Rating: G
Genre: Musical
Release Date: 11/15/2005
SubTitles: English/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French/Espanol
Sound: DD1/DD2/DDS2.0/DD5.0
Run Time: 174 Minutes
Flags: Child Classic, Excellent For Children
Distributor/Studio: 20th Century Fox

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.

~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Julie Andrews - Maria von Trapp
Christopher Plummer - Captain Von Trapp
Eleanor Parker - The Baroness
Richard Haydn - Max Detweiler
Peggy Wood - Mother Abbess
Charmian Carr - Liesl
Heather Menzies - Louisa
Nicholas Hammond - Friedrich
Duane Chase - Kurt
Angela Cartwright - Brigitta
Debbie Turner - Marta
Kym Karath - Gretl
Anna Lee - Sister Margaretta
Portia Nelson - Sister Berthe
Ben Wright - Herr Zeller
Daniel Truhitte - Rolfe
Norma Varden - Frau Schmidt
Marni Nixon - Sister Sophia
Evadne Baker - Sister Bernice
Doris Lloyd - Baroness Ebberfeld

Production:
Robert Wise - Director
Saul Chaplin Robert Wise - Producer
Irwin Kostal Rodgers & Hammerstein - Composer
William H. Reynolds - Editor
Ernest Lehman - Screen Writer
Ruby Levitt Walter M. Cott - Set Designer
Richard Rodgers - Additional Music
Bill Baird - Animator
Cora Baird - Animator
Saul Chaplin - Associate Producer
Howard Lindsay - Book Author
Russel Crouse - Book Author
Michael McLean - Casting
Dee Dee Wood - Choreography
Marc Breaux - Choreography
Ted D. McCord - Cinematographer
Dorothy Jeakins - Costume Designer
Oscar Hammerstein II - From Musical by
Richard Rodgers - From Musical by
Irwin Kostal - Musical Direction/Supervision
Boris Leven - Production Designer
Emil Kosa, Jr. - Special Effects
L.B. Abbott - Special Effects
Baroness Maria VonTrapp - Book Author

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