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Rating: Null/10 (3 September 2000)

The Sound Of Music has aged fairly well. Yes, the story is corny and the movie has to be one of the most sentimental of all but it has the truly magnificent songs of Rogers and Hammerstein to compensate. The photography is truly breathtaking at times with superb production values throughout. This and Doctor Zhivago were my favourite films when I was growing up in the sixties and I have seen it countless times.Eventually I grew up and became into adult movies like The Godfather etc. but The Sound of Music brings back many pleasant memories. It was a world of colour and adventure. Sheer escapism for a kid growing-up in rainy industrial Scotland. One thing I know for sure is that Julie Andrews, while not quite a babe,was certainly far too good-looking to be a nun.Also the fact that the hills were alive with the sound of music remains equally valid in our own present times.