The Sound of Music (film) of the film; the actor accepted after being assured that he could work with Lehman to improve the character; Plummer later described himself as having become quite arrogant at the time, "spoiled by too many great theater roles". Wise also spent considerable time and effort on casting the secondary characters. For the role of Max Detweiler, Wise initially considered Victor Borge, Noël Coward, and Hal Holbrook among others before deciding on Richard Haydn. For the character of Baroness Elsa Schraeder, Wise looked for a "name" actress—Andrews and Plummer were not yet widely known to film audiences—and decided on Eleanor Parker.
The Sound of Music (song) the American Film Institute's list of the 100 Greatest Songs in Movie History. The opening line, "the hills are alive with the sound of music" appears in the 1968 Beatles movie "Yellow Submarine" and the TV show "Friends in Season 1 Episode 22" (1995). The song is referenced many times in the film "Moulin Rouge!" (2001). The Julie Andrews recording from the film features in the 1993 film "Addams Family Values". Renée Zellweger performs the song in the 2004 film "". A "Simpsons" comic book has a section in which Sideshow Bob and his brother Cecil sing parodies of musicals.