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Some people may sneer at this 1965 musical, but the truth is the film has earned its status as a perennially watchable romantic-drama, largely on the strength of a fun story and chemistry between stars Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer. Veteran filmmaker Robert Wise (The Day the Earth Stood Still) mostly stays out of the way of the film's appealing elements, which include a based-on-fact tale of Austria's von Trapp family, who fled their Nazi-occupied country in 1938. Andrews is delightful and even fascinating as Maria, who sheds her tomboyish ways as a novice nun to accept the mantle of adulthood, becoming matron of the motherless von Trapp clan. Plummer is matinee-idol handsome and gives a smart performance to boot, and the cast of young people and kids who make up the singing von Trapp children make a strong impression. Based on the Rodgers and Hammerstein stage musical, the score includes such winners as "Maria" and the future John Coltrane hit "My Favorite Things." --Tom Keogh

Rating : - Great DVD
I was very pleased with this special 40th anniversary DVD of The Sound of Music, with many interesting bonus features, including the Hollywood Von Trapps 40 years later (except for marvelous Eleanor Parker and Richard Haydn, who are no longer with us). Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer are still glorious and distinguished, and their chemistry still exists in a 2005 interview, yet watching them in this movie assures that chemistry and their beauty as a couple forever in movie history. The DVD was most reasonably priced and in excellent condition. I still am confused with Amazon's checkout procedure and called them by phone to make sure I wasn't buying two of the same product, as I had two other times. Such a hassle to return. Luckily, that did not happen with this DVD; this is a special one indeed and a most welcome one to my collection.