A young novice is sent by her convent in 1930s Austria to become a governess to the seven children of a widowed naval officer.A young novice is sent by her convent in 1930s Austria to become a governess to the seven children of a widowed naval officer.A young novice is sent by her convent in 1930s Austria to become a governess to the seven children of a widowed naval officer.
- Writers
- Georg Hurdalek(with the partial use of ideas by)
- Howard Lindsay(from the stage musical book by)
- Russel Crouse(from the stage musical book by)
- Stars
- Writers
- Georg Hurdalek(with the partial use of ideas by)
- Howard Lindsay(from the stage musical book by)
- Russel Crouse(from the stage musical book by)
- Stars
Heather Menzies-Urich
- Louisa von Trapp
- (as Heather Menzies)
Gilchrist Stuart
- Franz
- (as Gil Stuart)
- Writers
- Georg Hurdalek(with the partial use of ideas by)
- Howard Lindsay(from the stage musical book by)
- Russel Crouse(from the stage musical book by)
- All cast & crew
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- TriviaCharmian Carr, who played Liesl, and was twenty-two at the time, wrote in her autobiography that she was attracted to the 35-year-old Christopher Plummer, who played her father. Plummer admitted that the feeling was mutual, but insists that it didn't get beyond mere flirtation.
- GoofsThe Mother Abbess tells Maria that Captain Von Trapp's wife died "several years ago". A distressing number of people have heard this as "seven years ago" and wonder how she can have given birth to the five-year-old Gretl.
- Crazy creditsThe 20th Century Fox logo is played in complete silence.
- Alternate versionsThe 1996 video fits the movie onto one VHS cassette by removing the Intermission screen as well as the Entr'acte.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Film Review: Julie Andrews (1967)
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Fantastic family friendly musical classic
The Sound of Music (1965) is an all time classic family musical that has always been one of my favorites. Ever since I was child, I would watch this movie and just love every minute of it. This movie really was destined for greatness from the beginning, anyone at all could have seen that. Between the A list cast, great performances, top notch singing, and the enchanting story.... there's no wonder people still love it to death. Julie Andrews stars as Maria, who is a nun, but not a very good one, and she gets sent to be a governess to the Von Trapp family. The Von Trapp family is a very well to do family in Austria. The father is a former captain and the mother died some time ago. Christopher Plummer plays captain Von Trapp, and he does a great job. Every member of the cast does a great job with their performances, both singing and non. The singing alone in this film is just astounding, every single musical number is just as good, if not better than the previous one. If you do not care for musicals, then I wouldn't really suggest this movie to you. It really is a lot of singing, but it is great singing by talented artists, which is really why it will forever have a place in classic great cinema. 10/10 for The Sound of Music. Enchanting story with lovely entertaining music.
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- davispittman
- Oct 26, 2017
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