Customer Reviews

A TIMELESS CLASSIC - By: JESSICA YVONNE VARMA, 18 Nov 2008
The Sound Of Music (2 Disc 40th Anniversary Collector's Edition) [1965]
With nearly three hours of snow-capped Swiss mountains, a sprawling family of six children, extravagant parties, picnics & family concertsin Salzburg & buckets of encouragement from Rogers & Hammerstein, it's no wonder that this film is also called THE SOUND OF MONEY. It won FIVE ACADEMY AWARDS & has taken hundreds of millions dollars. It's the surprisingly simple story of Maria(JULIE ANDREWS), a nun who's Governess to the rigidly disciplined children of an Austrian Military Captain(CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER). She so enchants him that he breaks off his engagement to a socialite baroness. In the meantime, Maria, teaches the children to sing & the whole family is soon giving a concertin Salzburg, after which they flee the country to escape the Nazis.

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See I do like these types of movies - By: Mr. Derek R. Osbourne, 12 Jul 2008
Having given one star for "Gone With the Wind" & three starts for "Breakfast at Tiffany's" friends were acusing me of not liking "girl flicks". Whatever that means.

Well I enjoyed "The Sound of Music" enormously. So there. I admit I hadn't seen it for years & it has sat for some time on the shelf before I watched it but I have to say I thought it had stood the test of time really well.Julie Andrews' voice was so effortless & perfect & the sheer magnificence of Salzburg was such a great background to the story. (Unfortunately, my holiday tape of Salzburg was taped over by my daughter when she was two - I ended up with the Smurfs - perhaps an excuse to go back).

And the special features, especially the real life story of the Familie von Trapp, were of real interest. A great film & a great edition.

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VON TRAPPS RULE - By: Nevs, 19 Sep 2007
This shouldn't need a review. To have missed The Sound of Music you would have to be dead, livingin a cave or mad.

Those old classics belting out bring back so many memories. I was dressedin curtain material as a child & although i livedin Essex, i yearn for Alpine valleys.

10 out of 10 for this one.

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40 years on and they're still alive with the sound of music - By: T. Bobley, 06 Aug 2006
Maria & the Von Trapp children still sound good after all these years. There can hardly be a person on the planet who either owns a television or lives within 20 miles of a cinema & who doesn't know the story of The Sound of Music. Although I haven't been a fan of musicals until quite recently, I did watch & enjoy this film when I was a child, several decades ago. It's great fun & I can quite understand its popularity. Watching it again was lovely & very nostalgic. The restoration people have made a fine job so that the picture & sound quality are excellent. The special features are a considerable bonus & there's a long list of them as you can see from Amazon's 'Product Details' section above. The item on disc 2 that I found especially interesting was the 'Biography' programme about the real Von Trapp family. The real Maria was an astonishing character & far more complicated than the film version. It seems that she had an absolutely hellish childhood & the horror of it furnished her with a couple of darker facets to her personality than might be guessed from a familiarity with the film version of Maria - which all just adds to the fascination of the Von Trapp story.

If you haven't seen the film or haven't watched it for some years, give yourself a treat: watch it & get soppy, sentimental & uplifted ... & have a bit of a sing too.

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A timeless classic - digitally remastered! - By: Uenna, 01 Aug 2006
The Sound of Music needs no introduction but this 40th anniversary DVD might do. If you are like me & you probably own quite a few DVDs & videos of the Sound of Music, the obvious question will be `why should I buy this new version?' Well this new version has been digitally remastered for starters & has 2 discs packed with special features. The 1st disc is introduced by Julie Andrews & contains the movie which can be viewed with or without sing-along subtitles, then it has as special features which include feature commentary by the director Robert Wise, feature commentary by Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Charmian Carr, Dee Dee Wood & Johannes von Trapp & songs only chapter list i.e if you want to listen to any of the songs you can just click on that song from the chapter list & voila it plays without having to forward or rewind the movie to find the song. The second disc is even more awesome. Once again introduced by Julie Andrews, introducing all the special features which includes: My favourite things -Julie Andrews remembersin which she recalls her fond memories of the making of the sound of music; there is the 40TH anniversary reunion of the 7 Von Trapp children from the movie( from Liesl to Gretel), they discuss their favourite memories & what they are all doing now; there is the moving & beautiful reminiscence by Julie Andrews & Christopher Plummer, also includedin the special features is a 50 minute biography of the real Von Trapp family, a featurette of Charmian Carr returning to Salzburg for the 40th anniversary, a documentary on the making of the sound of music with Julie Andrews & lots more.
Last but not the least a booklet of all the songs & the lyrics for the sing-along are includedin the DVD. This is a great DVD to own for all lovers & fans of the Sound of Music.