Directed by:
Robert WiseScreenplay:
Ernest LehmanCinematography:
Ted D. McCordCast:
Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker, Richard Haydn, Peggy Wood, Heather Menzies-Urich, Nicholas Hammond, Angela Cartwright, Kym Karath (more)VOD (4)
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Based on a real family and their true events, tells the story of a young postulate, Maria (Julie Andrews), who, after proving too high-spirited for the Mother Abess and other nuns, is sent off to work as a governess to seven unruly children. The Von Trapp family is run, in military style, by the seemingly cold-hearted Captain Von Trapp (Christopher Plummer), a lonely widowed naval officer. Seeing how badly he and his children need companionship, he proposes to the Baroness Schraeder (Eleanor Parker), a calculating, mutual friend of beloved family friend Max Detweiler (Richard Haydn). It is the baroness who soon realizes that it's Maria--with her warmth and love for the children--the captain really loves. It is nearly bliss for the newly formed family who loves to sing together--except for the cloud looming over their beloved Austrian horizon: Hitler is ascending to power, forcing Von Trapp to decide whether to join the Nazi party--which he loathes--or force his family to leave their home forever. (official distributor synopsis)
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A very sweet musical that even after all these years hasn’t lost its simple charm and the optimistic mood that radiates from it. But why is the magic so simple? How many other movies in the genre deliver exclusively static dance numbers, hard-to-remember melodies and sentimental humour, and yet make you keep your eyes on them for two and a half hours? It is not great filmmaking, but it is extremely honest filmmaking, visually disarming and supported by a pair of wonderful actors, whose characters we become firmly attached to, and whose "dark" ending make us keep our fingers crossed. The premise may have called for the script not to overflow with so much comfort and one-dimensional family message, but hand on heart, other than with just such humour and constant level of optimism, this legend simply could not work so well and lastingly.
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I admit that I could imagine it being an hour shorter and it would still be just as positive and beautiful, and besides, without Nazis, but even with them it's good, although I was afraid it might slide into something overly pathetic. Thankfully, that didn't happen and the whole main family is stunningly talented both in acting and singing.
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