The Sound of Music (film) bonus features, including a new documentary, "The Sound of a City: Julie Andrews Returns to Salzburg". A March 2015 episode of ABC's 20/20 entitled "The Untold Story of the Sound of Music" featured a preview of the documentary and interviews by Diane Sawyer. The Sound of Music (film) The Sound of Music is a 1965 American musical drama film 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 stage musical of the same name, composed by Richard Rodgers with lyrics by Oscar
The Sound of Music (film) million in rentals and grossed £6 million—more than twice as much as any other film had ever taken in. It was also a major success in Holland, Hong Kong and Tokyo, where it played for as long as two years at some theaters. It was not a universal success, however, with the film only enjoying modest success in France and it was a flop in Germany. It also initially performed poorly in Italy, but a re-release after the Oscars brought better results. By November 1966, "The Sound of Music" had become the highest-grossing film of all-time, surpassing "Gone with the