The Sound of Music
1965
Directed by Robert Wise
Netflix sleeve: In Rodgers and Hammerstein's greatest collaboration, a feisty postulant
named Maria (Julie Andrews) is sent to care for the unruly, motherless
Von Trapp children. She soon tames them -- and finds herself falling for
their stern father (Christopher Plummer). Oscar-winning director Robert
Wise used stunning Austrian locations to transform the popular stage
musical into a cinema classic in which the hills truly seemed to come
alive.
Really glad this was next on the list. Because it seriously reminded me just how much I freakin' love this movie. I love the music. I love the characters. I love the humor. Such a great film. It's one that definitely belongs in the top 100. Okay, I'll give it to you, the opening scene with Julie Andrews twirling on a hilltop is a little cheesy. But that's okay because it's iconic at the same time. Best interaction in the whole movie? Gotta be the scene after the Captain introduces the kids to Maria. He's tried to teach her all the different signals with the whistle. But she doesn't want to use the whistle and argues that it's degrading. So as the Captain walks away, she whistles loudly and lets him know that he didn't teach her his signal. "You may call me Captain." Classic. Maybe you had to be there. By far the greatest of the Rodgers and Hammerstein flicks. I might go watch it again.
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