The Sound Of Music 45th Anniversary in Blu Ray
Experience The Sound Of Music in a whole new way with the 45th Anniversary Blu Ray DV edition.
The classic and most beloved Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, The Sound of Music had its 45th anniversary last year. To celebrate the occasion, the studio and producers have restored the movie and released it on Blu Ray DVD, which means fans can now enjoy the 1965 musical like they’ve never seen or heard before. Talk show queen Oprah Winfrey even recently reunited the cast for a 45th anniversary special on her show.
The Sound of Music tells the tale of Maria and her life as governess for the Von Trapp family in Austria. The movie is an adaption of a Broadway play, which was actually based on “The Story of Trapp Family Singers”, a memoir by Maria von Trapp. It starred Academy Award winner, Julie Andrews as Maria, and Christopher Plummer as Captain Georg von Trapp.
The movie premiered in 1965 in the US and grossed US$158 million, which equates to about US$1.046 billion in 2011! Many believe The Sound of Music was the film that prevented 20th Century Fox from going bankrupt, after the production house released the very expensive and low revenue-generating Cleopatra. The musical broke all box office records previously held by Gone With The Wind. Decades later, songs like “The Sound of Music”, “Do Re Mi”, “My Favourite Things” and “Edelweiss” continue to resonate in family homes around the world.
The 45th Anniversary edition of the movie has been hailed for its impressive restoration using new Blu Ray technology. With technology rapidly advancing, 20th Century has been able to use the original 70mm negative which was previously impossible. As a result, the film is in enriched with greater detail both visually and audibly. The Blu Ray edition is jam packed with audio commentaries from the stars, movie sing-alongs, featurettes on the making of the movie, the real Von Trapp family, production, songs, the stage show and many more special features.
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