The Sound of Music (1965)
88%RT Audience Score: 91%
Awards & Nominations: Won 5 Oscars
17 wins & 13 nominations total
Unapologetically sweet and maybe even a little corny, The Sound of Music will win over all but the most cynical filmgoers with its classic songs and irresistible warmth
The Sound of Music is a classic that has stood the test of time, but let’s be real, it’s a little cheesy. Singing nuns, a love story, and Nazis – it’s like a musical version of The Bachelor set in World War II. But hey, sometimes you just need a feel-good movie with catchy tunes and a happy ending. Plus, who doesn’t love Julie Andrews? She’s practically perfect in every way.
Production Company(ies)
Paramount Pictures,
Distributor
20th Century Fox
Release Type
Theatrical
Filming Location(s)
Felsenreitschule, Salzburg, Austria
MPAA / Certificate
G
Year of Release
1965
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby
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Aspect ratio:2.20 : 1
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Runtime:2h 54m
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Language(s):English, German
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Mar 2, 1965 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 27, 2002
Genre(s)
Musical
Keyword(s)
starring Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker, Richard Haydn, Peggy Wood, Charmian Carr, Robert Wise, Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers, Howard Lindsay, Russel Crouse, Ernest Lehman, directed by Robert Wise, written by Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers, Howard Lindsay, Russel Crouse, Ernest Lehman, produced by Robert Wise, musical, G rating, box office gross $109.0K, 20th Century Fox, World War II, Von Trapp Family, Austria, governess, naval captain, seven children, singing, nuns, Nazis, songs, sentimental, heartwarming, unapologetically sweet, classic, warmth, tuneful, uncomplicated entertainment, Julie Andrews’ performance, Christopher Plummer’s performance, Robert Wise’s direction, classic songs, irresistible warmth, critic reviews, audience reviews, Tomatometer, Fresh Kernels
Worldwide gross: $159,428,329
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $1,701,173,549
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 36
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 185,515,109
US/Canada gross: $159,287,539
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $1,699,671,255
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 6
US/Canada opening weekend: $413,497
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $4,412,203
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,118
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $8,200,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $87,497,769
Production budget ranking: 474
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $47,117,549
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $1,566,558,231
ROI to date (est.): 1,164%
ROI ranking: 103
Christopher Plummer – Captain von Trapp
Eleanor Parker – Baroness Schraeder
Richard Haydn – Max Detweiler
Peggy Wood – Mother Abbess
Charmian Carr – Liesl von Trapp
Robert Wise – Director, Producer
Oscar Hammerstein II – Writer
Richard Rodgers – Writer
Howard Lindsay – Writer
Russel Crouse – Writer
Ernest Lehman – Writer
Director(s)
Robert Wise
Writer(s)
Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers, Howard Lindsay, Russel Crouse, Ernest Lehman
Producer(s)
Robert Wise
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
Won 5 Oscars
17 wins & 13 nominations total
Academy Awards
Oscar Best Picture Winners, Oscar Winners
All Critics (72) | Top Critics (19) | Fresh (60) | Rotten (12)
It is not a bold, adventuresome motion picture, nor does it advance the art of the film even a trifle. What it is, and this is what the producers must have intended, is tuneful, uncomplicated entertainment, expensively set before the viewer.
March 30, 2022
William J. Nazzaro
Arizona Republic
TOP CRITIC
The last of the Rodgers-Hammer-stein collaborations, The Sound of Music is the best screen version of their works.
February 5, 2020
Bob Thomas
Associated Press
TOP CRITIC
By any reasonable critical analysis, The Sound of Music is a terrible movie.
December 16, 2018 | Rating: 2.5/4
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
TOP CRITIC
It’s totally schmaltzy and highly effective.
October 19, 2018
Jake Wilson
The Age (Australia)
TOP CRITIC
The location work in Salzburg has an ineffable charm and it’s all performed with such zinging, joyous energy.
May 17, 2018 | Rating: 5/5
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian
TOP CRITIC
It is compounded of taste, excitement, heart and mind, and more than any other individual, the one who put it there and kept it there was Robert Wise.
March 2, 2018
James Powers
Hollywood Reporter
TOP CRITIC
Singing nuns and gun-toting Nazis – something for everyone.
September 7, 2021 | Rating: 5/5
Matt Neal
ABC Radio (Australia)
Julie ignores the dated postulates of the script, gives it her own brand of vigor, logic, gaiety and crisp authority — and brings the screen alive, pulling the drama along with her.
September 2, 2020
Bob Halliday
Salt Lake Tribune
There’s something magical about conversations that morph into songs, especially considering that the typical dancing that accompanies such skits is refreshingly truant.
August 27, 2020 | Rating: 10/10
Mike Massie
Gone With The Twins
South Pacific, The King and I, West Side Story: They have all been a little embarrassing, but [this] is more embarrassing than most, if only because of its suggestion that history need not happen to people like Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer.
March 4, 2020
Joan Didion
Vogue
Pure, unadulterated kitsch, not a false note, not a whiff of reality; and every detail so carefully worked out… I came out full of goodwill toward all humanity.
August 14, 2019
Dwight MacDonald
Esquire Magazine
Robert Wise is responsible for this overly sugary cake that must be listened to with earplugs. [Full Review in Spanish]
July 9, 2019
Antonio Lara
El Pais (Spain)…
Plot
In 1930’s Austria, a young woman named Maria (Dame Julie Andrews) is failing miserably in her attempts to become a nun. When Navy Captain Georg Von Trapp (Christopher Plummer) writes to the convent asking for a governess that can handle his seven mischievous children, Maria is given the job. The Captain’s wife is dead, and he is often away, and runs the household as strictly as he does the ships he sails on. The children are unhappy and resentful of the governesses that their father keeps hiring, and have managed to run each of them off one by one. When Maria arrives, she is initially met with the same hostility, but her kindness, understanding, and sense of fun soon draws them to her and brings some much-needed joy into all their lives – including the Captain’s. Eventually he and Maria find themselves falling in love, even though the Captain is already engaged to a Baroness named Elsa and Maria is still a postulant. The romance makes them both start questioning the decisions they have made. Their personal conflicts soon become overshadowed, however, by world events. Austria is about to come under the control of Germany, and the Captain may soon find himself drafted into the German Navy and forced to fight against his own country.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
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