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The Sound of Music

  • 19651965
  • GG
  • 2h 52m
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8.1/10
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Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Charmian Carr, Angela Cartwright, Duane Chase, Nicholas Hammond, Kym Karath, Heather Menzies-Urich, and Debbie Turner in The Sound of Music (1965)
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A young novitiate is sent by her convent in 1930s Austria to become a governess to the seven children of a widowed naval officer.A young novitiate is sent by her convent in 1930s Austria to become a governess to the seven children of a widowed naval officer.A young novitiate is sent by her convent in 1930s Austria to become a governess to the seven children of a widowed naval officer.
IMDb RATING
8.1/10
229K
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255
200
  • Director
    • Robert Wise
  • 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
    • Julie Andrews
    • Christopher Plummer
    • Eleanor Parker
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  • Director
    • Robert Wise
  • 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
    • Julie Andrews
    • Christopher Plummer
    • Eleanor Parker
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    • 528User reviews
    • 136Critic reviews
    • 63Metascore
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  • Top rated movie #244
    • Won 5 Oscars
      • 17 wins & 13 nominations total

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    Julie Andrews, Charmian Carr, Angela Cartwright, Duane Chase, Kym Karath, Heather Menzies-Urich, and Debbie Turner in The Sound of Music (1965)
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    Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, and Eleanor Parker in The Sound of Music (1965)
    Christopher Plummer, Charmian Carr, Angela Cartwright, Duane Chase, Nicholas Hammond, Kym Karath, Heather Menzies-Urich, and Debbie Turner in The Sound of Music (1965)
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    Charmian Carr, Angela Cartwright, Duane Chase, Nicholas Hammond, Kym Karath, Heather Menzies-Urich, and Debbie Turner in The Sound of Music (1965)
    Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Charmian Carr, Angela Cartwright, Duane Chase, Nicholas Hammond, Kym Karath, Heather Menzies-Urich, and Debbie Turner in The Sound of Music (1965)
    Julie Andrews, Angela Cartwright, Kym Karath, Heather Menzies-Urich, and Debbie Turner in The Sound of Music (1965)
    Brigitta, Maria, Capt. von Trapp and Liesl
    Maria and kids
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    Julie Andrews
    Julie Andrews
    • Mariaas Maria
    Christopher Plummer
    Christopher Plummer
    • Captain Georg von Trappas Captain Georg von Trapp
    Eleanor Parker
    Eleanor Parker
    • The Baronessas The Baroness
    Richard Haydn
    Richard Haydn
    • Max Detweileras Max Detweiler
    Peggy Wood
    Peggy Wood
    • Mother Abbessas Mother Abbess
    Charmian Carr
    Charmian Carr
    • Liesl von Trappas Liesl von Trapp
    Heather Menzies-Urich
    Heather Menzies-Urich
    • Louisa von Trappas Louisa von Trapp
    • (as Heather Menzies)
    Nicholas Hammond
    Nicholas Hammond
    • Friedrich von Trappas Friedrich von Trapp
    Duane Chase
    Duane Chase
    • Kurt von Trappas Kurt von Trapp
    Angela Cartwright
    Angela Cartwright
    • Brigitta von Trappas Brigitta von Trapp
    Debbie Turner
    Debbie Turner
    • Marta von Trappas Marta von Trapp
    Kym Karath
    Kym Karath
    • Gretl von Trappas Gretl von Trapp
    Anna Lee
    Anna Lee
    • Sister Margarettaas Sister Margaretta
    Portia Nelson
    Portia Nelson
    • Sister Bertheas Sister Berthe
    Ben Wright
    Ben Wright
    • Herr Zelleras Herr Zeller
    Daniel Truhitte
    Daniel Truhitte
    • Rolfeas Rolfe
    Norma Varden
    Norma Varden
    • Frau Schmidtas Frau Schmidt
    Gilchrist Stuart
    • Franzas Franz
    • (as Gil Stuart)
    • Director
      • Robert Wise
    • 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)
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    • Trivia
      Charmian 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.
    • Goofs
      The 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.
    • Quotes

      Maria: When the Lord closes a door, somewhere He opens a window.

    • Crazy credits
      The 20th Century Fox logo is played in complete silence.
    • Alternate versions
      The 1996 video fits the movie onto one VHS cassette by removing the Intermission screen as well as the Entr'acte.
    • Connections
      Featured in Film Review: Julie Andrews (1967)
    • Soundtracks
      Prelude
      (1959) (uncredited)

      Music by Richard Rodgers

      Played during the opening aerial shots

    User reviews528

    Review
    Top review
    8/10
    Tuneful Score; Honest Emotions; Great Fun and a Flawless Production
    The "Sound of Music" is set in the mountainous hills and the city of Salzburg, Austria. There is to my eye at least, something about its spacious alpine countryside which dominates and informs the entire production. The air, the light, the music, the styles of dress, the activities--everything is "elevated", with hardly anything being sea-level about it. And the film has a very good "engagement sequence" at the opening, when we learn about the central ethical character and experience her leaving the abbey where she has served along with her, and begin to care about her purposes. The story-line is simple and relatively direct: A young nun, unsuited to the profession, takes a job as a governess to the children of a difficult client--a captain in the Austrian navy who runs the household like a ship's company of sailors, complete with a bosun's whistle and a lineup of the children in matching uniforms. The body of the piece is then concerned with Maria, the governess, subverting the household and winning over the Captain until he gives up his present lady friend, a Baroness; then when Maria, who has been falling in love with him, goes away and comes back, he has to tell her he is in love with her also. They marry, to the children's delight in a great ceremony in a rebuilt replica of Salzburg's cathedral; but a Nazi Parrty official has words with the Captain. The family, against the Captain's former feeling, then enters the Sazlburg musical festival as the Von Trapp Family singers, something he had earlier opposed; and, winning the contest, they flee and are helped at her old abbey by Maria's Prioress and her friends there. The nuns sabotage the Nazis' cars by stealing parts, and Captain Von Trapp leads his family up over the mountain pass to freedom as the film ends. This happy film is filled with tuneful songs ranging from the ultra-simple "Eidelweiss" ballad to "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria" , "Do Re Mi", "My Favorite Things", "The Sound of Music", "I Have Confidence", "The Lonely Goatherd", "Something Good", "Sixteen Going on Seventeen" and the voice-challenging "Climb Every Mountain". Robert Wise directed this complex film, which features many sorts of scenes. Everything to me looks clean, bright and, frequently, even Austrian. Ernerst Lehman wrote the screenplay from the Broadway "book" by Howard Lindsay and Russell Crouse that borrowed its fictionalized biography from Maria Augusta Trapp's autobiographical work; Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II supplied the music and lyrics. Ted McCord provided lucid cinematography, with the production being designed by Boris Leven. Ruby R. Leavitt and Walter M. Scott did the complex set decorations while famous Dorothy Jeakins created the many vivid costumes. In the large cast, Julie Andrews was a charming Maria, though she was not particularly Austrian. Christopher Plummer had some very good moments as the Captain, Eleanor Parker played the Baroness with great skill and Richard Haydn was the Captain's impresario friend, Max. Ben Wright was the Nazu gauleiter, Peggy Wood the Mother Superior, and among the nuns were Anna Lee, voice-dubbing soprano Marni Nixon, Evadne Baker and Portia Nelson., In the cast also were Daniel Truhitte, Norma Varden, Gilchrist Stuart as Franz the butler, with the children Charmian Carr, Nicholas Hammond, Angela Cartwright, Heather Menzies, Duane Chase, Debbie Turner, and Kym Karath. It is a bit difficult for me as a writer to account for the highly-positive qualities of the film, since in my judgment they exceed the sum of the film's parts. The characters and relationships seem real to the viewer, I suggest, because we discover them along with Maria; her personal dilemmas are interesting, and the use of the Nazi Anschluss as a threat, a problem for the Captain, and a dark cloud hanging over the sunlit lives of the folk in the film works very well. The contrast for instance between the nuns' early disagreement over Maria's character and their helping to thwart the Nazis pursuing the family at the film's climax becomes a highly-symbolic movement; and like the growing love between Maria and the Captain and the children's being won over by their new governess, because the movement again is allowed to develop by slow stages, the satire-level comedy with its touch of drama works powerfully on an audience. There is much to be admired in the simplicity and the beautiful imagery of this film; if it is not an artistic masterpiece, it is frequently absorbing, moving and unaffected all at the same time.
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    • Mary Martin originated the role on Broadway; was she considered for the movie?

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    • Release date
      • April 1, 1965 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
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    • Languages
      • English
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Rodgers and Hammerstein's the Sound of Music
    • Filming locations
      • Felsenreitschule, Salzburg, Austria
    • Production companies
      • Robert Wise Productions
      • Argyle Enterprises
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    • Budget
      • $8,200,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $159,287,539
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $413,497
      • Sep 9, 2018
    • Gross worldwide
      • $159,428,329
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 52 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.20 : 1

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