The Sound of Music (1965)

Somehow up until now I have managed to avoid seeing this movie, surely an anomaly for a white bread Mormon boy like me. I was completely taken by this film, it’s a joy and indisputably one of the best musicals ever made. The music of course is good, but it’s the way its sold and packaged that lift this production. Filming on location in Austria as opposed to in a studio like so many musicals, gives the thing a sense of scope and lets it breath, it could surely be filmed in no other way. Andrews is winning, and Plummer surprising, and the children all that they could be, which could be said for this movie in generally. So 5 out 5, just about perfect.