Director
Robert Wise
Leading Actors/Actresses
Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer
Supporting Actors/Actresses
Eleanor Parker, Richard Haydn, Peggy Wood, Charmian Carr, and Nicholas Hammond
Genre
Musical Drama
Language
English
Awards
The Sound of Music won the Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director for Wise, Best Sound, Best Film Editing, and Best Music. Julie Andrews was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, Peggy Wood was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, Best Color Cinematography, Best Color Set Direction, and Best Color Costume Design.
Date of Release
March 2th, 1965
Producer
Robert Wise
Setting and Context
Salzburg, Austria, 1938
Narrator and Point of View
The Sound of Music is told from a third person point of view.
Tone and Mood
Fun, Energetic, Ominous, Musical, Sentimental, and Loving
Protagonist and Antagonist
Maria (protagonist) vs. Herr Zeller and Baroness Schraeder (co-antagonists)
Major Conflict
The major conflict of the film involves Maria's struggle to keep the von Trapp's happy and safe in spite of the Nazi invasion of their homeland.
Climax
The climax of the film occurs when the von Trapp's are hiding from the Nazis in the cemetery.
Foreshadowing
Maria's marriage to the officer is foreshadowed early on in the film.
Understatement
Just how dangerous a threat the Nazi are to the von Trapps -- and everyone else -- is understated in the film.
Innovations in Filming or Lighting or Camera Techniques
The Sound of Music is no doubt a well-made and well-shot film. However, it was not innovative in filming or lighting or camera techniques.
Allusions
To the following films: The Trapp Family (1956), Mary Poppins (1964), West Side Story (1961), Gone With the Wind (1939), and Singin' in the Rain (1952).
To: history (particularly of WWII), geography, the Bible, the work of Rogers and Hammerstein, and other popular culture.
Paradox
The Von Trapps were not Jewish, yet were prosecuted by the Nazis.
Parallelism
N/A
