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The Sound of Music (1965) -- A woman leaves an Austrian convent to become a governess to a Naval officer widower.
The Sound of Music (1965) -- A woman leaves an Austrian convent to become a governess to a Naval officer widower.
The Sound of Music (1965) -- A woman leaves an Austrian convent to become a governess to a Naval officer widower. Promotional trailer that also offers scenes of State Fair (1962)and Oklahoma! (1955).
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Overview

User Rating:
7.9/10   48,047 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Howard Lindsay (book) &
Russel Crouse (book) ...
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Release Date:
29 March 1965 (UK) more
Tagline:
...the more you see it, the more it becomes one of your favorite things! more
Plot:
A woman leaves an Austrian convent to become a governess to a Naval officer widower. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Won 5 Oscars. Another 10 wins & 10 nominations more
User Comments:
Hollywood's Last Great Musical more (332 total)

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Also Known As:
Rodgers and Hammerstein's The Sound of Music (UK) (complete title) (USA) (complete title)
La novicia rebelde (Argentina) (Mexico) (Peru) [es]
La mélodie du bonheur (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]
Meine Lieder, meine Träume (Austria) (West Germany) [de]
A Noviça Rebelde (Brazil) [pt]
A muzsika hangja (Hungary) [hu]
Dzwieki muzyki (Poland) [pl]
Helisev muusika (Estonia) [et]
Música no Coração (Portugal) [pt]
Moje pjesme, moji snovi (Croatia) [hr]
Neseli günler (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Somriures i llàgrimes (Spain: Catalan title) [ca]
Sonrisas y lágrimas (Spain) [es]
Sound of music - Laulava Trappin perhe (Finland) [fi]
The Sound of Music (Denmark) [da]
Tutti insieme appassionatamente (Italy) [it]
Za zvuku hudby (Czechoslovakia: Czech title) [cs]
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Runtime:
174 min
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2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Mono (Westrex Recording System) (35 mm prints) | Stereo (some 35 mm prints) | DTS 70 mm (70mm re-release)
Certification:
Canada:F (Ontario) | Canada:G (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Quebec) | Iceland:L | Ireland:G | Spain:T | Germany:6 | West Germany:6 | Malaysia:U (DVD) | USA:Approved (certificate #20734) (original rating) | Canada:G (video rating) | Brazil:Livre | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Chile:TE | Finland:S | Norway:7 (original rating) | Norway:A (DVD rating) | Peru:PT | Singapore:G | South Korea:All | Sweden:11 | Sweden:Btl (re-release) | UK:U | USA:G (re-rating) (1969)

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Kym Karath (Gretl) couldn't swim, so the original idea was to get Julie Andrews to catch her when the boat tips up and they all fall in the water. However, during the second take the boat toppled over so that Andrews fell to one side and Karath fell to the other. Heather Menzies (Louisa) had to save her instead. Andrews stated later she felt guilty about this for years. more
Goofs:
Incorrectly regarded as goofs: The Mother Abbess tells Maria that Captain von Trapp's wife died "several years ago". A distressing number of people have heard this as "seven years ago" and wonder how she can have given birth to the five-year-old Gretl. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Maria: [singing] The hills are alive with the sound of music / With songs they have sung for a thousand years. / The hills fill my heart with the sound of music. / My heart wants to sing every song it hears.
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Referenced in I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (2008) (TV) more
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58 out of 71 people found the following comment useful.
Hollywood's Last Great Musical, 28 October 2000
Author: tfrizzell from United States

"The Sound of Music" is an impressive musical that stands above other films of the genre because of interesting characters, top-notch direction, and a truly inspired screenplay. Julie Andrews (Oscar-nominated) stars as the young nun who leaves the convent to become the governess to a large family. She is instantly at odds with the children's father (Christopher Plummer), but they soon fall in love and get married. However, evil forces lurk overhead as the Nazis invade their homeland of Austria. Somewhat based on a true story, "The Sound of Music" is one of those rare musicals that works because there is a sense of fear and drama in the film's final act. This makes the film believable and none of the musical numbers take away from the story or the film's direction. 5 stars out of 5.

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