The Sound of Music

The Sound of Music (1965) starring Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker, Richard Haydn. Directed by Robert Wise. Andrews stars as Maria, an aspiring nun who is assigned to be governess to the seven Von Trapp children, and who falls in love with Captain Von Trapp, the children's widowed father. Set in the late 1930s, the film shows the Von Trapp family fleeing from Austria to Switzerland to escape the Nazis. This is a musical, and the songs pretty much make the movie. Andrews practically glows as she befriends the children and teaches them how to sing. The film won five Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director. Songs include "Do Re Mi," "Climb Every Mountain" and the title tune. (English subtitles for the hearing impaired are available on the disc.) Grade: A