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The Sound Of Music (2 Disc 40th Anniversary Collector's Edition) [1965]


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Shot in Salzburg against the majestic Bavarian Alps, THE SOUND OF MUSIC is considered one of the greatest screen musicals ever made. The film, based on a real family and their true events, tells the story of a young postulate, Maria (Julie Andrews), who, after proving too high-spirited for the Mother Abess and other nuns, is sent off to work as a governess to seven unruly children. The Von Trapp family is run, in military style, by the seemingly cold-hearted Captain Von Trapp (Christopher Plummer), a lonely widowed naval officer. Seeing how badly he and his children need companionship, he proposes to the Baroness Schraeder (Eleanor Parker), a calculating, mutual friend of beloved family friend Max Detweiler (Richard Haydn). It is the baroness who soon realises that it's Maria - with her warmth and love for the children - the captain really loves. It is nearly bliss for the newly formed family who loves to sing together - except for the cloud looming over their beloved Austrian horizon: Hitler is ascending to power, forcing Von Trapp to decide whether to join the Nazi party - which he loathes - or force his family to leave their home forever. One of the most memorable scores ever written (by Rodgers and Hammerstein) and breathtaking performances by Andrews, Plummer, and the seven children mark this classic as one of the world's most favourite films.


See I do like these types of movies
Review date: 2008-07-12 Rating: 10 out of 10

Having given one star for "Gone With the Wind" and three starts for "Breakfast at Tiffany's" friends were acusing me of not liking "girl flicks". Whatever that means.

Well I enjoyed "The Sound of Music" enormously. So there. I admit I hadn't seen it for years and it has sat for some time on the shelf before I watched it but I have to say I thought it had stood the test of time really well.Julie Andrews' voice was so effortless and perfect and the sheer magnificence of Salzburg was such a great background to the story. (Unfortunately, my holiday tape of Salzburg was taped over by my daughter when she was two - I ended up with the Smurfs - perhaps an excuse to go back).

And the special features, especially the real life story of the Familie von Trapp, were of real interest. A great film and a great edition.

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VON TRAPPS RULE
Review date: 2007-09-19 Rating: 10 out of 10

This shouldn't need a review. To have missed The Sound of Music you would have to be dead, living in a cave or mad.

Those old classics belting out bring back so many memories. I was dressed in curtain material as a child and although i lived in Essex, i yearn for Alpine valleys.

10 out of 10 for this one.

40 years on and they're still alive with the sound of music
Review date: 2006-08-06 Rating: 10 out of 10

Maria and the Von Trapp children still sound good after all these years. There can hardly be a person on the planet who either owns a television or lives within 20 miles of a cinema and who doesn't know the story of The Sound of Music. Although I haven't been a fan of musicals until quite recently, I did watch and enjoy this film when I was a child, several decades ago. It's great fun and I can quite understand its popularity. Watching it again was lovely and very nostalgic. The restoration people have made a fine job so that the picture and sound quality are excellent. The special features are a considerable bonus and there's a long list of them as you can see from Amazon's 'Product Details' section above. The item on disc 2 that I found especially interesting was the 'Biography' programme about the real Von Trapp family. The real Maria was an astonishing character and far more complicated than the film version. It seems that she had an absolutely hellish childhood and the horror of it furnished her with a couple of darker facets to her personality than might be guessed from a familiarity with the film version of Maria - which all just adds to the fascination of the Von Trapp story.

If you haven't seen the film or haven't watched it for some years, give yourself a treat: watch it and get soppy, sentimental and uplifted ... and have a bit of a sing too.


A timeless classic - digitally remastered!
Review date: 2006-08-01 Rating: 10 out of 10

The Sound of Music needs no introduction but this 40th anniversary DVD might do. If you are like me and you probably own quite a few DVDs and videos of the Sound of Music, the obvious question will be `why should I buy this new version?' Well this new version has been digitally remastered for starters and has 2 discs packed with special features. The 1st disc is introduced by Julie Andrews and contains the movie which can be viewed with or without sing-along subtitles, then it has as special features which include feature commentary by the director Robert Wise, feature commentary by Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Charmian Carr, Dee Dee Wood and Johannes von Trapp and songs only chapter list i.e if you want to listen to any of the songs you can just click on that song from the chapter list and voila it plays without having to forward or rewind the movie to find the song. The second disc is even more awesome. Once again introduced by Julie Andrews, introducing all the special features which includes: My favourite things -Julie Andrews remembers in which she recalls her fond memories of the making of the sound of music; there is the 40TH anniversary reunion of the 7 Von Trapp children from the movie( from Liesl to Gretel), they discuss their favourite memories and what they are all doing now; there is the moving and beautiful reminiscence by Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, also included in the special features is a 50 minute biography of the real Von Trapp family, a featurette of Charmian Carr returning to Salzburg for the 40th anniversary, a documentary on the making of the sound of music with Julie Andrews and lots more.
Last but not the least a booklet of all the songs and the lyrics for the sing-along are included in the DVD. This is a great DVD to own for all lovers and fans of the Sound of Music.


Alright, I'll admit it: Maria ... makes me ... laugh ...
Review date: 2006-03-26 Rating: 10 out of 10

I LIKE THE SOUND OF MUSIC ...!!! There, happy now?

Have never wanted to be a von Trapp kiddie, no - so it's not that bad. But what is there not to like about the fantastic Salzburgerland scenery, the great - yea unforgettable - Rogers & Hammerstein-based songs, and the perennially-watchable romantic drama of lonely and unhappy man-with-seven-children (Christopher Plummer, who chose this rôle over that of Harry Palmer in THE IPCRESS FILE) meets happy and scatter-brained novice nun (Dame Julie Andrews) whose clothes were rejected by the poor ... plus the added bonus of those asinine Nazis crapping-out - as they deserve - at the hands of two mechanically-savvy nuns, ho ho ho!!!

Uncool? Soppy? Dweebish? Well, perhaps. But just because it's on the telly so often does not diminish its enjoyability - after all, DAD'S ARMY, ONLY FOOLS & HORSES and STAR TREK are endlessly repeated, and we still love them ...! I unashamedly like both watching this film and singing along with it with my god-daughter! And for you audiophiles out there - try cranking up the volume during the wedding scenes: that organ is floor-shakingly powerful, man ... now that is the sound of music!

Product Details/Specifications


Actor(s):
Eleanor Parker
Richard Haydn
Anna Lee
Christopher Plummer
Julie Andrews

Creators:
Julie Andrews (Primary Contributor)
Christopher Plummer (Primary Contributor)

Director(s):

Recording label: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
EAN: 5039036023153
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 2
Format: Box set, Digital Sound, PAL, Special Edition, Widescreen,
Release date: 2006-11-13
Aspect ratio: 2.20:1
Audience rating: Universal, suitable for all
Region code: 2
Running time: 165 minutes
Theatrical release date: 1965
Language: English (Subtitled)
Language: French (Subtitled)
Language: Spanish (Subtitled)
Language: English (Original Language)

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