The Sound of Music

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The Sound of Music is a 1959 Broadway musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein, and a 1965 movie from 20th Century Fox. Both are loosely based on the lives of the von Trapp family. (In 1956 and 1958, two movies from Germany and Austria were also based on them.)

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In the movie, Julie Andrews (from Mary Poppins and The Princess Diaries) plays a nun in Salzbourg, Austria. She is sent from her convent to the home of Captain von Trapp, who has seven children of his own after his wife died. (childrens' names are: Liesl, Friedrick, Louisa, Kurt, Briguita, Marta, and Gretl.) Mischievous at first, von Trapp's children come to like Maria, and the Maria falls in love with their father. Maria teaches the children how to sing and have fun because after their mother died, Captain vonTrapp almost completely erased all forms of fun. Instead of choosing [baron]]ess (wife of a noble figure) Shroeder as his new wife, he ends up marrying Maria.

After all of this takes place, the Nazis take over Austria (in the Anschluss), and wanted Captain vonTrapp to join them. But, in an attempt to escape, the Captain and his family leave the house late one evening, and while pushing their car out of the drive, they are caught by the head of the army in the area. After being caught, Maria and Captain come up with a crafty lie to save themselves. They told them that their car broke down and that the family was supposed to be performing at the Salzbourg Festival. Then they get to the festival and perform. Their dear Uncle Max helps them to escape while the army is entertained.

The family escapes to the Alps and eventually walks over them into the next country (Switzerland) to live.

FACTS: This movie is based off of a true story. Not all events are true. One very big thing is that the family is seen walking over the Alps into the next town, when really, if in all actuality they had, they would have been walking right into Hitler's home area. Also, after the abandonment of the vonTrapp house, Hitler used it as a headquarters later on.

At the time that it came out, The Sound of Music was the highest grossing movie of all time to hit the box offices and may still be today.

There is a 40th Anniversary Edition of this movie available on DVD with special features like interviews with Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer and an entire cast reunion of all 7 children.

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Came after:
My Fair Lady
Academy Award for Best Picture
1965
Came before:
A Man for All Seasons