Talk:The Sound of Music (film)

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[edit] Christopher Plummer's opinion

This article suggests that Plummer does not like the movie. It repeats the "sound of mucus" line twice, no less. Is it really true? I recently watched the extras for the 40th anniversary DVD and if he hates the movie, he put on a jolly good show of hiding it, contributing interviews, commentaries, etc, all seemingly complementary.... Pcb21 Pete 22:43, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

Well it only has one mention now, and balanced with the seemingly contradictory information. Pcb21 Pete 22:52, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Odd bit of trivia

This seems odd: "The musical itself is virtually unknown in Austria, except in backpacker's hostels in Salzburg, where it is screened daily on DVD. The Ländler dance that Maria and the Captain shared was not performed the traditional way it is done in Austria."

What, they don't have cinemas and see big English language Hollywood blockbusters in Austria?! When I was there Look Who's Talking received much publicity and prominent advertising. Gee, and the The Sound of Music film (which is what the trivia items seems to be referring to, with its mention of DVDs playing) was such a huge hit everywhere else! Asa01 08:43, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Yea Asa, even if it seems unbelievable for you, (young) Austrians are not very happy about this film and it is not very famous in Austria! First of all, because it is just a copy of an Austrian story which was allready used in the Austrian/German film "Die Trapp-Familie" from 1956. So the "big" American film is just a reuse of a story, which was (years before!) allready used in a german-speaking film. The story became famous in the states due to a musical, and the musical-text-writers thereself also took all their inspiration from the book of Maria Trapp (The Story of the Trapp Family Singers) and the allready existing films. But thats not the biggest thing, as many other american films are based on an Austrian story, one of the best is Eyes Wide Shut, the last film of Stanley Kubrick, which is based on a story originally playing in the Vienna of 1900 ... But there is a second explanation, which seems even more important: The film "The Sound of Music" is full of "kitsch", old fashioned stereotypes and complete unrealistic images of Austria. This was also the same in the former Austrian/German-film from 1956, but the first one was only a short episode in the history of Austrian films, while the american film became so famous that many, many people (all over the world!) where influenced by its images of pre-WWII-Austria. It is like everybody in the world would think America is as it is described in Gone with the Wind (film). ;-) ... So we Austrians accept "The Sound of Music" as an important factor for our tourism, but whe didnt fall in love with this film. ... Nice Greetings from Vienna/Austria, Raoul 84.112.157.52 18:20, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

The item said that the film was virtually unknown in Austria. It was that claim I was objecting to. Asa01 18:35, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Yes, but due to the reasons mentioned above the film IS nearly unknown to most of the people of Austria, except the "older" generation and those people who are linked to tourism or "music-films" history. The film was never really promoted in Austria, as it contains so many stereotypes about Austria and all the songs in the US-film are sung in English, which is quite unrealistic for an Austrian family (a factual error of the american film, due to US-marketing-considerations in the 60s). Also the story is about a very dark period of austrian history, as in the 30s we first had a Austrofascism dictatorship by the catholic-conservatives (who abbolished the parliament in 1933 and even cilled social-democratic senators during the civil war in 1934), and then came Hitler and Nazi-Germany and overtook this "weak" and allready anti-democratic Austria in 1938. So after WWII, "historical" Austrian films concentrated more on "unproblematic" times of Austrian history, by example the time of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy - so the famous "Sisi"-Films (about "our" Empress Elisabeth) are permanently played in our TV while "The Sound of Music" is played "once in a blue moon". ... Raoul, 84.112.157.52 20:11, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Filmed in Vermont?

I've been to Salzburg and a tourguide asked to not be asked anything about the Sound of Music because it wasn't filmed there. They said it was filmed in Vermont. This is corroborated with the fact that I've holidayed in a time share in Vermont (near Stowe) where they claimed the von Trappes finally settled. I'm trying to figure all this out in my head but I'm having trouble since it's against what the almighty Wikipedia has said about where the film was filmed. Help me!! 83.67.108.38 22:53, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Not true. The special features accompanying the DVD has a director's commentary by Robert Wise and interviews with several of the cast members. One DVD even has Charmian Carr's documentary about Salzburg. It is true, however, that the Trapps settled near Stowe after coming to the U.S. MccullarsJ 21:39, 24 August 2006 (UTC)