Behind the scenes photos from the production of 1965's Best Picture winner, The Sound of Music. Accompanied by Do Re Mi written by Rodgers & Hammerstein and sung by Julie Andrews.
@@Liofa73 You are just wrong. I was born in 1962, and was taken at 3 to see Mary Poppins, and at 4 to see The Sound of Music -- both of which enjoyed long theatrical releases. I fell in love with Julie Andrews. Yes, I was too young to understand the plots of both movies. But in an era when most people had small (by today's standards) black and white TV's with no surround sound, the sheer spectacle of both movies on wide screen in saturated Technicolor with now-classic upbeat (mostly) songs in high fidelity was stunning, mezmerizing. Went to my grandparents house at 4, and when I was told they didn't have the SoM album, I pitched a fit until they bought it (we had it at home). The impact of these two movies has stuck with me my whole life. I'm not ashamed to say that still, 50+ years later, when Julie Andrews spins around on that spectacular mountain top and launches that perfect voice into "The hills are alive...with the sound of music..." -- I lose it. Takes me back to that moment as a small child, when everything was happy and anything was possible. And that is not the only time during the movie when I well-up. So don't get online and tell someone their memories are not valid. People do remember major events at that young age.
+Liofa WHO do you believe you are to be accusing someone of lying about their precious memories of The Sound Of Music?!! I have adult children that have vivid memories of their lives when they were 3, because I WAS THERE and can testify that their memories are correct! You are pathetic!
Hi, I'm 49 . I share your appreciation . Beautiful times we grew up in. Where did it all go wrong . If I had one wish it would be to time travel back to our childhood period 1970s . This World has gone very very wrong ☹️
@@Liofa73 please show empathy and respect . Katie was sharing her joy and happiness .does it make you feel a better person to try and take that happiness away ?. I presume your in your early 20s . If anything my heart goes out to you guys as you have no idea what's coming for us all 😐😐
I love everything about this movie and I never tire of watching it ! Nowadays they don't make movies like this anymore .It is wholesome , enjoyable and a real classic.
One reason this film has endured is that it's family-friendly. It tells a compelling dramatic story without any of the sex, vulgar language, nudity, car chases and violence that pollute today's films as a general rule.
One of the last of the great epics - if only they still made movies like this. It is not exactly like the other epics that are grand and spectacular, but it is long and just happy, uplifting, hope-filled, and has a positive message. The movies today are either depressing or stupid with no real content ( only fake action/thrasher). This was truly a family movie, there was something for everyone. The "family" movies today are just silly for the children with maybe some jokes for the parents meant to go over the children's heads, but nothing both genuine, serious, and moral for older folk. I fear these golden age movies shall never return ...
For many of us, this was the epitome of our childhood. I saw the movie when i was 7 and received the LP on my eighth birthday. I know all the words to all the songs, I can hum the entire intro to the movie, I know all the scenes, and have seen the movie more times than I can count............what a gift............
I see most people here are from an older generation, even though I'm from Gen Z, my grandmother puts this movie on everytime she visits and I absolutely love it, I'm 14 and I've loved it ever since I was merely 4 and I still love it.
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The Sound of Music is a timeless classic! My grandmother took me to see it on my 8th birthday; which was, of course, in 1965. Also, my fourth grade class performed some of the songs from this movie in one of our school assemblies. This was, to me, the best movie that Julie Andrews ever made! She was just fantastic in it! And she should have won the Oscar for it as well! Christopher Plummer should have been nominated as well. He nearly had to wait nearly 50 years to receive his first Oscar!
R.I.P. Heather Menzies and Chairman Carr.i'm 55 and I was saw this movie in Madrid,Spain with my family in the summer of 1970.great classic timeless.great cast.
I also went with my Mom and sister. I was 18 and just started my first job and treated them. Still remember the price of each ticket - $3. Best $9 I ever spent!
My wife and I have a photograph of us kissing in the gazebo where Julie sang the song “somewhere in my youth or childhood I must’ve done something good”. It was a magical trip.
Just a great classic movie after theses years later to the actors and actresses who passed away my thoughts are with your family you may be gone but not forgotten still going strong after all these years later appreciate you guys thanks you guys rock way to go ! Joe
This is what I call a perfect 10 out of 10.... each and every character in the movie deserves a thump up and a countless round of applause. I’ve watched it countless times....every in flight classic movies shows The Sound of Music and I never miss it.... I was in a boarding school MPS In Mussoorie (India) 1966. I was 10 years old then and saw it the first time and just fell in love......and watched it again 2019 in flight from Dubai - Frankfurt....my favourite song Edelweiss my favourite scene the Puppets show by Maria and the Kids. Amazing.... Kenny
The Sound of Music..... The characters, the performers of each character, the songs, the location, the story, the love scenes and all the scenes in it.... everything made me cry while I was reading this material. In senior high then, It was then my grandmother who was telling the story after they came home from watching the film. ... .... And I heard my grandma saying When they were at stairs singing goodnight .... Oh the kids are wonderful..... That made me curious... as I thought the stairs they were talking about was all about the stairway to the heaven..then I took all my allowance for the week and straight I went in the Roman Super Cinerama in front of the university where I was enrolled, the Far Eastern University (FEU.). Now watching these reunion of the Sound... I just can't describe my feelings... It's just the tears in my eyes that flow down ... I'm now 74.... And I will never stop watching this film.. The part when the kids was getting Maria to get back to them.... That's touching me so much .... The love of Maria to the Captain ....
Everyone involved in this movie should be so proud of themselves. And to those who have passed away you will always be remembered for this timeless movie.
The actors/actresses, the music, the sights, the story - all are unforgettable. RIP to Charmian Carr (Liesl) and Heather Menzies (Louisa), you left an indelible marvelous impression on all the people who had seen this great movie!
And the elder adult cast who have died: Peggy Wood (Mother Abbess); Richard Haydn (Max Detweiler); Ben Wright (Herr Zeller); Anna Lee (Sister Margaretta); Portia Nelson (Sister Berthe); Eleanor Parker (Baroness). Crew losses include director Robert Wise, choreographer Marc Breaux, and conductor Irwin Kostal. Irwin is briefly visible at 3:19, on the soundstage behind Julie, his right arm raised high in the air.
The eagerness and happiness of the cast and crew in these photos tell me that they knew they were onto a winner. Well, actually, they are all creative individuals fulfilling their talents on set. You can see that. And so they are having the time of their life. And that's the way any worthwhile artistic endeavour should be.
Brilliant photos - you always hear about what a joy it was to work on that film & seeing all the funny photos only seems to confirm this. (Specifically 1:19 and 4:20)
So in 1968 I was in a Special Forces camp in the Mekong Delta. Not SF myself, but sent to be an operations officer. Anyway they had a 16mm version, of the film, sent by the army, and as soon as the sun went down, the screen lit up. The opening was Julie Andrews singing, "The hills are alive." and as soon as she sang that three mortar rounds went off, just outside the perimeter. Knowing that the next ones would be better aimed, the fire fight was on. After the arrival of Spooky, the dropping of magnesium flares, the raking of the outside perimeter with machine gun fire. and some well-placed rounds, just to get their attention, they decided to check out of the scene. The next event was the traditional opening of the bar and some libations, just to calm things down, and so we returned to the movie, just in time to see the sun coming up. I think that some of us may have seen the almost end of the movie. I guess you had to have been there. We didn't have to pay. Much.
Something good and the lonely goatherd 2 of my favorite songs ever by julie Andrew and Christopher Plummer to the actors and actresses who passed away my thoughts are with your family you may be gone but not forgotten still going strong after all these years a real masterpiece and good movie God bless you guys thanks you guys rock way to go ❤😂 ! Joe
It was summer of '65 and my folks and I (at a whole 5 years young) took the subway train into Manhattan, from Queens, and saw this movie! Vivid memories still!
The sound of music is one of my favorite movies iBeautiful scenery drama is just the movie that will fantasize you that you could almost be there in person
Love these photos, so many of which show director Bob Wise, a pro's pro. They were so lucky to have him. I'm surprised, though, to see the two boys on skateboards outside a soundstage. One fall with a broken bone and production would be delayed. Fortunately, they were all able to complete what is probably the most popular movie musical in history.
I love watching this iconic movie - I was a young man in Hong Kong, back in 1966, and I must have seen it several times within a few weeks. In those days, life was much slower as reflected in movies made, unlike fast pace and lewd/violence scenes dominating nowadays. Sad fact of modern era. Even now, the Sound of Music or similar circa movies bring back pangs of nostalgia, and small teardrops to me. Those were good old days. Thanks for sharing video.
I'm still so in love with this classic movie. My siblings and I used to watch this movie all over again.. About 16 years ago I first watched this movie- I was about 4 years old. Loved it then and I still do. I'm 20 now and I always listen to the playlist when I'm feeling sad. I think it's such a shame that the younger generation don't really know this beautiful movie :(
I love all the girls, all the people casting in this movie, I watched even I was a baby and now I am old, I still love this movie as much as I can say and watch. Thanks for sharing
Still the best movie ever. Even it released looong before I wasn't born yet. 👍👍👍👍😘😘😘 The songs even used for my piano lesson during my childhood days. Awesome ! ! 👍👍
The greatest ever film made! Rogers and Hammerstein sound of music will live forever bless all those wonderful actors great stars and legends! bless Dame Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer and Eleanor Parker!
Ani Merci - Larri Thomas, who was also a stunt double for Julie in Mary Poppins. (When Mary initially flies down that is Larri, also dropping down from the smoke stack before Step in Time).
Kay L - When the children are hanging from the trees, plus a distant shot in a carriage. I think she may have been used in a lot of setting up shots when they were testing lighting conditions rather than filmed on-screen.
thanks !! merci infiniment ! vielen Danke !! a so beautiful video... I don t know why but I love deeply this movie and his actors. I love too Bavaria and Austria ..
i hope there is a chance to meet the cast... im 14 years old and i love this movie very much... i love julie andrews acting maria.. and captain to and specially the 7 children... :(
The 'children' are now over 60 years old, Liesl and Louisa died, 2016 and 2017. Only Dame Julie Andrews, Mr. Plummer and the 5 remaining 'children' are alive. Everyone else died. I love this movie sooooo much, and I love dame Julie Andrews since I was 5 or 6 years old.
Much gets criticised about the accuracy of the film but just enjoy it for what it is - a wonderful sublime musical. I saw it with my parents, aunt and uncle at a cinema while on holiday in North Wales soon after it was released in the UK.
