The Sound of Music
1965
Release Date
March 2nd, 1965
Runtime
- 174 minutes
Synopsis
- Rodgers and Hammerstein's The Sound of Music is a 1965 American musical film directed by Robert Wise and starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer. The film is based on the Broadway musical The Sound of Music, with songs written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. It was photographed in 70mm Todd-AO by Ted D. McCord. It won a total of five Academy Awards including Best Picture in 1965 and is one of the most popular musicals ever produced. The cast album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Adjusted for inflation, it made $1.046 billion domestically at 2010 prices, putting it third on the list of all-time inflation-adjusted box office hits, behind Gone with the Wind and Star Wars. The movie is based on a postulant nun, Maria, who leaves her Abbey to become a Governess to a retired Austrian Naval Captain and his 7 children.
CAST
- Julie Andrews - Maria, Christopher Plummer - Captain Georg von Trapp, Eleanor Parker - The Baroness, Charmian Carr - Liesl von Trapp, Nicholas Hammond - Friedrich von Trapp, Heather Menzies - Louisa von Trapp, Angela Cartwright - Brigitta von Trapp, Debbie Turner - Marta von Trapp, Kym Karath - Gretl von Trapp, Duane Chase - Kurt von Trapp, Richard Haydn - Max Detweiler, Anna Lee - Sister Margaretta, Portia Nelson - Sister Berthe, Peggy Wood - Mother Abbess, Ben Wright - Herr Zeller, Daniel Truhitte - Rolfe, Norma Varden - Frau Schmidt, Gilchrist Stuart - Franz, Marni Nixon - Sister Sophia, Evadne Baker - Sister Bernice, Doris Lloyd - Baroness Ebberfeld, Ada Beth Lee - Sister Catherine (uncredited), Doreen Tryden - Sister Agatha (uncredited), Bert Stevens - Party Guest (uncredited), Gertrude Astor - Party Guest (uncredited), Frank Baker - Party Guest (uncredited), Bill Lee - Captain Georg von Trapp (singing voice) (uncredited), Margery MacKay - Mother Abbess (singing voice) (uncredited), Leoda Richards - Party Guest, Sam Harris - Party Guest (uncredited)