Summary
As Nazism takes over Austria, a governess and a widowed father fall in love and escape the country with his large family of musically-talented children.Additional Information
Subjects |
Trapp Family Singers
-- Drama.
Feature films. Musical films. Austria -- History -- 1918-1938 -- Drama. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
Publisher | Beverly Hills, CA :Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment,2005 |
Edition | 40th anniversary ed., widescreen version. |
Other Titles | Sound of music. Sound of music. Rodgers & Hammerstein's The sound of music |
Contributors |
Lehman, Ernest,
1915-2005. Wise, Robert, 1914-2005. Andrews, Julie. Plummer, Christopher. Haydn, Richard, 1905-1985. Wood, Peggy, 1892-1978. Parker, Eleanor, 1922-2013. Lindsay, Howard, 1889-1968. Sound of music. Crouse, Russel, 1893-1966. Sound of music. Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960. Argyle Enterprises. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation. |
Participants/Performers |
Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Richard Haydn, Peggy Wood, Eleanor Parker. |
Other Contributors |
Music by Richard Rodgers; lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. |
Audience |
MPAA rating: G. |
Language |
English French Spanish Soundtrack in English, French or Spanish, with optional English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned. |
Notes |
Cathy Lamoureaux 500 Title from container. At head of container title: Rodgers & Hammerstein's. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1965. From the stage musical with music and lyrics by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II ; book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. Special features: special anniversary introduction by Julie Andrews; audio commentary with Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer and more; audio commentary with director Robert Wise; Singalong karaoke subtitles; retrospective documentary "My favorite things - Julie Andrews remembers"; 4 all-new featurettes; "The Von Trapp family: harmony and discord" as seen on A&E Biography; Mia Farrow screen test; restoration comparison; photo galleries; behind-the-scenes; storyboards; lobby cards; posters; trailers and TV spots. |
System Details |
DVD; 5.0 Dolby surround in English; 2.0 Dolby surround in French; stereo. in English; mono. in Spanish; region 1; anamorphic widescreen, aspect ratio 2.20:1. |
Awards |
Academy awards, best picture, best director, best film editing, best sound, Best music, scoring of music, adaptation or treatment, 1965 |
Description |
2 videodiscs (174 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
Other | Classic View |