Welcome to the first post of 2008!
What better way to start the year than my looking back at an old favorite of mine: The Sound of Mucus, er, I mean the Sound of Music.
The 40th anniversary DVD includes some awesome extras, the best being commentary by Julie Andrews, Charmian Carr, and Christopher Plummer.
We learn all sorts of wonderful and not so wonderful tidbits that will surely leave you looking at the film in a whole new light:
1. Charmian, who played Liesl, was eight years younger than Julie, so she found it hard to play her daughter. Also, Charmian was 21 when she played Liesl and the guy who played Rolfe was 20, so she had a hard time with the Sixteen Going on Seventeen bit.
2. Julie kept getting knocked over by the wind the helicopter was making during the filming of the opening scene. Also, the brook she jumps over was built for the production.
3. Charmian admits she not only had a crush on Christopher during filming, but that she shared a lot of firsts with him...first glass of champagne, first red wine, first whiskey...One can only imagine what else they shared. Wait....don't.
4. Christopher tells the story that about 15 years after the film, he was doing a play and he had a guest come visit after the show. "In walks this hot blond woman!" The visitor? Kym Karath, who played Gretl.
5. All the kids were American actors! Well, they just threw credibility right out the window!
My recommendation to all is to listen to the commentary to learn more fascinating and creepy facts about the making of this fantastic film. Sure, you may come out a bit jaded, but for me, it made the movie even better! I no longer feel that my crush on Christopher is inappropriate.
3 comments:
SOM is one of my top five movies of all time. It's incredible.
Ever seen Silent Partner? It's a '70s movie that stars Elliott Gould as a bank teller and Christopher Plummer as a bank-robbing Santa Claus. I kid you not.
I am SO going to have to rent Silent Partner!
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