- Summary
- Based on a true story, Maria, a spirited young Austrian woman, leaves the convent to become governess to the seven children of widowed Captain von Trapp. Maria and the captain marry, and as Nazism envelops Austria, the musically-talented family leaves the country to perform around the world.
- Uniform Title
- Sound of music (Motion picture)
- Other Title
- Sound of music.
Rodgers & Hammerstein collection.
- Variant Title
- Rodgers & Hammerstein's The sound of music
- Format
- Video
- Published
- Beverly Hills, CA : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2005]
©2005
- Locale
- Austria
- Edition
- 40th anniversary edition
- Contents
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Special features: Disc 1. Introduction by Julie Andrews
Optional audio feature commentary with director Robert Wise
Optional audio feature commentary with Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Charmian Carr, Dee Dee Wood, and Johannes von Trapp
Optional version of feature with singalong subtitles in choice of English, Spanish or French
Individual song singalongs
Songs only chapter list ; Disc 2. Introduction by Julie Andrews
My favorite things: Julie Andrews remembers (ca. 63 min.)
Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer: a reminiscence (ca. 19 min.)
On location with The sound of music (ca. 23 min.)
From Liesl to Gretl: a 40th anniversary reunion (ca. 34 min.)
When you know the notes to sing: a singalong phenomenon (ca. 13 min.)
The von Trapp family: harmony and discord [episode from the A&E series Biography with Peter Graves] (ca. 46 min.)
Restoration comparison
Mia Farrow screen test (ca. 35 sec.)
Trailers & TV spots
Still galleries.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Wise, Robert, 1914-2005.
McCord, Ted, 1900-1976.
Lehman, Ernest, 1915-2005.
Andrews, Julie.
Plummer, Christopher.
Haydn, Richard, 1905-1985.
Wood, Peggy, 1892-1978.
Lee, Anna, 1913-2004.
Nelson, Portia.
Wright, Ben, 1915-1989.
Truhitte, Daniel, 1943-
Varden, Norma.
Nixon, Marni.
Stuart, Gil, 1919-1977.
Baker, Evadne, 1897-1995.
Lloyd, Doris, 1896-1968.
Carr, Charmian, 1942-2016.
Hammond, Nicholas, 1950-
Menzies, Heather, 1949-
Chase, Duane, 1950-
Cartwright, Angela, 1952-
Turner, Debbie, 1956-
Karath, Kym, 1958-
Parker, Eleanor, 1922-2013.
Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979.
Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960.
Reynolds, William, 1910-1997.
Lindsay, Howard, 1889-1968.
Hurdalek, Georg.
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.
Argyle Enterprises.
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
- Notes
-
French language singalong subtitles not available for the songs "Maria" and "Climb ev'ry mountain."
Issued also as part of the Rodgers & Hammerstein collection.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1965.
From the stage musical with music and lyrics by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II ; book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse.
Special features: Disc 1. Introduction by Julie Andrews -- Optional audio feature commentary with director Robert Wise -- Optional audio feature commentary with Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Charmian Carr, Dee Dee Wood, and Johannes von Trapp -- Optional version of feature with singalong subtitles in choice of English, Spanish or French -- Individual song singalongs -- Songs only chapter list ; Disc 2. Introduction by Julie Andrews -- My favorite things: Julie Andrews remembers (ca. 63 min.) -- Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer: a reminiscence (ca. 19 min.) -- On location with The sound of music (ca. 23 min.) -- From Liesl to Gretl: a 40th anniversary reunion (ca. 34 min.) -- When you know the notes to sing: a singalong phenomenon (ca. 13 min.) -- The von Trapp family: harmony and discord [episode from the A&E series Biography with Peter Graves] (ca. 46 min.) -- Restoration comparison -- Mia Farrow screen test (ca. 35 sec.) -- Trailers & TV spots -- Still galleries.
Director of photography, Ted McCord ; additional words and music by Richard Rodgers ; music supervised, arranged and conducted by Irwin Kostal ; choreography by Marc Breaux and Dee Dee Wood ; puppeteers, Bil Baird and Cora Baird ; film editor, William Reynolds ; with the partial use of ideas by George Hurdalek.
Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Richard Haydn, Peggy Wood, Anna Lee, Portia Nelson, Ben Wright, Daniel Truhitte, Norma Varden, Marni Nixon, Gil Stuart, Evadne Baker, Doris Lloyd, Charmian Carr, Nicholas Hammond, Heather Menzies, Duane Chase, Angela Cartwright, Debbie Turner, Kym Karath, Eleanor Parker.
MPAA rating: G.
DVD; NTSC, region 1 ; anamorphic widescreen aspect ratio 2.20:1 ; 5.0 Dolby surround, 2.0 Dolby surround (English, French), stereo. (English), mono (Spanish).
In English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish ; optional subtitles in English ; singalong subtitles in English, Spanish or French ; English closed-captions for the hearing impaired.
Academy awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best Sound, Best Music in 1965.
