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Shot in Salzburg against the majestic Bavarian Alps, THE SOUND OF MUSIC is considered one of the greatest screen musicals ever made. Winner of five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director (Robert Wise), the film, based on a real family and their true events, tells the story of a young postulate, Maria (Julie Andrews), who, after proving too high-spirited for the Mother Abess and other nuns, is sent off to work as a governess to seven unruly children. The Von Trapp family is run, in military style, by the seemingly cold-hearted Captain Von Trapp (Christopher Plummer), a lonely widowed naval officer. Seeing how badly he and his children need companionship, he proposes to the Baroness Schraeder (Eleanor Parker), a calculating, mutual friend of beloved family friend Max Detweiler (Richard Haydn). It is the baroness who soon realizes that it's Maria--with her warmth and love for the children--the captain really loves. It is nearly bliss for the newly formed family who loves to sing together--except for the cloud looming over their beloved Austrian horizon: Hitler is ascending to power, forcing Von Trapp to decide whether to join the Nazi party--which he loathes--or force his family to leave their home forever. One of the most memorable scores ever written (by Rodgers and Hammerstein) and breathtaking performances by Andrews, Plummer, and the seven children mark this classic as one of the world's most favorite films.
Product Details
- Actors
- Angela Cartwright
- Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer
- Ben Wright
- Christopher Plummer
- Eleanor Parker
- Heather Menzies
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- Director
- Robert Wise
- Artist
- Andrews
- Contributing Artists
- Andrews
- Plummer
- Year of release
- 1965
- Audio Format
- English Audio Commentary Dolby Digital
- THX Mastered Audio
- Aspect Ratio
- 1.78:1
- 2.20:1
- Film Rating (Australia)
- G
- Subtitle Language
- English
- Spanish
- Label / Studio
- TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX
- Disc Features
- DVD-ROM Enhanced
- Interactive Menus
- Scene Selection
- Film Rating (UK)
- U
- Disc Layers
- 2
- Media Format
- DVD-Video
- DVD Region
- 1
- Number of Discs
- 2
- Film Format
- Anamorphic
- Run Time (minutes)
- 174
- Film and TV Genre
- Musical
- Colour System
- NTSC
- Cast & Crew
- Saul Chaplin (Associate Producer)
- Dee Dee Wood (Choreographer)
- Ted McCord (Cinematographer)
- Irwin Kostal (Composer)
- Richard Rodgers (Composer)
- Dorothy Jeakins (Costume Designer)
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Additional Information
- 2. Costume Design Gallery
- 2. Reissue Trailers
- Additional Audio Material - 1. "A Telegram from Daniel Truhitte"
- Additional Text - 1. Background Information on Salzburg, the Von Trapps, and Austrian History.
- Audio Commentary - 2. "The Sound of Music From Fact to Phenomenon"
- Audio Commentary - 2. Reissue Trailers
- Audio Commentary - 3. TV Spots
- Audio Commentary - 4. Radio Spots
- Audio Commentary 1. Robert Wise - Director
- Audio Interviews - 1. Robert Wise - Director, Julie Andrews - Star
- Documentaries - 1. "Salzburg Sight and Sound"
- Filmographies - 2. Costume Design Gallery
- Interactive Menus
- Interviews - 2. "Ernest Lehman: Master Storyteller"
- Interviews - 2. Julie Andrews - Star
- Interviews - 3. Christopher Plummer - Star
- Interviews - 4. Peggy Wood - Star
- Isolated Audio Track - 1. Score with Commentary
- Scene Access
- Sing-Along
- Stills/Photos - 1. Production Stills
- Storyboards
- Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailers
- Web Links
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