Sound Of Music, The (1965)

Composer(s):
Richard Rodgers, Irwin Kostal (uncredited), Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics)

Released in:
1965

Reviews

The Sound of Sentiment.
by filmfactsman (December 15, 2005)
I recently received the 40th Anniversary CD and DVD as gifts from my somewhat sentimental brother. There was a time when I would wince when someone even suggested that "The Sound of Music" was a movie classic. I must be in my dotage but, after watching the film last week and listening to the CD, I'm inclined to agree. I often wondered why it became the most popular film of its time, eventually overtaking "Gone with the Wind" and not surpassed until "The Godfather", seven years later. I believe four factors contributed to "The Sound of Music's" success: (1) Julie Andrews, (2) the magnificent Rodgers and Hammerstein score, (3) the Austrian locations, and 4) a Cinderella story, grafting nuns, kids and Nazis on to a youth-middle-age tale of romance. And the greatest of these was the star, Andrews of the soaring voice and innocence that made the moviegoing public, even in guarded moments, catch their breath. At the end of 1965, she was reckoned to be the 4th biggest box-office draw in the world; in 1966 and 1967, she was #1.

In memory of Producer/Director Robert Wise (1914-2005).

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