The Sound of Music(1965)
"The happiest sound in all the world!"
Overview
In the years before World War II, a tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey is hired as a governess in the home of a widowed naval captain with seven children, and brings a new love of life and music into the home.
Robert Wise
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Ernest Lehman
Screenplay
Maria von Trapp
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Top Billed Cast
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Original 1965 Theatrical Trailer
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Agnès Varda & Jacques Demy on 'The Sound of Music' (from 'Viva Varda!' - 2023)
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60 Iconic Moments from The Sound of Music I Celebrating Its 60th Anniversary in 2025!
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"Edelweiss" ft. Christopher Plummer's Original Vocals
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"Something Good" ft. Christopher Plummer's Original Vocals
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Cynthia Erivo Sings "Edelweiss" at the AFI Tribute to Julie Andrews
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Julie Andrews and THE SOUND OF MUSIC Children Reunite | 48th AFI Life Achievement Award Tribute
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Julie Andrews on why "My Favorite Things" is one of her favorite songs from THE SOUND OF MUSIC
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Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer Reminisce on The Sound of Music at the 50th Anniversary
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Julie Andrews on shooting the opening scene in THE SOUND OF MUSIC
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"The Sound of Music"
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"The Lonely Goatherd"
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"Do-Re-Mi"
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I Have Confidence
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The Sound of Music Wins Film Editing: 1966 Oscars
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TCM Presents 50th Anniversary
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50th Anniversary – "Do-Re-Mi"
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NBC Sunday and Tuesday promos December 1986
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Sixteen Going on Seventeen
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The Sound of Music Wins Sound: 1966 Oscars
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My Favorite Things
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The Rowboat scene
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So Long, Farewell
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Edelweiss
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"Climb Ev'ry Mountain" Finale
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Maria and the Captain dance the Laendler
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Doctor Zhivago and The Sound of Music Win Music Awards: 1966 Oscars
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Maria von Trapp teaches Julie Andrews to Yodel
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Home Movie Footage
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After the Anschluss
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The Sound of Music Wins Best Picture: 1966 Oscars
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"The Sound of Music" Reunion at The Last 70mm Film Festival
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NBC Big Event bumper The Sound of Music 1979
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Julie Andrews on THE SOUND OF MUSIC
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Written on October 4, 2015
What can one say about a film that now, as it gears towards its next anniversary of a 50th birthday, is loved and adored by so many? It feels, to me at least, kind of redundant trying to even write a review of it now. So really I just want to say that as a mid-forties cinema loving man I revisited the film recently for the first time in about 15 years and found it still had a magical kind of hold over me. Yes I still think it's too long, but ask me what I would cut out of the film and I'm at a bit of a loss to answer.
Over the last thirty years or so it has become something of a focal point for parody, somewhat diminishing the actual film's first time appeal. Then there are the charges of it being hackneyed, but they are misplaced and very unfair for The Sound Of Music is an ode to life and music, nothing remotely hackneyed there me thinks. Bookended by stunning Salzburg scenery {seriously the opening helicopter sequence is breath taking}, the rest in between is a series of brilliant set pieces and some unforgettable Rodgers & Hammerstein tunes. Led by Julie Andrews & Christoher Plummer, the cast delight throughout. Yes, not everyone is note perfect, but it's a moot point really. As a guy it's at the one hour ten mark where I get something to hang my coat upon, from there on in the Von Trapp family, and their gorgeous governess, have me hook, line & sinker. The Sound Of Music, one of the greatest screen musicals ever. 9/10
