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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

Rating : - One of "My Favorite Things"!
"The hills are alive with the sound of music..."
From the very first moments in the movie you can't help but be dazzled by the breathtaking scenery and the marvelous sound of the music as Julie Andrews rushes across the hills singing "The Sound of Music." It's no wonder it's a classic - as it well deserves to be! It's my all-time favorite movie! And, if I could, I would gladly give it 10 stars! This movie is definitely on "My Favorite Things" list!
Julie Andrews - what an incredible voice she had! - gives the performance of her career as Maria, a young, soon-to-be nun who becomes the govorness to Captain von Trapp's (Christopher Plummer) seven children.
For "Sound of Music" or musical fans, I highly recommend this 40th. Anniversary Edition DVD! They have alot of extra features - singalongs, commentaries, photo gallery, interviews with Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer and the actors who played the seven von Trapp children. They also have a biography on the real von Trapp family.

This is one of those musicals you can't watch without singing along with!