GThe Sound of Music

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Play Time: 174 mins
Drama, Family, Music, Romance
The Sound of Music

Overview:
In the years before the Second World War, a tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey is hired as a governess in the home of a widowed naval captain with seven children, and brings a new love of life and music into the home.

Status: Released (1965-03-29)
Awards:Won 5 Oscars. 18 wins & 13 nominations total
BoxOffice:$159,287,539
Screen:Georg Hurdalek, Howard Lindsay, Russel Crouse
Productions: Robert Wise Productions, Argyle Enterprises, 20th Century Fox
Production Countries: United States of America
Spoken Languages: English, Deutsch
The Sound of Music
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Reviews

John Chard

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One of cinema's most enduring family classics. What can one say about a film that now, as it gears towards its next anniversary of a 50th birthday, is loved and adored by so many? It feels, to me at least, kind of redundant trying to even write a review of it now. So really I just ....

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r96sk

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Heard great things, got great things. I've said it before, but musicals aren't my favourite genre - I don't dislike them at all, but if I were to rank my favourite genres they would probably be down low. Therefore, I always feel uncertain before watching them, knowing they could g ....

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CinemaSerf

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The opening scene from this film has been parodied umpteen times, and I think that just goes to show just how impactful Robert Wise's adaptation of the Rodgers and Hammerstein story has been on cinema. The idea that one could have seven children is, frankly, quite terrifying (I have ....

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