Who directed the 1965 film 'The Sound Of Music'?
"film's Nazi theme was especially unpopular in Germany, where the Munich branch manager for 20th Century Fox approved the unauthorized cutting of the entire third act of the film following the wedding sequence—the scenes showing Salzburg following the ""Anschluss"". Robert Wise and the studio intervened, the original film was restored, and the branch manager was fired. ""The Sound of Music"" is one of the most commercially successful films of all time. Four weeks after its theatrical release, it became the number one box office movie in the United States, from revenue generated by twenty-five theaters, each screening only ten roadshow"
"Best Picture for ""The Sound of Music"" in 1965. Wise struggled to keep ""The Sound of Music"" from being an overly sweet, sentimental story by cutting lesser-known songs and adding new dialogue to improve transitions. In addition to garnering Wise two Oscars, the film won three more for editing, sound and scoring of music for an adaptation. ""The Sound of Music"" was an interim film for Wise, produced to mollify the studio while he developed the difficult film ""The Sand Pebbles"" (1966), starring Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, and Candice Bergen. ""The Sand Pebbles"", Wise's critically acclaimed film epic, was a"
"film was a major commercial success, becoming the number one box office movie after four weeks, and the highest-grossing film of 1965. By November 1966, ""The Sound of Music"" had become the highest-grossing film of all-time—surpassing ""Gone with the Wind""—and held that distinction for five years. The film was just as popular throughout the world, breaking previous box-office records in twenty-nine countries. Following an initial theatrical release that lasted four and a half years, and two successful re-releases, the film sold 283 million admissions worldwide and earned a total worldwide gross of $286,000,000. ""The Sound of Music"" received five Academy"
"memo to Richard Zanuck, that he was not making a ""documentary or realistic movie"" about her family, and that he would make the film with ""complete dramatic freedom"" in order to produce a ""fine and moving film""—one they could all be proud of. The soundtrack to ""The Sound of Music"" was written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, and arranged and conducted by Irwin Kostal, who also adapted the instrumental underscore passages. The soundtrack album was released by RCA Victor in 1965 and is one of the most successful soundtrack albums in history, having sold over 20 million copies"
"was adapted as a 1965 film musical starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, which won five Academy Awards. ""The Sound of Music"" was the last musical written by Rodgers and Hammerstein; Oscar Hammerstein died of stomach cancer nine months after the Broadway premiere. After viewing ""The Trapp Family"", a 1956 West German film about the von Trapp family, and its 1958 sequel (""""), stage director Vincent J. Donehue thought that the project would be perfect for his friend Mary Martin; Broadway producers Leland Hayward and Richard Halliday (Martin's husband) agreed. The producers originally envisioned a non-musical play that would be"
"38th Academy Awards The 38th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1965, were held on April 18, 1966, at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California. They were hosted by Bob Hope. The ceremony was broadcast on the ABC network and was the first to be broadcast live in color. The two most nominated films were ""The Sound of Music"" and ""Doctor Zhivago"", each with ten nominations and five wins. The winner of Best Picture was 20th Century Fox's and Robert Wise's ""The Sound of Music"", adapted from the Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway musical. Both movies"
"""The Sound of Music"", released in 1965. The film repeated its native success overseas, earning in total an unprecedented $142 million in worldwide theatrical rentals, to become the highest net earner. Profits were so high for ""The Godfather"" that earnings for Gulf & Western Industries, Inc., which owned Paramount, jumped from 77 cents per share to $3.30 a share for the year, according to a ""Los Angeles Times"" article, dated December 13, 1972. To date, it has grossed between $245 million and $286 million in worldwide box office receipts, and adjusted for ticket price inflation in North America, ranks among"
"revival in 2002 starring Lea Salonga had a rewritten plot by playwright David Henry Hwang but retained the inter-generational and immigrant themes as well as most of the original songs. ""The Sound of Music"", Rodgers and Hammerstein's last work together, is based on the story of the Von Trapp Family. Starring Mary Martin as Maria and Theodore Bikel as Captain von Trapp, it opened on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on November 16, 1959, garnering much praise and numerous awards. It has been frequently revived ever since. The show was made into a film in 1965 starring Julie Andrews as"
"The Sound of Music (soundtrack) The soundtrack of the film ""The Sound of Music"" was released in 1965 by RCA Victor and is one of the most successful soundtrack albums in history, having sold over 20 million copies worldwide. The label has also issued the soundtrack in German, Italian, Spanish and French editions. The soundtrack reached the number one position on the ""Billboard"" 200 that year in the United States, remained in the top ten for a record 109 weeks, from May 1, 1965 to July 16, 1967, and remained on the ""Billboard"" 200 chart for 238 weeks. In 2015,"
"The Sound of Music (song) “The Sound of Music” is the title song from the 1959 musical ""The Sound of Music."" It was composed by Richard Rodgers with lyrics written by Oscar Hammerstein II. In 1959, Rodgers and Hammerstein asked singer Patti Page to record the title song of their forthcoming musical, ""The Sound of Music"", hoping for some national attention. Page recorded the song for Mercury Records on the day that the musical opened on Broadway. Since Page's version was recorded a week before the original Broadway cast album, Page was the first artist to record any song from"
"on material from another medium to ""Judgement at Nuremberg"" (1961). ""West Side Story"" was a box office hit, and critics have declared it ""a cinema masterpiece"". Prior to directing ""The Sound of Music"" (1965), Wise directed the psychological horror film ""The Haunting"" (1963), starring Julie Harris, in an adaptation of Shirley Jackson's novel, ""The Haunting of Hill House"". Wise's big-budget adaptation of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein's family-oriented musical ""The Sound of Music"", with Julie Andrews as Maria and Christopher Plummer as Captain von Trapp, became one of film history's top-grossing movies. Wise won Academy Awards for Best Director and"
"The Sound of Music The Sound of Music is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the memoir of Maria von Trapp, ""The Story of the Trapp Family Singers"". Set in Austria on the eve of the ""Anschluss"" in 1938, the musical tells the story of Maria, who takes a job as governess to a large family while she decides whether to become a nun. She falls in love with the children, and eventually their widowed father, Captain von Trapp. He is"
"his presidency at the Guild until 1960. Hammerstein died of stomach cancer on August 23, 1960, at his home Highland Farm in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, at 65, shortly after the opening of ""The Sound of Music"" on Broadway. The final song he wrote was ""Edelweiss"", which was added near the end of the second act during rehearsal. This was not an Austrian folk song but had been written specifically for the musical. After his death, ""The Sound of Music"" was made into the 1965 film adaptation, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture. The lights of Times Square were turned"
"in from the Cold"" ""' Ruth Gordon - ""Inside Daisy Clover"" ""' David Janssen - ""The Fugitive"" ""' Anne Francis - ""Honey West"" ""' ""The Man from U.N.C.L.E."" Winners (minimum 1 win) Nominees (minimum 2 nominations) 23rd Golden Globe Awards The 23rd Golden Globe Awards, honouring the best in film for 1965 films, were held on 28 February 1966. ""' Omar Sharif - ""Doctor Zhivago"" ""' Lee Marvin - ""Cat Ballou"" ""' Samantha Eggar - ""The Collector"" ""' Julie Andrews – ""The Sound of Music"" ""' David Lean - ""Doctor Zhivago"" ""' ""Doctor Zhivago"" ""' ""The Sound of Music"" ""'"
"(1911–1992), Agathe von Trapp (1913–2010), Werner von Trapp (1915–2007), Hedwig von Trapp (1917–1972), Johanna von Trapp (1919–1994), and Martina von Trapp (1921–1951). Along with her six siblings, father, and stepmother, Maria Augusta von Trapp, she was part of the Trapp Family Singers, who inspired the 1959 Broadway musical and the 1965 Academy Award-winning Best Picture ""The Sound of Music"". Von Trapp sang second soprano in the choir, together with her sister Martina von Trapp. The family fled Austria after the German annexation of Austria, fearing reprisals resulting from declining to sing at Hitler's birthday party and Georg von Trapp's refusal"
"Theatre in New York City in September 2000, with the opening attended by cast members Charmian Carr (Liesl), Daniel Truhitte (Rolfe), and Kym Karath (Gretl). ""Sing-along Sound of Music"" screenings have since become an international phenomenon. In 2001, the United States Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the National Film Registry, finding it ""culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant"". The Academy Film Archive preserved ""The Sound of Music"" in 2003. The first American television transmission of ""The Sound of Music"" was on February 29, 1976 on ABC, which paid $15 million for a one-time only broadcast that became"
"Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. The film also received two Golden Globe Awards, for Best Motion Picture and Best Actress, the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement, and the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written American Musical. In 1998, the American Film Institute (AFI) listed ""The Sound of Music"" as the fifty-fifth greatest American movie of all time, and the fourth greatest movie musical. In 2001, the United States Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the National Film Registry, finding it ""culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant"". In 1938, Maria is"
"of Theatre Museum Canada. Christopher Plummer Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer (born December 13, 1929) is a Canadian actor, whose career has spanned six decades, beginning with his film debut in ""Stage Struck"" (1958). He is known for portraying Captain Georg von Trapp in ""The Sound of Music"" (1965), and has portrayed numerous major historical figures, including Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington in ""Waterloo"" (1970), Rudyard Kipling in ""The Man Who Would Be King"" (1975), Mike Wallace in ""The Insider"" (1999), Leo Tolstoy in ""The Last Station"" (2009), Kaiser Wilhelm II in ""The Exception"" (2016), and J. Paul Getty in"
"performances per week. It held the number one position for thirty of the next forty-three weeks, and ended up the highest-grossing film of 1965. One contributing factor in the film's early commercial success was the repeat business of many filmgoers. In some cities in the United States, the number of tickets sold exceeded the total population. By January 1966, the film had earned $20 million in distributor rentals from just 140 roadshow engagements in the United States and Canada. Overseas, ""The Sound of Music"" broke previous box-office records in twenty-nine countries, including the United Kingdom, where the film earned £4"
"was a success, running for more than three years. The musical was adapted in 1965 as a motion picture of the same name, starring Julie Andrews. The film version set US box office records, and Maria von Trapp received about $500,000 ($ today) in royalties. Maria von Trapp made a cameo appearance in the movie version of ""The Sound of Music"" (1965). For an instant, she, her daughter Rosmarie, and Werner's daughter Barbara can be seen walking past an archway during the song, ""I Have Confidence"", at the line, ""I must stop these doubts, all these worries / If I"
"Music of the Heart Music of the Heart is a 1999 American musical drama film directed by Wes Craven and written by Pamela Gray, based on the 1995 documentary ""Small Wonders"". The film is a dramatization of the true story of Roberta Guaspari, portrayed by Meryl Streep, who co-founded the Opus 118 Harlem School of Music and fought for music education funding in New York City public schools. The film also stars Aidan Quinn, Gloria Estefan (in her film debut), and Angela Bassett. It was director Wes Craven's only foray outside the horror/thriller genre, aside from his contribution to the"
"film became the number one box office movie in the country, and held that position for thirty out of the next forty-three weeks in 1965. The original theatrical release of the film in America lasted four and a half years. A few months after its United States release, ""The Sound of Music"" opened in 261 theaters overseas—the first American movie to be completely dubbed in a foreign language, both dialogue ""and"" music. The German, French, Italian, and Spanish versions were completely dubbed, the Japanese version had Japanese dialogue with English songs, and other versions were released with foreign subtitles. The"
"Music"" (1965). As she was much in demand, Andrews was only available for a short period of time, and that meant that the production of the film was rushed, although Hitchcock was not yet satisfied with the script. Hitchcock surrounded Newman and Andrews with colorful supporting actors: Lila Kedrova, fresh from winning an Academy Award for ""Zorba the Greek"", as the eccentric and flamboyantly dressed Countess Luchinska who helps Armstrong and Sherman in their escape in return for their sponsoring her to go to America; Tamara Toumanova as the haughty prima ballerina whose limelight Armstrong steals when he arrives in"
"Mr. Music Mr. Music is a 1950 film starring Bing Crosby and Nancy Olson, directed by Richard Haydn, and released by Paramount Pictures. Filming took place from October to December 1949 in Hollywood. New York theater producer Alex Conway (Charles Coburn) travels with composer Paul Merrick (Bing Crosby) to Lawford College, Paul's alma mater, where one of his musicals is being revived by the students. The current campus hero is handsome athlete Jefferson Blake (Robert Stack), so Katherine Holbrook (Nancy Olson), class valedictorian and chairman of the welcoming committee for returning alumni, asks Paul to work in a phrase about"
"Christopher Plummer Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer (born December 13, 1929) is a Canadian actor, whose career has spanned six decades, beginning with his film debut in ""Stage Struck"" (1958). He is known for portraying Captain Georg von Trapp in ""The Sound of Music"" (1965), and has portrayed numerous major historical figures, including Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington in ""Waterloo"" (1970), Rudyard Kipling in ""The Man Who Would Be King"" (1975), Mike Wallace in ""The Insider"" (1999), Leo Tolstoy in ""The Last Station"" (2009), Kaiser Wilhelm II in ""The Exception"" (2016), and J. Paul Getty in ""All the Money in"
"23rd Golden Globe Awards The 23rd Golden Globe Awards, honouring the best in film for 1965 films, were held on 28 February 1966. ""' Omar Sharif - ""Doctor Zhivago"" ""' Lee Marvin - ""Cat Ballou"" ""' Samantha Eggar - ""The Collector"" ""' Julie Andrews – ""The Sound of Music"" ""' David Lean - ""Doctor Zhivago"" ""' ""Doctor Zhivago"" ""' ""The Sound of Music"" ""' ""Darling"" ""' ""Juliet of the Spirits (Giulietta degli spiriti)"", Italy ""Doctor Zhivago"" - Maurice Jarre ""' ""Forget Domani"" - ""The Yellow Rolls-Royce"" ""' ""Doctor Zhivago"" - Robert Bolt ""' Oskar Werner - ""The Spy Who Came"
"Nan of Music Mountain Nan of Music Mountain is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by George Melford and Cecil B. DeMille (who receives no screen credit). The film is based on Frank H. Spearman's novel of the same name and stars Wallace Reid and Anna Little. As described in a film magazine, Henry de Spain (Reid) is determined to find the man who murdered his father. He becomes sort of an outsider with Duke Morgan's (Roberts) gang, cattlemen, and outlaws. Nan (Little), daughter of the head of the clan, secretly loves Henry and when he is wounded in"
"a Mockingbird"" (1962) and ""Oliver!"" (1968), directed by Carol Reed, portrayed children as naturally innocent. Other films of the 1960s that involved children include ""The Sound of Music"" (1965) by Robert Wise and ""The Miracle Worker"" (1962). These were very successful musical motion picture that were in the genre of family films. Four of the top ten highest-grossing films of the decade were family films: ""The Sound of Music"", ""One Hundred and One Dalmatians"" (1961), ""The Jungle Book"" (1967), and ""Mary Poppins"". Hollywood also released motion pictures starring children though these were not commercially successful and they were literary adaptations"
"most explosively vital performances in any movie musical."" In 2005, ""The Music Man"" was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being ""culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant"". The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: The film won one award at the 35th Academy Awards and was nominated for five more. The Music Man (1962 film) The Music Man is a 1962 American musical film starring Robert Preston as Harold Hill and Shirley Jones as Marian Paroo. The film is based on the 1957 Broadway musical of the"
"for the musical, but the composers felt the two styles—traditional Austrian folk songs and their composition—would not work, and offered to write a new score for the entire production. ""The Sound of Music"" opened on November 16, 1959, at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York City and ran on Broadway for 1,443 performances, winning six Tony Awards, including Best Musical. In June 1960, 20th Century Fox purchased the film rights to the Broadway musical for $1.25 million (equal to $ today) against 10% of the gross, and at that time, also purchased the rights to the two German films for"
"George C. Scott; he committed to the science-fiction hit ""Planet of the Apes"" (1968), unleashed maverick director Robert Altman to create his antiwar comedy ""MASH"" (1970). He plucked Rodgers and Hammerstein's least successful Broadway show from obscurity and turned it into the highly successful ""The Sound Of Music"" (1965). However, Zanuck Sr's next all-star World War II film ""Tora! Tora! Tora!"" (1970) was plagued with production problems from the start. First, director David Lean pulled out of the Pearl Harbor retelling, and had to be hastily replaced by Richard Fleischer; storms destroyed expensive exteriors, closing down production while they were"
"and Martina von Trapp (1921–1951), father, and stepmother, Maria Augusta von Trapp, Werner comprised the Trapp Family Singers, who inspired the 1959 Broadway musical and the 1965 Academy Award winning Best Picture ""The Sound of Music"". In the family chorus he sang tenor. Georg and Maria Augusta had three children together: Rosmarie von Trapp (born 1928 or 1929), Eleonore von Trapp (born 1931), and Johannes von Trapp (born 1939). The Trapps fled Austria after the German annexation of Austria, fearing reprisals resulting from declining to sing at Hitler's birthday party and Georg von Trapp's refusal to accept a commission in"
"Debbie Turner Debbie Turner (born September 5, 1956) is an American actress and former child star who played the role of Marta von Trapp in the film ""The Sound of Music"". Turner was reared in Arcadia, California, where she grew up as the third daughter of Canadian parents. Along with her older sisters Michele and Patricia, and younger brother Kel, she was active in television and commercials. In 1964 she won the role of Marta Von Trapp in ""The Sound of Music"". Shortly after the film's debut, she left the film industry and returned to school to complete her education."