
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Technical Specs
Runtime:
Sound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Mono (Westrex Recording System) (35 mm prints) | Stereo (some 35 mm prints) | DTS 70 mm (70mm re-release)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)
Music by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Sung by the Nun's Chorus See more »
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Trivia
Mary Martin was the wife of Richard Halliday, producer of the original Broadway show. Martin, who originated the role of Maria on Broadway, would eventually see nearly $8,000,000 from the film. In contrast, Julie Andrews earned just $225,000 for her performance. See more »Goofs
Revealing mistakes: When Captain von Trapp and Maria come back from their honeymoon, he pulls a Nazi flag down from above his front door. As he does so, he is obviously searching for the correct place to tear the flag and eventually finds a slit which has been marked by the prop people. You can also see the slit going down into the flag. 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
"Morning Hymn"(1959)
Music by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Sung by the Nun's Chorus See more »
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