The Sound of Music (film) 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 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
The Sound of Music Live! Wiz". Interest in the concept also spread to competing networks: in April 2014, Fox announced that it would produce a of "Grease", which aired in January 2016. NBC aired "Hairspray Live!" later that year. The special also had an influence on viewership for ABC's annual broadcast of the 1965 film version of "The Sound of Music"; with 6.5 million viewers and a 1.3 share, it was ABC's highest-rated airing of the film since 2007, although it was beaten by NBC's "Sunday Night Football". The broadcast has been nominated for four Emmy Awards for the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding