The Sound Of Music (40th Anniversary Collector's Edition, 2 DVDs)

The Sound of Music is probably my favourite film of all time and if like me, you love to watch it over and over again then this DVD is definitely for you. It is a two disc 40th anniversary collector's edition of the Rogers and Hammerstein classic. The movie won 5 academy awards in all, including best picture. If you are not familiar with the movie here is a quick overview: Maria, or Frauline Maria as she is called in the film is a young women who always wanted to be a nun, she dreamed about it when she was a little girl and used to run up and play in the hills above the convent and look down at the nuns and long to be one of them. When her behaviour ...  Read the complete review

I fell in love with this film when I was 10 years old (I even think I considered being a nun at the time) and have loved it ever since. Sadly I can sing along to the film with out the words turned on or the lyrics book, a fact that draws much dersion from my husband. I think that the other reason I have such an afinity with this film was that if was made the year I was born and was my Gran's favourite film. The story is lovely, about a beautiful but not very good nun wh is sent to look after a grim Baron's children to discover herself and her relgious path. Said children at first play tricks on her and then grow to love her. She clashes with their Father ...  Read the complete review

The Sound of Music is quite simply a timeless classic that is loved by the majority. I bought the DVD of this wonderful family film a couple of weeks ago and sat down to watch it. My dad however came home thirty minutes into the film and was gutted that I hadn't waited for him - I never knew he liked it so much. This meant I had to start all over again, I mean you can't have a grumpy dad in the house can you. The Sound of Music tells the heart-warming story of Maria who leaves the convent in which she is living to become a governess to Captain von Trapp's seven children. The Captain is a very strict man who runs his household exactly how he would run his ...  Read the complete review

After the failure of Cleopatra 20th Century Fox were facing bankruptcy and had the choice of using the last of their money to shot one big budget film or three low budget films. They decided to gamble and make one big budget film about the true Austrian story of the von Trapp Family. They called this film The Sound Of Music. The film took nine months to shoot and was directed by Robert Wise. The main stars were Julie Andrews, who had just shot to fame after the success of Mary Poppins and Christopher Plumber, star of The Fall of the Roman Empire. The songs were written by Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein II, many of them are still well known today, ...  Read the complete review

God I'm probably gonna regret this in the morning but.......I admit it....I love The Sound of Music!! I can jusify that tho, it's not an arbitrary thing, the movie has managed to interweave itself into the rich tapestry that is oldreekies life. Before you think 've been over-dosing on the single malt, I'd better explain... Its August 1991, I'm young, free, and Inter-railing around Europe. After a hectic few days in Amsterdam and Berlin I find myself in Salzburg, which unbeknownst to me was THE city of The Sound of Music. Checking into the youth hostel I noticed on my way to my dorm that they showed TSOM every day at ...  Read the complete review