Film Appreciation - Sound of Music

The Sound of Music.

Released 1965

Directed by                         Robert Wise

Produced by                       Robert Wise

Written by                          Howard Lindsay,

                                          Russel Crouse  , 

                                          Maria von Trapp, 

                                          Ernest Lehman

Starring                              Julie Andrews, 

                                          Christopher

                                          Plummer, 

                                          Eleanor Parker, 

                                          Richard Haydn

Music by                            Richard Rodgers 

                                          (music/lyrics), 

                                          OscarHammersteinII                              

                                          (lyrics), Irwin Kostal

Cinematography                Ted D. McCord

Editing by                          William H. Reynolds

Distributed by                    20th Century Fox

Release date(s)                  March 2, 1965 (US)     March 29, 1965 (UK) 

Running time                      174 minutes

Country                             United States, Austria

Language                           English

Budget                              $8.2 million[1]

Box office                          $286,214,286[1]

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Rodgers and Hammerstein's The Sound of Music is a 1965 American musical film directed by Robert Wise and starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer. The film is based on the Broadway musical The Sound of Music, with songs written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, and with the musical book written by the writing team of Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse and screenplay written by Ernest Lehman.

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The movie version was filmed on location in Salzburg, Austria; Bavaria in Southern Germany; and at the 20th Century Fox Studios in California. It was photographed in 70mm Todd-AO format by Ted D. McCord. It won a total of five Academy Awards including Best Picture and displaced Gone with the Wind as the highest-grossing film of all-time. The cast album was also nominated for a Grammy Award for Album of the Year.

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Academy Awards

The film was nominated for ten Academy Awards, winning in five categories.

Best Picture (Won)

Best Director – Robert Wise (Won)

Best Actress in a Leading Role – Julie Andrews (Nomination)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Peggy Wood (Nomination)

Best Art Direction (Nomination)

Best Costume Design (Nomination)

Best Sound (James Corcoran, Fred Hynes) (Won)

Best Scoring of Music – Adaptation or Treatment (Won)

Best Cinematography (Nomination)

Best Film Editing (Won)

Golden Globe Awards

Nominated for four categories, winning in two

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy (Won)

Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy – Julie Andrews (Won)

Best Director of a Motion Picture (Nomination)

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture – Peggy Wood (Nomination)

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