Rodgers and Hammerstein's The sound of music Cover Image

Rodgers and Hammerstein's The sound of music [videorecording] / Argyle Enterprises ; Twentieth Century Fox ; screenplay by Ernest Lehman ; directed by Robert Wise.

Andrews, Julie. (Added Author). Crouse, Russel, 1893-1966 (Added Author). Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960 (Added Author). Haydn, Richard, 1905-1985 (Added Author). Lehman, Ernest, 1915-2005 (Added Author). Lindsay, Howard, 1889-1968 (Added Author). Parker, Eleanor, 1922-2013 (Added Author). Plummer, Christopher. (Added Author). Reynolds, William, 1910-1997 (Added Author). Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979 (Added Author). Wise, Robert, 1914-2005 (Added Author). Wood, Peggy, 1892-1978 (Added Author). Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation. (Added Author). Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Richard Haydn, Peggy Wood, Eleanor Parker, Anna Lee, Portia Nelson, Ben Wright, Daniel Truhitte, Norma Varden, Marni Nixon, Gil Stuart. (Cast).

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.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 videodisc (175 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition: Full screen

Content descriptions

General Note:	Based on the musical by Richard Rodgers with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. Originally produced as motion picture in 1965. Special features: running commentary by Robert Wise.
Formatted Contents Note:	The feature (174 min.). Running commentary by Robert Wise.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Editor, William Reynolds ; music, Richard Rodgers ; lyrics, Oscar Hammerstein II.
Participant or Performer Note:	Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Richard Haydn, Peggy Wood, Eleanor Parker, Anna Lee, Portia Nelson, Ben Wright, Daniel Truhitte, Norma Varden, Marni Nixon, Gil Stuart.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: G.
System Details Note:	DVD, Dolby 4.1 stereo.
Language Note:	Includes French and Spanish language versions, with English Spanish subtitled versions.
Awards Note:	Academy Award winner,1965: Best picture, Best director, Best sound, Best film editing, Best scoring of music-adaptation.