The Sound of Music (1965)

**The Sound of Music (1965)** is a UK VHS release by CBS/Fox Video. It was first released on UK VHS Rental on 1st July 1982 by 20th Century Fox Video. It was re-released on 21st September 1987 by CBS/Fox Video. It was re-released again by CBS/Fox Video on 7th November 1988, 3rd April 1989, 1st October 1990 and 31st October 1994. It was also re-released by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment on 2nd December 1996, 3rd November 1997, 9th April 2001 and 8th March 2004. It was released on UK DVD as a Special Edition by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment on 9th April 2001. It was re-released on DVD on 8th March 2004, 28th November 2005, 12th November 2007, 8th November 2010, and 2nd March 2015. It was released on UK Blu-Ray as a 50th Anniversary Edition on 2nd March 2015.

Best Actress Julie Andrews previously did her Oscar-winning performance as the irrepressible nanny in Walt Disney's 1964 musical film, *Mary Poppins*.

The film also got aired on BBC One on Christmas Day 1978, 6th April 1980, 29th July 1981, 22nd April 1984, 5th May 1986, 1st April 1994, 31st March 1997, 20th December 1998, New Year's Day 2000, 29th December 2004, 29th May 2006, 9th April 2007, 26th May 2008, 2nd April & New Year's Eve 2010, New Year's Eve 2012, New Year's Day 2014, 2nd January 2015, New Year's Day 2016, New Year's Day & 27th December 2020, 2nd April 2021, New Year's Day 2022, 9th April & Christmas Eve 2023, BBC Two on 5th July 1982, Christmas Eve 1987 and 29th December 1995 and BBC Four on 2nd January & New Year's Eve 2020, 6th January 2022 and 30th December 2023.

The film was also made available on the Disney+ streaming service upon it's debut on 12 November 2019, in part to the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney.

## Description

Classic 1960s musical starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer. Former nun Maria (Andrews) becomes the governess for a family of seven children who live in the shadow of their domineering and repressed widower father Captain Von Trapp (Plummer). Along with the required discipline Maria brings love, music and excitement into the children's lives and also eventually begins to have an effect on their father. But just when things are looking up, the rise of Nazism and the threat of the coming war darkens all their futures. The cast also includes Charmian Carr, Nicholas Hammond and Eleanor Parker.

## Songs

1. Prelude/The Sound of Music (Medley)/Overture/Preludium
2. Morning Hymn/Alleluia (Medley)
3. Maria
4. I Have Confidence
5. Sixteen Going on Seventeen
6. My Favourite Things
7. Do-Re-Mi
8. The Sound of Music
9. The Lonely Goatherd
10. Edelweiss
11. So Long, Farewell
12. Entr'acte
13. Climb Ev'ry Mountain
14. Something Good
15. Processional and Maria (The Wedding)
16. Sixteen Going on Seventeen (Reprise)
17. Do-Re-Mi (Reprise)
18. Edelweiss (Reprise)
19. So Long, Farewell (Reprise)
20. Climb Ev'ry Mountain (Reprise, Finale)

## Cast

* Julie Andrews as Maria von Trapp
* Christopher Plummer as Captain von Trapp
	+ Bill Lee overdubbed Plummer's singing
* Eleanor Parker as Baroness Elsa von Schraeder
* Richard Haydn as Max Detweiler
* Peggy Wood as the Mother Abbess
* Charmian Carr as Liesl von Trapp
* Nicholas Hammond as Friedrich von Trapp
* Heather Menzies as Louisa von Trapp
* Duane Chase as Kurt von Trapp
* Angela Cartwright as Brigitta von Trapp
* Debbie Turner as Marta von Trapp
* Kym Karath as Gretl von Trapp
* Anna Lee as Sister Margaretta
* Portia Nelson as Sister Berthe
* Ben Wright as Herr Zeller
* Daniel Truhitte as Rolfe
* Norma Varden as Frau Schmidt, housekeeper
* Gil Stuart as Franz, butler
* Marni Nixon as Sister Sophia
* Ada Beth Lee as Sister Catherine (uncredited)
* Doreen Tryden as Sister Agatha (uncredited)
* Evadne Baker as Sister Bernice
* Doris Lloyd as Baroness Ebberfeld

## Credits

* Directed by: Robert Wise
* Produced by: Robert Wise
* Associate Producer: Saul Chaplin
* Screenplay by: Ernest Lehman
* Production Designed by: Boris Leven
* Director of Photography: Ted McCord, A.S.C.
* Costumes Designed by: Dorothy Jeakins
* Puppeteers: Bill Baird and Cora Baird
* Vocal Supervision: Robert Tucker
* Second Unit Supervision: Maurice Zuberano
* Additional Photography: Paul Beeson, B.S.C.
* Film Editor: William Reynolds, A.C.E.
* Sound by: Murray Spivack and Bernard Freericks
* Assistant Director: Ridgeway Callow
* Unit Production Manager: Saul Wurtzel
* Music Editor: Robert Mayer
* Dialogue Coach: Pamela Danova
* Set Decorations: Walter M. Scott, Ruby Levitt
* Sound Recording Supervised by: Fred Hynes and James Corcoran
* Special Photographic Effects: L.B. Abbott, A.S.C., Emil Kosa, Jr.
* Hair Styles by: Margaret Donovan
* Make-up by: Ben Nye
* Aerial Views Photographed with an MCS-70 Camera
* With the Partial Use of Ideas by: Georg Hurdalek
* From the stage musical with music and lyrics by: Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
* Based on the Book by: Howard Lindsay and Russell Crouse
* Originally Produced on the Stage by: Leland Hayward, Richard Halliday, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
* Music by: Richard Rodgers
* Lyrics by: Oscar Hammerstein II
* Additional Words and Music by: Richard Rodgers
* Music Supervised, Arranged and Conducted by: Irwin Kostal
* Choreography by: Marc Breaux and Dee Dee Wood
* Produced in: Todd-A0
* Developed by: The American Optical Company and Magna
* Colour by: De Luxe
* Produced by Argyle Enterprises, Inc. and Released by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
* Sound by: Westrex Recording System
* MPDDA/MPAA Number: 20734
* Copyright (c) MCMLXV by Argyle Enterprises, Inc., Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation. All rights reserved.

## Opening (1989 Re-release)

* CBS Fox Video Warning Screen
* CBS/FOX Video All Time Greats (Yours To Keep Forever) [announced by Emilio Delgado]
* 20th Century Fox Ident (1965) (silent)
* Start of The Sound of Music (1965)

## Closing (1989 Re-release)

* End of The Sound of Music (1965)
* The End
* The Sound of Music closing credits film
* CBS Fox Video Warning Screen

## Opening (1997 Re-release)

* 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Warning Screen
* 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Ident (1995-1999)
* 20th Century Fox Musicals trailer with clips of "My Fair Lady", "South Pacific", "Carousel", "State Fair" and "The Sound of Music". [announced by Ringo Starr]
* THX Ident
* 20th Century Fox Ident (1965) (silent)
* Start of The Sound of Music (1965)

## Closing (1997 Re-release)

* End of The Sound of Music (1965)
* The End
* The Sound of Music closing credits film
* 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Warning Screen

## Opening (2001 Re-release) (with no trailer)

* 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Warning Screen
* 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Ident (2000-2004)
* Keep Watching for the "Salzburg Sight & Sound" Documentary After the Feature (silent)
* THX Ident
* 20th Century Fox Ident (1965) (silent)
* Start of The Sound of Music (1965)

## Closing (2001 Re-release) (with no trailer)

* End of The Sound of Music (1965)
* The End
* The Sound of Music closing credits film
* Salzburg Sight & Sound (Full Video)
* 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Warning Screen

## Opening (2004 Re-release) (with no trailer)

* 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Warning Screen
* 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Ident (2000-2004)
* Keep Watching for the "Salzburg Sight & Sound" Documentary After the Feature (silent)
* THX Ident
* 20th Century Fox Ident (1965) (silent)
* Start of The Sound of Music (1965)

## Closing (2004 Re-release) (with no trailer)

* End of The Sound of Music (1965)
* The End
* The Sound of Music closing credits film
* Salzburg Sight & Sound (Full Video)
* 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Warning Screen

## Opening (2005 re-release) (DVD)

1. Piracy. It's A Crime. Advert
2. FACT ''The Pirates Are Out to Get You'' PIF
3. 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment logo Ident (1999-2010) (UK Pitched)
4. Introduction to The Sound of Music [introduced by Julie Andrews]
5. DVD Menu
6. 20th Century Fox Ident (1965) (silent)
7. Start of The Sound of Music (1965) (UK Pitched)

## Closing (2005 re-release) (DVD)

1. End of The Sound of Music (1965) (UK Pitched)
2. The End (UK Pitched)
3. The Sound of Music closing credits film (UK Pitched)

## Trailers and info

1. The Rogers & Hammerstein Collection with clips of "Oklahoma!", "South Pacific", "State Fair", "The King and I", "Carousel" and "The Sound of Music".
2. The Musical Classics Collection with clips of "Hello, Dolly!", "Stormy Weather", "Daddy Long Legs", "Can-Can", "Doctor Dolittle" and "My Fair Lady".