- Actors: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker, Richard Haydn, Peggy Wood
- Directors: Robert Wise
- Writers: Ernest Lehman, Howard Lindsay, Maria von Trapp, Russel Crouse
- Producers: Robert Wise, Peter Levathes, Richard D. Zanuck
- Format: NTSC
- Language: English, French, Spanish
- Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
- Region: (US and Canada This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
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- Studio: Fox Video
- Release Date: Nov 15 2005
- Run Time: 174 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (238 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B000B5MBWO
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#8,180 in DVD (See Top 100 in DVD)
- #11 in DVD > Musicals & Performing Arts > Musicals > Rodgers & Hammerstein
- #14 in DVD > En français > Spectacles, Musique et Humour > Films musicaux
- #99 in DVD > Kids & Family > Family Films
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Some people may sneer at this 1965 musical, but the truth is the film has earned its status as a perennially watchable romantic-drama, largely on the strength of a fun story and chemistry between stars Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer. Veteran filmmaker Robert Wise (The Day the Earth Stood Still) mostly stays out of the way of the film's appealing elements, which include a based-on-fact tale of Austria's von Trapp family, who fled their Nazi-occupied country in 1938. Andrews is delightful and even fascinating as Maria, who sheds her tomboyish ways as a novice nun to accept the mantle of adulthood, becoming matron of the motherless von Trapp clan. Plummer is matinee-idol handsome and gives a smart performance to boot, and the cast of young people and kids who make up the singing von Trapp children make a strong impression. Based on the Rodgers and Hammerstein stage musical, the score includes such winners as "Maria" and the future John Coltrane hit "My Favorite Things." --Tom Keogh --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Julie Andrews in the heartwarming true story that has become a cinematic treasure. Rodgers and Hammerstein's "The Sound of Music." Julie Andrews is Maria, the spirited, young woman who leaves the convent and becomes a governess to the seven unruly charm and songs soon win the hearts of the children and their father but when Nazi, Germany unites with Austria, Maria is forced to attempt a daring escape with her new family.
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Incredible movie, must see, but don't buy the one disc,
By austin_Larry (Austin, TX USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sound of Music (Widescreen) [THX & Remastered] (DVD)
First off. Think you have seen the Sound of Music? Well you haven't. I thought I had, many times. Of course it was always around Xmas with the commerical breaks. But that is a much edited version. There are small but significant cuts everywhere in that version. So this is a great thing to have. My 3 stars relates directly to the lack of extras on the one disc. The movie is 5+ stars, but the lack of extras warrants the 3 stars.So this is a must buy. Also the commentary is very good here. But given the price for this on Amazon, just buy the 2 set version. I got the one disc version at a very good price so it is not a bad buy. But for $6 more, why not enjoy the double DVD? This is a must get for any movie fan, and if you are not into the extras, by all means buy this one. This movie, like all of Rogers and Hammerstein's work is emotional without ever being fake or sentimental. It is full of sentiment and completely honest sentiment at that, but never sentimentality. It totally puts to SHAME almost every director and producer and writer working in Hollywood today. Complete and total shame and disgrace. Nothing coming out of Hollywood today can hold a candle to this. Entire director's careers with academy awards can't even begin to even compare to just this one movie. So get some version, especially if you have young ones. Sit them down, and let them experience what a real movie can be.
5.0 out of 5 stars
A better sound of Sound of Music,
By Jessica (California -- United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sound of Music, the (DVD)
Whether you like or dislike this movie, that's up to you. Not everyone has the same taste. So, I'll just tell you what I like about this DVD version:-The sound is awesome. They have enhanced it with the THX digitally mastered format. What I don't like? Finally, I love the movie. I've watched it so many times, and I know I'll keep watching it forever. The only difference is that now I get to see it at such good quality and with all those behind-the-scenes extras I always wondered about. :)
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of the greatest movies of all time!,
By Matthew G. Sherwin (last seen screaming at Amazon customer service) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sound of Music, the (DVD)
It's very hard to know where to begin when praising both this movie as well as the double "digi-pack" DVD of it. Julie Andrews gives a very strong performance as Maria, a misfit nun who is turned out into the world by the Reverand Mother to see if she really wants to be a nun. Her singing range of 4 octaves is beautifully displayed at the end of the song "Do-Re-Mi." Christopher Plummer is well cast as the Captain von Trapp who is not too likeable--yet is charmed into being a man again be Maria's infectious inner and outer beauty. The rest of the cast is well chosen and the viewer is treated to a rare screen performance by Marni Nixon; Marni dubbed vocals for Deborah Kerr in The King and I and she did dubbing for My Fair Lady and South Pacific as well. The second disc contains two fantastic documentaries about Salzburg, the city in Austria where many scenes were filmed, as well as the production and history of the film. The history of the real-life von Trapp family on whom the story is based is well laid out with revealing interviews from family members themselves. In addition, the cinematography is superlative. Very honestly, I cried at the end of the film and I NEVER cry--it's THAT touching! This is NOT a film to be sneered at as being sugary sweet. It's a classic tale of good triumphing over evil as the von Trapp family flees Austria to escape the Nazis.(...)
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