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The sound of music

Summary: As Nazism takes over Austria, a governess and a widowed father fall in love and escape the country with his large family of musically-talented children.

Record details

  • Physical Description: remote
    1 streaming video file (175 min.) : digital, sound, color
  • Publisher: Beverly Hills, California : 20th Century Fox Film Corp., 1965.
  • Distributor: Vaughan, ON : Criterion-on-Demand, [2013]

Content descriptions

General Note:
From the stage musical with music and lyrics by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II ; book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse.
Originally released as a motion picture by 20th Century Fox Film Corp., 1965.
Restrictions on Access Note:
Access restricted to subscribers.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Music by Richard Rodgers; lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II ; additional words and music, Richard Rodgers ; choreography by Marc Breaux and Dee Dee Wood ; production designed by Boris Leven ; director of photography, Ted McCord ; film editor, William Reynolds ; costumes designed by Dorothy Jeakins ; puppeteers, Bil Baird and Cora Baird.
Participant or Performer Note: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Richard Haydn, Peggy Wood, Anna Lee, Portia Nelson, Ben Wright, Daniel Truhitte, Norma Varden, Marni Nixon, Gil Stuart, Evadne Baker, Doris Lloyd, Eleanor Parker, Heather Menzies, Angela Cartwright, Charmian Carr.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: G.
System Details Note:
Content available as downloadable file or streaming video.
Awards Note:
National Film Registry selection, 2001
Academy Awards, 1966: Best Picture; Best Director; Best Sound (James Corcoran, Fred Hynes); Best Music, Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment; Best Film Editing
Golden Globes, 1966: Best Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy; Best Motion Picture Actress - Musical/Comedy (Julie Andrews)
Source of Description Note:
Title from distributor's web site (viewed February 5, 2015).
Subject: Trapp, Maria Augusta -- Drama
Trapp Family Singers -- Drama
Nuns -- Drama
Widowers -- Austria -- Drama
Man-woman relationships -- Austria -- Drama
Austria -- History -- 1918-1938 -- Drama
Genre: Feature films.
Musical films.
Historical films.
Fiction films.
Streaming video.

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