The Sound Of Music
Category
Biography / Family / Drama / Musical
Director
Robert Wise
Cast
- Julie Andrews
- Christopher Plummer
- Richard Haydn
- Peggy Wood
- Anna Lee
- Portia Nelson
- Ben Wright
- Eleanor Parker
Release Date
2 March 1965
Synopsis
The 1965 film "The Sound of Music", which is directed by Robert Wise, is packed with good music, heart-felt story, impressive choreography, and superb actors. This is certainly a must-see movie for families. "The Sound of Music" is considered as among the all-time best musicals and everyone who has seen the movie can attest to that.
A film for all ages, this true-to-life story focuses on a failure nun named Maria (Andrews) and her adventure while living with the Von Trapp family. Jolly Maria was sent to the home of the Von Trapp family to take care of the seven kids of the widowed Captain Von Trapp (Plummer).
Although the naughty but cute kids of Capt. Von Trapp always play tricks on Maria, she's able to gain their respect and love. Maria also taught the kids to appreciate and love music and to live happily even though their mother has already passed away. The Captain, on the other hand, finds himself falling for Maria despite his commitment with the Baroness. And like all other delightful movies, they all lived happily ever after.
Aside from the good story and excellent choreography of the film, the audience most especially will love the soundtrack of "The Sound of Music". Almost all the songs used in the film were written by no less than Oscar Hammerstein II. Meanwhile, the man behind the lovely music of the movie was Grammy Award winner Richard Rodgers. Among the popular tracks heard in the film are "The Sound of Music", "Sixteen Going On Seventeen", "Do-Re-Mi", "Edelweiss", and "My Favorite Things".
"The Sound of Music" was released in different countries such as Australia, Sweden, Finland, Denmark. Moreover, it bagged five Academy Awards including Best Director (Robert Wise), Best Picture, Best Sound, Best Film Editing, and Best Score. Today, high praises and recognitions are still given to "The Sound of Music". The US Library of Congress picked the film to be listed in the National Film Registry and the American Film Institute chose it to be on its best musicals list. Indeed, this film deserves a place among the best movies created to portray life.