Things I never knew about the Sound of Music.....

I was looking at Carrie's blog again recently and I had this overwhelming desire to watch The Sound of Music... I do have the 40th anniversary 2 disk set and I NEVER watched the second disk.... OH..... WOW.......

They had an interview with ALL seven of the "children." They each told of bloopers they did that got in the film. For example.... Have you ever noticed that little Martha is mouthing the words to "My favorite Things" before the kids were supposed to "know" it?
or that during the Do-Re-Me song the two oldest girls are supposed to mirror each other as everyone is going up the steps? Lisel and Louisa are supposed to be on the same step. Lisel is on the step below, so Louisa steps down at the same time Lisel steps up so Louisa steps up too. Or how about the fact that the oldest boy had to dye his hair? Or that third oldest girl was asked to wear a blond wig until they decided to go with her natural hair color?

The "children" also talked about the relationship between them and Julie Andrews and Christoper Plummer. Supposedly the kids were terrified of Chris. He was standoffish and never spent time with them. Julie on the other hand played games and told stories to them. It really showed in the movie. There was always that tension in the father/kids scenes.

Also I found out that the scene where the kids are singing for the first time for the Baroness was the very last scene they did together. Right before the scene, the director pulled the kids aside and said "This is it, after this scene you are completely done." The tears in that scene were genuine.


The second disk also has interviews with Julie and Christoper. Plus the story of the real Von Trapps. (The real Maria sold the book rights to a Foreign movie Director for $9,000. Rodgers and Hammerstein bought them from that director for several million.)
It also has the premiere of the Sound of Music singalong. Which is EXACTLY what it sounds like. In some of the bigger cities they showed the movie in sold out theaters. Some people came in dressed up as different characters. There was even two girls dressed up to look like curtains hanging on a curtain rod. During the movie whenever a song is sung the words are on screen for everyone to sing along with. I think that would be so much fun.

I watched the movie last night, and now I have the "hankering" to watch it again. LOL