The Sound of Music

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(thing) by Segnbora-t (13 hr) (print) ? (I like it!) Fri Jan 21 2000 at 19:17:44

Rodgers and Hammerstein musical based on a book called The Trapp Family Singers, written by Maria Trapp, which tells the story of a novice from a convent who tutors seven children of an Austrian widower. The novice marries the father and saves the family from the Nazi invasion of Austria. Made into a movie with Julie Andrews and directed by Robert Wise.

(thing) by Jet-Poop (1.5 hr) (print) ? (I like it!) 1 C! Sat May 24 2003 at 21:59:22

Classic movie musical, released in 1965. Directed by Robert Wise and written by Ernest Lehman, based on the book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse and the Broadway musical by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein. Ted D. McCord was the film's cinematographer, and Rodgers and Irwin Kostal provided a few extra songs. The stars included Julie Andrews as Maria, Christopher Plummer as Captain von Trapp, Eleanor Parker as Baroness Elsa Schraeder, Richard Haydn as Max Detweiler, Peggy Wood as Mother Abbess, Charmian Carr as Liesl von Trapp, Heather Menzies as Louisa von Trapp, Nicholas Hammond as Friedrich von Trapp, Duane Chase as Kurt von Trapp, Angela Cartwright as Brigitta von Trapp, Debbie Turner as Marta von Trapp, and Kym Karath as Gretl von Trapp.

This film won numerous Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best Score, and Best Sound. It was also nominated for Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Actress (for Andrews), and Best Supporting Actress (for Wood).

You know how the plot goes by now, right? Maria's an absolutely lousy nun, but her Mother Superior gets her a good job as a governess for the children of a retired naval commander. Captain von Trapp is a tyrant with his own children, expecting strict military discipline, but Maria teaches them to sing and enjoy their childhoods. She and Captain von Trapp end up falling in love and getting married, and the whole family flees Austria as the Germans begin to take over during World War II.

Of course, this movie is probably best known for all the wonderful songs, including "The Sound of Music", "Do-Re-Mi", "My Favorite Things", "I Have Confidence", "Maria", "Sixteen Going on Seventeen", "Edelweiss", "So Long, Farewell", "How Can Love Survive", "Something Good", and "Climb Every Mountain".

William Wyler was originally set to be the director, and he had a much more action-oriented story in mind, with more focus on the war. Yul Brynner, Sean Connery, and Richard Burton were all considered for the role of Captain von Trapp, and Richard Dreyfuss, Kurt Russell, the four oldest of the Osmond Brothers (Alan, Jay, Merrill, and Wayne), and Nancy Cartwright (the voice of Bart Simpson) all auditioned for roles as the von Trapp children.

Oh, and keep an eye open during the scene where Julie Andrews is singing "I Have Confidence". She'll walk underneath a stone archway just as two women in peasant clothing walk past behind her. The oldest of those women is the real Maria von Trapp in an all-too-brief cameo.

Some research from the Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com)

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do re mi fa so la ti do	Julie Andrews	Edelweiss	Climb Every Mountain
The World of David The Gnome	So long, farewell	The Original Sound of Music Tour	Charmian Carr
Anschluss	Robert Wise	Edwin Found Jesus in His Big Baggy Jeans	Maria
Christopher Plummer	Something Good	Dancer in the Dark	My favorite chings
Tom Paris	My Favorite Things	The dB's	Nazi
I thought I might find you here	Carmen Miranda	Gazebo	Nancy Cartwright

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