Rodgers and Hammerstein's The sound of music / Argyle Enterprises ; Twentieth Century Fox ; screenplay by Ernest Lehman ; directed by Robert Wise.

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Julie Andrews lights up the screen as Maria, the spirited young woman who leaves the convent to become a governess to the seven young children of Captain von Trapp, an autocratic widower whose strict household rules leave no room for music or merriment.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Sound of music (Motion picture)
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Author: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Other Authors: Wise, Robert, 1914-2005
Andrews, Julie
Plummer, Christopher
Haydn, Richard, 1905-1985
Wood, Peggy, 1892-1978
Parker, Eleanor, 1922-2013
Lehman, Ernest, 1915-2005
Reynolds, William, 1910-1997
Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979
Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960
Lindsay, Howard, 1889-1968
Crouse, Russel, 1893-1966
Language:English
French
Spanish
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
Includes French and Spanish language versions, with English Spanish subtitled versions.
Published: Beverly Hills, CA : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2002], ©2002.
Edition:Full screen edition.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Trapp Family Singers > Drama.
Austria > History > Anschluss, 1938 > Drama.
Musical films.
Feature films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Trapp Family Singers.
Austria.
1938
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Drama.
History.
Genre:
Drama.
Musical films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
History.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (175 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Julie Andrews lights up the screen as Maria, the spirited young woman who leaves the convent to become a governess to the seven young children of Captain von Trapp, an autocratic widower whose strict household rules leave no room for music or merriment.
Note:Based on the musical by Richard Rodgers with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse.
Originally produced as motion picture in 1965.
Special features: running commentary by Robert Wise.
Videorecording.
Call Number:AJ4 D0017856 VideoDVD
Audience:
MPAA rating: G.
Awards:Academy Award winner,1965: Best picture, Best director, Best sound, Best film editing, Best scoring of music-adaptation.
Credits:Editor, William Reynolds ; music, Richard Rodgers ; lyrics, Oscar Hammerstein II.
System Details:DVD, Dolby 4.1 stereo.
Cast:
Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Richard Haydn, Peggy Wood, Eleanor Parker, Anna Lee, Portia Nelson, Ben Wright, Daniel Truhitte, Norma Varden, Marni Nixon, Gil Stuart.