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The Sound of Music [Blu-ray]
(1965)
I melodia tis eftyhias
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Stars: Christopher Plummer
Director: Robert Wise
Writer: Howard Lindsay, Russel Crouse, Ernest Lehman, Maria von Trapp
Language: English
Studio: 20th_Century_Fox
Duration: 175
Rated: G
DVD Release: November 2010

When Julie Andrews sang "The hills are alive with the sound of music" from an Austrian mountaintop in 1965, the most beloved movie musical was born. To be sure, the adaptation of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II's Broadway hit has never been as universally acclaimed as, say, Singin' in the Rain. Critics argue that the songs are saccharine (even the songwriters regretted the line "To sing through the night like a lark who is learning to pray") and that the characters and plot lack the complexity that could make them more interesting. It's not hard to know whom to root for when your choice is between cute kids and Nazis.
It doesn't matter. Audiences fell in love with the struggling novice Maria (Andrews), the dashing Captain von Trapp (Christopher Plummer), and, yes, the cute kids, all based on a real-life World War II Austrian family. Such songs as "My Favorite Things," "Do Re Mi," "Climb Every Mountain," and the title tune became part of the 20th century Zeitgeist. In addition, The Sound of Music officially became a cult hit when audiences in London began giving it the Rocky Horror Picture Show treatment, attending showings dressed as their favorite characters and delivering choreographed comments and gestures along with the movie. --David Horiuchi


Christopher Plummer
Aliki VougiouklakiMaria
Nikos GalanosCaptain Von Trapp
Martha VourtsiMother Abbess
Veronika ArgentziElsa - the Baroness
Marinos DesillasRolf
Yeorgia KallergiFrau Schmidt
Ariel KonstantinidouLiesl
Kosmas ZaharofMax Detweiler
Julie Andrews
Manos Anastasopoulos
Konstantina Andriopoulou
Maria Fragoudaki
Ariel KonstantinidiLiesl
Kaiti Lambropoulou
Marina Manolakou
Valita Psarrou
Apostolos Psychramis
Alexandros Rigas
Thanassis Sarantos
Antonis Trikaminas
Despoina Tsirakaki
Genre: Musical
Media: Blu-ray
Sound: AC-3
IMDb: 0813553