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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.

Trivia:

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
	Howard Lindsay
	Russel Crouse
	Ernest Lehman
	Maria von Trapp

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
Language(s)	Add a new language English
Genre(s)	Add a new genre Musical Family
Theme(s)	Add a new theme children world war ii love
Rating	G
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