The Sound of Music (1965)

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Robert Wise Director previously directed The Haunting

In this beloved musical, an impetuous young woman leaves the convent to become a governess for the seven unruly children of a wealthy, Austrian widower.

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The wind generated from the helicopter blades frequently knocked Julie Andrews down during the filming of the famous opening.

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Quote: Captain Von Trapp

Fraulein, is it to be at every meal, or merely at dinnertime, that you intend on leading us all through this rare and wonderful new world of indigestion?

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Writers
Cast
Julie Andrews Maria
Christopher Plummer Captain Von Trapp
Eleanor Parker The Baroness
Richard Haydn Max Detweiler
Peggy Wood Mother Abbess
Charmian Carr Liesl
Heather Menzies Louisa
Nicholas Hammond Friedrich
Duane Chase Kurt
Angela Cartwright Brigitta
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General Information Edit
Name The Sound of Music
US Release March 29, 1965
UK Release March 29, 1965
AUS Release April 17, 1965
Runtime 174
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Rating G
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  • In today's dollars
    Domestic $158,671,368
  • = total worldwide gross $158,671,368
  • - a reported budget of $8,200,000
  • = a 1,835.0% net profit of $150,471,368
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