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Summary: Exquisite and timeless, this musical movie will always shine
Review: Everything about this movie is majestic, the scenery, the music, the voices, the actors. They all fit perfectly together to produce the most beautiful sound on film the world ever heard. Time will never detract from its magic which will always remain enchanting the young and young at heart, charming its way into their souls. In "The Sound of Music", Julie Andrews is the quintessential romantic heroine, sweet and vulnerable and completely innocent. Christopher Plummer assumed the role of the handsome captain convincingly and all the women in the world fell in love with him. The children are adorable and their portrayals all realistic, with a freshness that remains pertinent even many years later. What a great Reverend Mother too! I can go on, but you get the picture (get it!) and you'll see what I mean! This is a "10 stars" film, 5 are not enough!
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Summary: The Best Musical Yet
Review: I Love This Musical!!!!!!!! This is obviously the best musical to ever hit the movies. I have never seen such a wonderful musical in my life. I have to watch this over and over again.
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Summary: 1960's MUSICAL LITERALLY KILLED OFF THE FRANCHISE
Review: This may be an ominous way to begin a review of the efervescent "Sound of Music", but it's true. The 1965 movie's incredible box office success inspired Fox and other studios to make big budget family themed musicals, most of which flopped miserably with audiences (just remember "Doctor Dolittle" with Rex Harrison, and "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang", to name a few). "The Sound of Music" was Hollywood's last gasp at successful family themed musicals, before the genre was recreated with the grittier and more adult "Cabaret" in the 1970's. After that, there was no going back to "raindrops on roses" and "larks who learn to pray", although attempts were made over the years.Even in its time, "The Sound of Music" was heavily criticized for its insipid musical numbers and dances as well as the sentimentality of the situations and dialogue. After all, good and evil doesn't get any more clearly represented than by nuns and nazis! Many critics at the time sadly longed for the heyday of creativity and craftmanship of the Astaire/Kelly/MGM partnership which had gone defunct in the 1950's. Nevertheless, "Music" was an enormous success, and is a marked improvement over it's Broadway source. Director Robert Wise opened up the operetta-like story with location photography, a reworked screenplay with rearrangement of key songs and the elimination of others from the Broadway show. I saw this film as a 10 year-old at Radio City Music Hall on its 10 year anniversary. Seeing and hearing Julie Andrews trill the opening song on the mountain and in widescreen was a moment I shall never forget.
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Summary: One of the best musicals of all time
Review: The Sound of Music is in my opinion one of the best musicals of all time. Every family will enjoy this DVD in their collection. There is a lot of bonus material on the DVD that makes this a good value as well.
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Summary: A DVD of the quality this fantastic film deserves
Review: Presumably if you are thinking of purchasing this 5-Star editition of the Sound of Music, you have a pretty good idea of the plot. It is based on the true lives (but in an accelerated time frame) of an Austrian family that sang together as a folk-musical group. Julie Andrews plays the governess who wins the hearts of the children and their widower father, while teaching them how to sing together. As such, the excuse for spontaneously bursting into song is reasonably logical, and the tunes themselves are catchy and well-performed. The performances, from the unknown (at the time) child actors to the veterans Christopher Plummer (as the patriarch) and Eleanor Parker, are consistently great. Robert Wise lends a sure hand in his direction, filming in and around Salzburg and the Austrian Alps, but without allowing the scenery to overpower the actors and dialogue. The quality of the video is very good, and the sound is certainly better than on my old VHS copy. The DVD has a good deal of useful extras. Most interesting is the discussion from Lehman (the screenwriter) on the search for a director. He also discusses the differences between the stage version and the film version (rearrangement of songs and scenes). There is a fairly long making-of feature that is very interesting, but could have been improved with more information on the real von Trapps, as opposed to focussing mainly on the making of the film. Interviews with a number of the principles, from Andrews, Wise, and Plummer, through the costume designer and a few of the actors portraying the children make it a well-rounded and informative set of extras. In a very nice touch, the length of all the extras is displayed on the menu, so you can arrange your viewing schedule easily. All-in-all, this is a fantastic DVD, with lots of extras and good quality transfer. The movie itself is one of my all-time favourites (certainly my favourite film version of a Broadway musical), so I was very pleased to get this DVD edition.
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Summary: Climb every mountain.
Review: THE SOUND OF MUSIC is still my favorite musical of all time. It tells the beautiful, timeless story of Maria, a young nun-in-training living, during the time of Nazis-Germany, in Austria. Maria is unlike all the other nuns because she loves nature, acts clumsy at times, and can be very noisy. The head nun of her church suggests that Maria leaves the church and work for Captain von Trapp as a governess for his seven children. At first, the children hate Maria, but learn to like her after she starts taking them out to different places and sings to them. Maria eventually wins over the love of the children and even the stern Captain von Trapp. No sooner after Captain von Trapp and Maria wed, the Nazis plan to put Captain von Trapp in jail for refusing to give them some personal information about himself! So Maria, Captain von Trapp, and the children escape Austria to hide from the Nazis so they can't take Captain von Trapp away. The music is absolutely incredible and unforgettable. I have the double-tape VHS original version of the film. I rented the DVD and found this five star collection to be truly a treasure. The only let down is the fact that it's only available in widescreen format, which most DVDs are these days. I love all the musical numbers and the acting is incredible...Julie Andrews is at her best. I've never seen a Julie Andrews performance so perfect since MARRY POPPINS and THE PRINCESS DIARIES. There are tons of special features on this DVD and they are all great and fun to watch. If you have not seen THE SOUND OF MUSIC yet then you truly do not know what you are missing. This is a timeless classic that should be on the shelf of every family's home DVD library!
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Summary: Wide screen - hardly seen
Review: The Wide Screen format ruins the movie - makes it hard to see unless you have a HUGE television. For the price of the DVD, it should allow you the option of full screen if you prefer that over the wide screen format. I started watching it, and gave up. Rather see the VHS version without having to use binnoculars.
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Summary: SIMPLY THE BEST~!!
Review: The Sound of Music is simply the BEST!!!!!!!!! I have loved this movie ever since I can remember, I recomend this clasic for all ages is simply LOVELY...!
Its a story about the courage of a family,love...and beautiful music...!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And with this DVD edition those special features are simply INCREDIBLE...if you love this movie is something you shouldnt wait to see, so...BUY IT AND SEE IT! :) :) :) :) :)
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Summary: My FAVORITE movie of ALL TIME!!
Review: If I could give this 6 stars, I would. Bear in mind, I'm an adult, pretty cynical, and a native New Yorker. However, if there's one movie that can bring me to happy nostalgic tears, it's this one. In minutes my cynicism is reduced to a grown adult bouncing around on the couch, singing along word for word. It's the film that is most remniscent of my childhood, and I couldn't imagine growing up without it. If you're a parent, or if you just want some happy, untainted idealism in your life, watch this movie. It's still my favorite of all time.
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Summary: The best movie ever
Review: A very good movie. The music is absolutly terrific, and is a great movie for any age. You do not have to be a fan of musicals to fall in love with the Trapp family. This is a story of romance as well as action and suspense. For those of you who do not know, this movie is based of a true story of Maria von Trapp. The Sound of Music turns her story in a wonderful fairy tale. I highly recommend watching this movie, it is worth it.
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