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Summary:

A musical dramatization of the story of the Trapp Family Singers and their escape from Austria in 1938, when Austria became a unified state with Hitler's Germany.

Contributors:

Wise, Robert, 1914-2005

Andrews, Julie

Plummer, Christopher

Haydn, Richard, 1905-1985

Wood, Peggy, 1892-1978

Parker, Eleanor, 1922-2013

Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979

Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960

Lindsay, Howard, 1889-1968

Crouse, Russel, 1893-1966

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Fox Video (Firm)

Argyle Enterprises

National Film Board Collection (Library of Congress)

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Sound of music (Motion picture) (Complete)

Alternate Titles:

Title on container: Robert Wise production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's The sound of music

Subjects:

Trapp Family Singers — Drama

Optical disks

Trapp Family Singers

Genres:

Motion pictures

Feature films

Musical films

Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Drama

System Details:

Laser disc, wide screen format (letterbox), CLV, extended play, CAV (side six), digital sound, stereo.

Performers:

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

General Notes:

Accompanied by The sound of music : the saga of a screenplay / researched and compiled by Michael Matessino (62 p. ; 28 cm.), and by a compact disc of the original motion picture soundtract (digital ; 4 3/4 in.).
Based on the musical of the same title with music and lyrics by Rodgers and Hammerstein and book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse.
Originally released in 1965 as a motion picture.
Includes a guide (8 p. ; 31 cm.) for the feature presentation and for the supplemental materials.
Supplemental features on sides four, five and six include: Salzburg : sight and sound : the complete 1965 featurette starring Charmian Carr; The sound of music : from fact to phenomenon (87-minute documentary); Ernest Lehman, master storyteller (36-minute audio supplement).
Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
Golden Globes, 1966: Best Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy; Best Motion Picture Actress - Musical/Comedy (Julie Andrews).
Academy Awards, 1966: Best Picture (Robert Wise); Best Director (Robert Wise); Best Sound (James Corcoran, Fred Hynes); Best Film Editing (William Reynolds); Best Music, Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment (Irwin Kostal).

Audience:

Rated G.

Physical Description:

3 videodiscs (176 min.) : sound, color ; 12 in. + 1 compact disk, 2 guides.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; 12 in.; polychrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; stereo

Digital Characteristics:

video file

Call Numbers:

LD 359

Other Standard Numbers:

Publisher Number: "4267-85."

OCLC Numbers:

1052967302
32023180 [Invalid]