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02-22-2016, 12:02 AM
The true story behind 'The Sound of Music'
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Dec. 9, 1937
The Von Trapp family singing in a radio show in London
Image: IMAG**/Austrian Archives/Getty Images
Released in 1965,The Sound of Music*is the fifth highest grossing film of all time. It was so popular that it ran*on unbroken release at cinemas worldwide for four and a half years*
And the story it is tells is a true one*—*up to a point.
The film was an adaptation of the 1959*Rodgers and Hammerstein II musical of the same name, which itself was based on*Maria von Trapp's*book The Story of the Trapp Family Singers.*
The film's producer, Robert Wise, expressed very clearly to the von Trapps that he was **t making a documentary but rather a dramatic film of which all parties could feel a sense of pride. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/02/21/true-story-sound-of-music/)
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Dec. 9, 1937
The Von Trapp family singing in a radio show in London
Image: IMAG**/Austrian Archives/Getty Images
Released in 1965,The Sound of Music*is the fifth highest grossing film of all time. It was so popular that it ran*on unbroken release at cinemas worldwide for four and a half years*
And the story it is tells is a true one*—*up to a point.
The film was an adaptation of the 1959*Rodgers and Hammerstein II musical of the same name, which itself was based on*Maria von Trapp's*book The Story of the Trapp Family Singers.*
The film's producer, Robert Wise, expressed very clearly to the von Trapps that he was **t making a documentary but rather a dramatic film of which all parties could feel a sense of pride. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/02/21/true-story-sound-of-music/)
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