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The sound of music [videorecording]

Title: The sound of music [videorecording] / Twentieth Century Fox presents a Robert Wise production ; produced by Argyle Enterprises, Inc. ; screenplay by Ernest Lehman ; directed by Robert Wise.
Publication: Beverly Hills, CA : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2002]
Supplementary Content: The list of American Film Institute's top 100 movies of all time

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Description

1 videodisc (175 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Julie Andrews lights up the screen as Maria, the spirited young woman who leaves the convent to become a governess to the seven young children of Captain von Trapp, an autocratic widower whose strict household rules leave no room for music or merriment.

Uniform Title

Sound of music (Motion picture)

Alternative Title

Rodgers & Hammerstein's The sound of music

Subject

Genre/Form

Biographical films.
Drama.
Feature films – United States.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Historical films.
History.
Musical films.
Romance films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Note

Based on the musical by Richard Rodgers with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse.
Originally produced as motion picture in 1965.

Credits (note)

Director of photography, Ted McCord ; choreographers, Marc Breaux, Dee Dee Wood ; film editor, William Reynolds ; music, Richard Rodgers ; lyrics, Oscar Hammerstein II.

Performer (note)

Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Richard Haydn, Peggy Wood, Eleanor Parker.

Audience (note)

Rated G.

System Details (note)

DVD, NTSC, Dolby surround 4.1.

Language (note)

In English or French with optional English and Spanish subtitle; closed-captoined in English.

Awards (note)

Academy Award, 1966: Best director ; Best film editing ; Best music, scoring of music, adaptation or treatment ; Best picture ; Best sound.
National Film Registry selection, 2001.

Contents

The feature (174 min.). Running commentary by Robert Wise.

LCCN

024543045090

Title

The sound of music [videorecording] / Twentieth Century Fox presents a Robert Wise production ; produced by Argyle Enterprises, Inc. ; screenplay by Ernest Lehman ; directed by Robert Wise.

Imprint

Beverly Hills, CA : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2002]

Edition

Widescreen (2.20:1).

Country of Producing Entity

United States naf

Type of Content

two-dimensional moving image

Type of Medium

video

Type of Carrier

videodisc

System Details

DVD, NTSC, Dolby surround 4.1.

Cast

Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Richard Haydn, Peggy Wood, Eleanor Parker.

Credits

Director of photography, Ted McCord ; choreographers, Marc Breaux, Dee Dee Wood ; film editor, William Reynolds ; music, Richard Rodgers ; lyrics, Oscar Hammerstein II.

Audience

Rated G.

Language

In English or French with optional English and Spanish subtitle; closed-captoined in English.

Awards

Academy Award, 1966: Best director ; Best film editing ; Best music, scoring of music, adaptation or treatment ; Best picture ; Best sound.

National Film Registry selection, 2001.

Connect to:

The list of American Film Institute's top 100 movies of all time

Chronological Term

1938

Added Author

Lehman, Ernest, 1915-2005, screenwriter.

Wise, Robert, 1914-2005, film director.

Andrews, Julie, actor.

Plummer, Christopher, actor.

Haydn, Richard, 1905-1985, actor.

Wood, Peggy, 1892-1978, actor.

Parker, Eleanor, 1922-2013, actor.

Lindsay, Howard, 1889-1968.

Crouse, Russel, 1893-1966.

Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. Composer

Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. Sound of music.

Argyle Enterprises.

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.

Other Standard Identifier

024543045090

Publisher No.

2004509 Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Branch Call Number

DVD MOVIE S

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