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Review: Young Maria (Julie Andrews) is training to be a nun. However, her exuberant nature leads her in very undignified directions. Knowing that she needs to be surer of her calling, Mother Abbess (Peggy Wood) sends Maria to act as governess to the seven children of Captain Georg von Trapp (Christopher Plummer). While there, Maria guides Georg back to the love of his family, and comes to love him and his children herself. Throughout, Maria uses music to teach her wards and entertain. When the Anschluss (Nazi takeover of Austria) comes, she and the von Trapp family must escape the clutches of the Nazis. [Color, created in 1965, with a running time of 2 hours, 54 minutes.] This stirring musical is a treat for the whole family. It contains no violence or nudity, and is wonderful for its sympathetic treatment of religion, while it's inclusion of Nazism is educational. Among the wonderful songs are The Sound of Music, Maria, My Favorite Things, So Long Farewell, and Climb Every Mountain. This is a great movie for the family, rightly considered a classic. |
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