Maria from The Sound of Music (Official HD Video)

"Maria" from the 1965 film of THE SOUND OF MUSIC.

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ABOUT THE SOUND OF MUSIC
Produced and directed by Robert Wise, and starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, with Richard Haydn and Eleanor Parker. The film is an adaptation of the 1959 Broadway musical of the same name, composed by Richard Rodgers with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. The film's screenplay was written by Ernest Lehman, adapted from the stage musical's book by Lindsay and Crouse. Based on the memoir The Story of the Trapp Family Singers by Maria von Trapp, the film is about a young Austrian woman studying to become a nun in Salzburg in 1938 who is sent to the villa of a retired naval officer and widower to be governess to his seven children. After bringing and teaching love and music into the lives of the family through kindness and patience, she marries the officer and together with the children they find a way to survive the loss of their homeland through courage and faith.

The film was released on March 2, 1965 in the United States, initially as a limited roadshow theatrical release. Although critical response to the film was widely mixed, the film was a major commercial success, becoming the number one box office movie after four weeks, and the highest-grossing film of 1965. By November 1966, The Sound of Music had become the highest-grossing film of all-time—surpassing Gone with the Wind—and held that distinction for five years. The film was just as popular throughout the world, breaking previous box-office records in twenty-nine countries. Following an initial theatrical release that lasted four and a half years, and two successful re-releases, the film sold 283 million admissions worldwide and earned a total worldwide gross of $286,000,000.

The Sound of Music received five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. The film also received two Golden Globe Awards, for Best Motion Picture and Best Actress, the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement, and the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written American Musical. In 1998, the American Film Institute (AFI) listed The Sound of Music as the fifty-fifth greatest American movie of all time, and the fourth greatest movie musical. In 2001, the United States Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the National Film Registry, finding it "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

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[dianalee]

My mother was one of the ladies in this scene. They hired singers who could say a few lines. She was the short one with the round wire glasses. She absolutely loved doing this. They worked for six weeks total. She took a lot of ribbing about My mother, the nun. RIP Mom, I miss you so much!

[kittykatsarecuties]

The fact that they sang this at her wedding had me DEAD

[isawu]

The fact that they called her a clown on her wedding day

[ambarsaldivar]

"she's always late for everything except for every meal" oh i didn't know they were singing about me

[pepperminthemmings]

*complain about Maria singing in the abbey while singing in the abbey*

[bridmairead]

"She's always late for everything, except for every meal" - my family talking about me

[LifeLikeSage]

"How do you hold a moonbeam in your hand?"


Enjoy it while it's there,
remember it fondly when it's gone.

[placeholder_name]

"She's always late for EVERYTHING! Except for every meal." We used to sing this every time my sister came late to breakfast or dinner. xD

[MarioStahl]

1:27 "How do you hold a moonbeam in your hand". So lovely sung! So perfect! Best moment!!!

[mmaymay]

You can tell there the popular mean girls in the nun community

[AJStarhiker]

Half the song is missing. I keep wanting them to continue:


"When I'm with her, I'm confused, out of focus and bemused, and I never know where I am."
"She's as flighty as a feather."
"Unpredictable as weather."
"She's a darling."
"She's a demon."
"She's a lamb."

[maconfort]

My father used to sing this song for me all the time! I must say I really was a little reckless when I was young. :p

[davidcunningham]

The great soprano Marni Nixon is singing in this scene. Marni sang for Deborah Kerr in The KIng and I, Natalie Wood in West Side Story and Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady. Her singing is among the very best in all the musicals. I think this may be the only movie musical that she was ever credited for. Marni passed at 86 last month. Thanks for all the beautiful music Marni.

[joshuacasey]

This is truly ONE of the greatest movies ever made. What's even more incredible is how the director managed to get the older characters to sing like choir people. You would think that; as with everything, a persons' voice wouldn't work anymore the oder they got.

[thebagelchief]

Beautiful. They're not saying anything is wrong with her. Maria is just Maria. These lyrics are helping me grieve my beloved cat who died two weeks ago. "How do you keep a wave upon the sand?" "How do you hold a moonbeam in your hand?" He was my moonbeam. Even more so because he was hard to reel in but when he did snuggle up it was special </3

[JoshuaDavidNeri]

This song is great, they are not saying she’s a bad person. They are just saying that don’t wanna tie her down, she’s not cut out for being a nun and that’s not a bad thing.

[brokenpieces]

“How do you hold a Moon beam on your hand” is by far one of the most beautifully sung lines.

[lieutenantthalia]

"I've even heard her singing in the abbey"
As opposed to you, you mean. Hypocrite.

[juanlicera]

Awesome voices and performace, plus sister Margaretta is so sweet when she says Maria makes her laugh. 

[ohhhmnaeityandumyeah]

God bless the nun that stood in Maria's defense. Love her