The Sound of Music [50th Anniversary Edition]

Director: Robert Wise

Overview

One of the most popular movie musicals of all time, The Sound of Music is based on the true story of the Trapp Family Singers. Julie Andrews stars as Maria, a young nun in an Austrian convent who regularly misses her morning prayers because she enjoys going to the hills to sing the title song. Deciding that Maria needs to learn something about the real world before she can take her vows, the Mother Superior (Peggy Wood) sends her off to be governess for the children of the widowed Captain Von Trapp (Christopher Plummer). Arriving at the Trapp home, Maria discovers that her new boss is cold and aloof, and his seven children virtual automatons-at least, whenever the Captain is around. Otherwise, the kids are holy terrors, as evidenced by the fact that Maria is the latest in a long line of governesses. But Maria soon ingratiates herself with the children, especially oldest daughter Liesl (Charmian Carr), who is in love with teenaged messenger boy Rolf. As Maria herself begins to fall in love with the Captain, she rushes back to the Abbey so as not to complicate his impending marriage to a glamorous baroness (Eleanor Parker). But the children insist that Maria return, the Baroness steps out of the picture, and Maria and the Captain confirm their love in the song "Something Good." Unhappily, they return home from their honeymoon shortly after the Nazis march into Austria. Already, swastikas have been hung on the Von Trapp ancestral home, and Liesl's boyfriend Rolf has been indoctrinated in the "glories" of the Third Reich. The biggest blow occurs when Von Trapp is called back to active duty in the service of the Fuhrer. The Captain wants nothing to do with Nazism, and he begins making plans to take himself and his family out of Austria.

Product Details

Release Date:	03/10/2015
UPC:	0024543029311
Original Release:	1965
Rating:	G
Source:	20TH CENT
Region Code:	1
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, Dolby Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	2:55:00
Sales rank:	6

Special Features

Option sing-along track; Music machine sing-along; The sound of music tour - a living story

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Julie Andrews	Maria
Christopher Plummer	Capt. von Trapp
Eleanor Parker	The Baroness
Richard Haydn	Max Detweiler
Charmian Carr	Liesl
Peggy Wood	Mother Abbess
Heather Menzies	Louisa
Daniel Truhitte	Rolf
Anna Lee	Sister Margaret
Nicholas Hammond	Friedrich
Duane Chase	Kurt
Angela Cartwright	Brigitta
Debbie Turner	Marta
Kym Karath	Gretl
Portia Nelson	Sister Berthe
Ben Wright	Herr Zeller
Norma Varden	Frau Schmidt
Gilchrist Stuart	Franz
Marni Nixon	Sister Sophia
Evadne Baker	Sister Bernice
Doris Lloyd	Baroness Ebberfeld
Irwin Kostal	Composer
Rodgers & Hammerstein	Composer

Technical Credits

Ernest Lehman

Ernest Lehman	Screenwriter
L.B. Abbott	Special Effects
Emil Kosa Jr.	Special Effects
Robert Wise	Producer
Saul Chaplin	Producer
Michael McLean	Casting

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- The Sound of Music
1. Scene 1 [1:13]
2. Scene 2 [1:06]
3. Scene 3 [2:19]
4. Scene 4 [:06]
5. Scene 5 [2:38]
6. Scene 6 [:09]
7. Scene 7 [1:57]
8. Scene 8 [1:13]
9. Scene 9 [3:41]
10. Scene 10 [:02]
11. Scene 11 [4:10]
12. Scene 12 [4:06]
13. Scene 13 [:04]
14. Scene 14 [1:38]
15. Scene 15 [5:11]
16. Scene 16 [2:54]
17. Scene 17 [2:24]
18. Scene 18 [1:38]
19. Scene 19 [2:15]
20. Scene 20 [4:56]
21. Scene 21 [5:35]
22. Scene 22 [2:33]
23. Scene 23 [1:29]
24. Scene 24 [:14]
25. Scene 25 [:45]
26. Scene 26 [1:51]
27. Scene 27 [:31]
28. Scene 28 [5:55]
29. Scene 29 [:02]
30. Scene 30 [1:43]
31. Scene 31 [4:35]
32. Scene 32 [1:42]
33. Scene 33 [1:53]
34. Scene 34 [1:49]
35. Scene 35 [2:13]
36. Scene 36 [:23]
37. Scene 37 [1:39]
38. Scene 38 [3:10]
39. Scene 39 [2:55]
40. Scene 40 [2:14]
41. Scene 41 [:52]
42. Scene 42 [2:11]
43. Scene 43 [2:22]
44. Scene 44 [:40]
45. Scene 45 [:08]
46. Scene 46 [2:59]
47. Scene 47 [1:42]
48. Scene 48 [2:02]
49. Scene 49 [1:13]
50. Scene 50 [1:20]
51. Scene 51 [1:52]
52. Scene 52 [2:14]
53. Scene 53 [:53]
54. Scene 54 [2:19]
55. Scene 55 [2:34]
56. Scene 56 [2:34]
57. Scene 57 [2:24]
58. Scene 58 [2:31]
59. Scene 59 [1:11]
60. Scene 60 [2:16]

Menu

Disc #1 -- The Sound of Music
Play
Set Up
Audio
English 5.1 Dolby Digital
English 4.0 Dolby Surround
Espa?ol Dolby Surround
Fran?ais Dolby Surround
Subtitles
English for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Espa?ol
Subtitles: None
Scenes
Extras
The Sound of Music Tour - A Living Story
Play Film with Sing-Along
Music Machine
Music Machine with Sing-Along: On/Off
Play All
The Sound of Music
Preludium: Dixit Dominus (Psalm 110), Morning Hymn (Rex Admirabilis) and Alleluia
Maria
I Have Confidence
Sixteen Going On Seventeen
My Favorite Things
My Favorite Things Conclusion
Salzburg Montage (Sing-along Unavailable)
Do-Re-Mi
The Sound of Music Reprise
The Lonely Goatherd
Edelweiss
So Long, Farewell
The Sound of Music Reprise
Climb Ev'ry Mountain
My Favorite Things Reprise
Something Good
Processional (Sing-along Unavailable)
Maria Reprise
Sixteen Going On Seventeen Reprise
Do-Re-Mi Reprise
Edelweiss Reprise
So Long, Farewell Reprise
Climb Ev'ry Mountain Reprise

Editorial Reviews

Unabashedly sentimental and a box office smash, The Sound of Music (1965) became the last old-fashioned blockbuster musical before the seismic shifts of the late 1960s and 1970s. Faithfully adapting the Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway hit while opening it up for the screen, director Robert Wise made the most of the story's Austrian settings by shooting in pristine color on location in and around Salzburg. Beginning with the helicopter shot of Julie Andrews's hill-top performance of the title song, Wise matches glorious Alpine landscapes and Salzburg sites with exuberant songs, while the romantic moments are set in the more intimate yet still picturesque Von Trapp garden house. The puppet show, an important moment in Maria's romance with Von Trapp, also becomes another beautifully executed set piece in itself. Andrews' acting is as laudable as her singing, and her presence charmed even those reviewers critical of The Sound of Music's sweetness; the audience adored it to the tune of record-breaking grosses. Nominated for ten Oscars, The Sound of Music won five, including Best Picture, Director, Sound, and Adapted Score. None of the 1960s musicals that followed it came close to matching its popularity.