Sound of Music

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--...

Key Information
Stars		Julie Andrews
Actors		Norma Varden
Available Formats		DVD: 40th Anniversary Edition; Bilingual
Directors		Robert Wise
UPC		024543007036
Genre		Musical & Performing Arts
Subgenre		Recommended • Romances • True Story • Family Interaction • Clergy • Essential Cinema • Classic • Family (General) • Musicals
MPAA Rating		G (MPAA)
Release Date		1965
Running Time		2hr 55min
Languages
Original Language		English
DVD Editions
		DVD: Single Disc; Pan & Scan; Checkpoint2hr 54min20th Century Fox Home EntertainmentAugust 13, 2002G (MPAA)024543045076
VHS Editions
		VHS2hr 55min20th Century Fox Home EntertainmentSeptember 26, 1991G (MPAA)086162105135Sound Features: HiFi, Stereo
Professional Reviews
		(01/20/1995, p.61, Steve Simels): "...Beloved..." -- Rating: A
Quotes from the Movie
		"Rain drops on roses and whiskers on kittens...these are a few of my favorite things."--Maria (Julie Andrews), singing to the children "Do, a deer, a female deer. Ray, a drop of golden sun. Me, a name I call myself. Fa, a long, long way to run."--Maria and the children, learning to sing together "Edelweiss, Edelweiss, every morning you greet me. Soft and white, clean and bright, you look happy to meet me."--Captain Von Trapp (Christopher Plummer), singing to the children (a song now used as the Austrian National Anthem)