The Sound of Music is a 1965 American musical drama film produced and directed by Robert Wise, and starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, with Richard Haydn and Eleanor Parker. The film is an adaptation of the 1959 stage musical of the same name, composed by Richard Rodgers with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. read more
All the movie theaters in America were sold out for weeks: sobbing could be heard every time Christopher Plummer stood on the stage of the Festival Hall to sing "Edelweiss", 16 was a wonderful age to be; and, learning to sing was as easy as "Do Re Mi". Salzburg suddenly became the city of The Sound of Music. read more