Rodgers and Hammerstein's The sound of music [videorecording] / Argyle Enterprises, Inc. ; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation ; screenplay by Ernest Lehman ; directed by Robert Wise.
Videodisc release of the 1965 motion picture; renewed in 1993. Based on the musical by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. These discs will not work in a CD-ROM drive -- container. Subtitles: English, Spanish. Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Richard Haydn, Peggy Wood, Eleanor Parker.
Contents:
Disc One: The feature. Running commentary by Robert Wise -- DVD-ROM link to The Sound of Music web sites and events. Disc Two: Supplemental. Original 1965 documentary Salzburg Sight and Sound (36 min.) -- Documentary: The Sound of Music: From Facto to Phenomenon with cast interviews, rare music outtakes, photos and more (87 min.) -- Audio supplement by Ernest Lehman (36 min.) -- Interviews with Julie andrews and Robert Wise -- DVD-ROM games and lnks to fan site -- Storyboards, sketches, production stills, theatrical trailers, radio and TV spots.
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.
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