Sound of Music

Theatrical Release Date: 1965 03 02 (USA) / 2013 01 16 (USA - Rerelease)

UPC: 024543000372

Studio: 20th Century Fox

MPAA Rating: G   Contains:[Child Classic, Excellent For Children]

Summary: 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, Rovi

Category: Musical

Awards: 100 Greatest American Movies – American Film Institute U.S. National Film Registry – Library of Congress Best Picture - Musical or Comedy – null Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical – null Best Supporting Actress – null Best Director – null Best Actress – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Color Art Direction – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Color Art Direction – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Color Art Direction – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Color Cinematography – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Color Costume Design – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Director – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Editing – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Picture – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Adapted Score – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Supporting Actress – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Picture – National Board of Review Best Director – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Moti – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Picture - Musical or Comedy – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Director – Directors Guild of America

Features: Running commentary by Robert Wise
DVD-ROM links to websites, games, and events
Anamorphic widescreen (aspect ratio 2.20:1)
Audio: English 4.1 Surround, English Dolby Surround, French Dolby Surround
Subtitles: English, Spanish
Original 1965 documentary "Salzburg Sight and Sound" (36 minutes)
"The Sound of Music: From Fact to Phenomenon" (87 minutes)
Interviews with Julie Andrews and Robert Wise
Storyboards, sketches, production stills
Theatrical trailers, radio, and TV spots

Sound of Music

Format: DVD

Release Date: 08/29/2000

Aspect Ratio: 2.20:1 2.20:1

Audio: 5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1

Runtime: 175 Minutes

Sides: 2

Number of Discs: 2

Language(s) English,French

Subtitles: English,Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Disc #1
0. Scene Selection
1. Opening Logos [1:11]
2. Austraian Hills [1:06]
3. Prelude (Orchestra) [2:26]
4. The Sound of Music (Maria) [2:38]
5. Main Title (Orchestra) [:18]
6. Salzburg 1938: Nonnberg Abbey Preludium: Dixit Dominus, Morning Hymn and Allelu [3:17]
7. Maria (Mother Abbess, Srs. Berthe, Margaretta, Katherine, Agatha, Sophia) [3:26]
8. The Office of the Mother Abbess [:22]
9. I Have Confidence (Maria) [4:00]
10. Villa von Trapp [3:16]
11. The Captain [:41]
12. Maria and the Children [1:38]
13. Late for Dinner [5:14]
14. Rolf Gruber, Messenger Boy [2:51]
15. Liesl's Rendezvous [2:24]
16. Sixteen Going on Seventeen (Rolf and Liesl) [1:38]
17. Maria's Bedroom [2:15]
18. My Favorite Things (Maria and the Children) [4:55]
19. My Favorite Things Conclusion (Maria) and Salzburg Montage (Orchestra) [1:35]
20. Do-Re-Mi (Maria and the Children) [4:12]
21. Returning from Vienna [3:50]
22. Baroness Ella Schraeder [:12]
23. A Telegram for Herr Detweiler [3:12]
24. The Rowboat [4:34]
25. Maria Confronts the Captain [1:22]
26. The Sound of Music Reprise (The Children and the Captain) [1:42]
27. The Captain Apologizes [4:36]
28. The Lonely Goatherd (Maria and the Children) [1:42]
29. Edelweiss (The Captain and Liesl) [1:53]
30. The Party [1:49]
31. The Laendler (Orchestra) [:52]
32. So Long, Farewell (The Children) [1:44]
33. Maria and the Baroness [1:39]
34. Maria's Farewell [4:14]
35. Act I Finale [1:51]
36. Entr'Acte (Orchestra) [3:06]
37. A New Mother [2:11]
38. The Children Visit the Abbey [3:11]
39. Maria's Revelation [1:04]
40. Climb Ev'ry Mountain (Mother Abbess) [3:37]
41. My Favorite Things Reprise (The Children and Maria) [1:59]
42. The Baroness Departs [1:16]
43. Maria and the Captain [:59]
44. Something Good (Maria and the Captain) [:17]
45. Wedding Bells [2:05]
46. Processional and Maria Reprise (Organ solo, Nuns Choir) [5:14]
47. The Anschluss [:40]
48. A Telegram from Berlin [1:54]
49. The Flag of the Third Reich [2:47]
50. Maria and Liesl [4:43]
51. Sixteen Going on Seventeen Reprise (Maria and Liesl) [3:27]
52. Leaving the Villa [3:22]
53. The Salzburg Folk Festival: Do-Re-Mi Reprise (The von Trapp Family Singers) [:22]
54. Edelweiss Reprise (The von Trapp Family Singers and Chorus) [4:19]
55. So Long, Farewell Reprise (The von Trapp Family Singers) [2:24]
56. Max Announces the Winners [1:03]
57. "They're Gone!" [:45]
58. Hiding at the Abbey [2:43]
59. Discovered by Rolf [3:29]
60. Escape from Salzburg and Finale Ultimo: Climb Ev'ry Mountain Reprise (Chorus) [:37]
61. End Title (Orchestra) [2:16]
Disc #2
0. Chapter Selection
1. Introduction and Main Title [1:43]
2. The Real Maria [3:59]
3. The Trapp Family Singers [:42]
4. The Anschluss [1:05]
5. The Trapp Family in America [1:30]
6. Die Trapp Familie [3:17]
7. Rodgers and Hammerstein [:56]
8. The Broadway Musical [1:27]
9. 20th Century Fox [2:20]
10. The William Wyler Saga [4:40]
11. A Robert Wise Decision [2:17]
12. Writing the Screenplay [2:55]
13. Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer [1:11]
14. The Children [:06]
15. The Crew [5:51]
16. Principal Photography [2:40]
17. Maria [:10]
18. On Location: Austria [3:54]
19. Bad Weather [:51]
20. Enjoy Salzburg [2:40]
21. Do-Re-Mi [:09]
22. The Rowboat [1:32]
23. The Helicopter Shot [2:39]
24. One Last Shot [2:25]
25. Back to Hollywood [:55]
26. Post-Production [2:04]
27. Previews and Premieres [3:36]
28. The Phenomenon [2:06]
29. The Trapp Family Today [:07]
30. Finale and End Credits [3:10]

Lucia Bozzola

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. ~ Lucia Bozzola, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Gilchrist Stuart  Actor 
Saul Chaplin  Producer 
Irwin Kostal  Composer (Music Score) 
Ernest Lehman  Screenwriter 
Rodgers & Hammerstein  Composer (Music Score) 
Robert Wise  Director 
Robert Wise  Producer 
Julie Andrews  Actor 
Christopher Plummer  Actor 
Eleanor Parker  Actor 
Richard Haydn  Actor 
Peggy Wood  Actor 
Charmian Carr  Actor 
Heather Menzies  Actor 
Nicholas Hammond  Actor 
Duane Chase  Actor 
Angela Cartwright  Actor 
Debbie Turner  Actor 
Kym Karath  Actor 
Anna Lee  Actor 
Portia Nelson  Actor 
Ben Wright  Actor 
Daniel Truhitte  Actor 
Norma Varden  Actor 
Marni Nixon  Actor 
Evadne Baker  Actor 
Doris Lloyd  Actor 

Country: USA