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The sound of music / Title on container: Rodgers & Hammerstein's The sound of music - Widescreen (2.20:1). , United States - Beverly Hills, CA : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2002] - 1 videodisc (175 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. - AFI's Greatest Films Academy Award Best Picture . - AFI's Greatest Films. Academy Award Best Picture. .

Based on the musical by Richard Rodgers with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. Originally produced as motion picture in 1965. Bonus features: Running commentary by Robert Wise; DVD-ROM link to web sites and events (requires PC with DVD-ROM drive)

Director of photography, Ted McCord ; choreographers, Marc Breaux, Dee Dee Wood ; film editor, William Reynolds ; music, Richard Rodgers ; lyrics, Oscar Hammerstein II. Director of photography, Ted McCord ; choreographers, Marc Breaux, Dee Dee Wood ; film editor, William Reynolds ; music, Richard Rodgers ; lyrics, Oscar Hammerstein II.

Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Richard Haydn, Peggy Wood, Eleanor Parker.

Julie Andrews lights up the screen as Maria, the spirited young woman who leaves the convent to become a governess to the seven young children of Captain von Trapp, an autocratic widower whose strict household rules leave no room for music or merriment.

MPAA rating: G.


DVD, region 1, NTSC, anamorphic widescreen (2.20:1); Dolby surround 4.1, Dolby surround.


In English or dubbed French with optional English and Spanish subtitle; closed-captioned in English.

Academy Award, 1966: Best director ; Best film editing ; Best music, scoring of music, adaptation or treatment ; Best picture ; Best sound. National Film Registry selection, 2001.

Standard No.: 024543045113 00024543045090 024543045090

Publisher. No.: 2004509 Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2004511 Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Subjects--Personal Names:
Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979 --Film adaptations.
Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979.

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Trapp Family Singers--Drama.
Trapp Family Singers.

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1938

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Widowers--Austria--Drama.
Governesses--Austria--Drama.
Films musicaux.
Vidéodisques.
Governesses.
Widowers.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Austria--History--Anschluss, 1938--Drama.
Austria.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
DVD video-discs.
Feature films--United States.
Biographical films.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Historical films.
History.
Musical films.
Romance films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Musical films.
Feature films.
Films historiques.
Films musicaux.
Films biographiques.
Films de fiction.
Adaptations cinématographiques.
Films pour personnes handicapées auditives.

LC Class. No.: PN1997 / .S68 2002

Dewey Class. No.: 791.437/2