A young novice is sent by her convent in 1930s Austria to become a governess to the seven children of a widowed naval officer.A young novice is sent by her convent in 1930s Austria to become a governess to the seven children of a widowed naval officer.A young novice is sent by her convent in 1930s Austria to become a governess to the seven children of a widowed naval officer.
- Won 5 Oscars
- 18 wins & 13 nominations total
Heather Menzies-Urich
- Louisa von Trapp
- (as Heather Menzies)
Gilchrist Stuart
- Franz
- (as Gil Stuart)
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- TriviaChristopher Plummer intensely disliked working on this movie. He was known to refer to it as "The Sound of Mucus" or "S&M" and likened working with Dame Julie Andrews to "being hit over the head with a big Valentine's Day card, every day." Nonetheless, he and Andrews remained close friends until his death. Andrews claimed that Plummer's cynicism probably helped his performance and this movie, keeping it from being too sentimental.
- GoofsGeorg von Trapp was an officer in the Austro-Hungarian Imperial Navy in World War I, commanding ships based from ports on the Adriatic coast of Croatia, an Imperial province. In 1918, the Empire was dissolved, leaving Austria a landlocked country, and Von Trapp out of a job in the process. "Austrian Navy" sounds like an oxymoron to viewers unaware of the historical context.
- Crazy creditsThe 20th Century Fox logo is played in complete silence.
- Alternate versionsThe 1996 video fits the movie onto one VHS cassette by removing the Intermission screen as well as the Entr'acte.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Film Review: Julie Andrews (1967)
Featured review
Fantastic family friendly musical classic
The Sound of Music (1965) is an all time classic family musical that has always been one of my favorites. Ever since I was child, I would watch this movie and just love every minute of it. This movie really was destined for greatness from the beginning, anyone at all could have seen that. Between the A list cast, great performances, top notch singing, and the enchanting story.... there's no wonder people still love it to death. Julie Andrews stars as Maria, who is a nun, but not a very good one, and she gets sent to be a governess to the Von Trapp family. The Von Trapp family is a very well to do family in Austria. The father is a former captain and the mother died some time ago. Christopher Plummer plays captain Von Trapp, and he does a great job. Every member of the cast does a great job with their performances, both singing and non. The singing alone in this film is just astounding, every single musical number is just as good, if not better than the previous one. If you do not care for musicals, then I wouldn't really suggest this movie to you. It really is a lot of singing, but it is great singing by talented artists, which is really why it will forever have a place in classic great cinema. 10/10 for The Sound of Music. Enchanting story with lovely entertaining music.
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- Oct 26, 2017
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- Also known as
- Rodgers and Hammerstein's the Sound of Music
- Filming locations
- Felsenreitschule, Salzburg, Austria(music festival scenes)
- Production companies
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- Budget
- $8,200,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $159,287,539
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $413,497
- Sep 9, 2018
- Gross worldwide
- $159,470,192
- Runtime2 hours 52 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.20 : 1
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