The story behind the movie: Based on a true story. Captain Georg Von Trapp was a Baron, thus minor nobility, prior to WWI. Austria-Hungary covered a HUGE part of eastern Europe, which included ports along the Adriatic Sea (now part of Croatia and Bosnia). He was a U-Boat/Submarine Captain when Austria HAD a navy. Oddly, prior to WWI, he'd married a British woman (the mother of those 7 children), and they stayed together even though their respective countries were enemies during the war. Soon after the war, in the early 1920s, she died, leaving him alone with their 7 children. Maria was indeed studying to be a nun, and was every much the trouble depicted in the film. She was sent to Baron Von Trapp to tend to the children and taught them to sing. Her and Georg do get married soon after. She was 22, he was 47. He resisted having the children sing in public, but because of the war restitutions of the 1920s and then the market crash and Depression of the 1930s the economy was getting bad, and to help pay the bills (he had an estate very similar to what's shown in the movie), he relented, and Maria and the children went on world tours singing traditional German/Austrian music, and various other standards. Their finances went up and down through the 1920s and '30, but they kept performing to keep the family going. Maria and Georg had two children while in Austria. Georg, being ex military also saw the rise of Hitler in Germany and knew what that would mean for Austria. Even though he was ex military and had fought for Austria in WWI, he HATED the Nazis and what they stood for. When it became clear that the Germans would annex Austria (the Ansluss), Georg and the family arranged for one more concert tour and headed down to Venice, Italy to kick it off. That was the story. In reality, they packed what they could, to not seem suspicious, left the home and everything else behind, boarded a boat, and sailed for America. This was long before the Ansluss happened, so it was a much less dramatic undertaking. They settled in New York City for a while (where their third, and last, child was born). Maria arranged new tours through America while Georg worked with the American government, telling the US military all he knew about the German navy, particularly the submarines. Georg died of a heart attack as the war was winding down. Maria and the, now 10, children, many of whom were adults already, settled in Vermont where the descendants still run a ski lodge.
In discord of the show, the Captain was the number one Austrian submarine captain, nailing at least one battleship. Life on a submarine was really a bitch; so they had a lot of time between missions to recover. He was an excellent father in all ways.
I’m not surprised the mother nun is encouraging her. Monks and nuns usually only want people to join them if it is truly their calling. The mother here knows that it’s not Maria’s calling to be a nun.
That’s not true. Catholics didn’t want people to join the clergy at all means. In fact the time of preparation is very long and postulants are supposed to make provisional vows before their forever admission. Excuse my poor English, I am French 🇫🇷
If you want more Julie Andrews movies: Mary Poppins, The Princess Diaries 1&2 (she sings publicly for the first time in #2 since a relatively routine throat surgery was botched and destroyed her vocal cords. I bawled like a baby 😭😍). Love your reactions!!
omg yes i had the princess diaries dvds at home ever since i was young but i only realized that she was singing when i watched it recently. i cried too bcuz it's been so long and immediately downloaded the song--
This movie was on once a year when I was a kid, much like Wizard of OZ, and it was always a family event to pop a big bowl of popcorn and watch it and sing all the songs. This musical is based on the true story of the actual family, the Trapp Family Singers. The two youngest von Trapp children are still alive.
There are two characters I appreciate, who have roles that would be considered “antagonists” but aren’t just one-note evil villains: the Baroness and Rolfe the post boy. I respect that the Baroness wasn’t cruel or spiteful about her losing the Baron to Maria. She fought for her love, but she wasn’t nasty about it when it didn’t work out. And I find Rolfe to be a tragic character instead of being easy to hate. He was an impressionable young man who fell prey to Nazi indoctrination because he felt he had something to prove. Just another example of how that evil could ruin people’s lives.
Germany was heavily punished for coming to the aid of Austria in WWI. They were strong allies. Austrians were heavily in favor of aligning with the Germans to try to mutually protect their nationalistic interests. Others were worried that joining under one flag would harm Austria's national interests. There wasn't any concern about "good" vs. "evil" at that point.
@@robfarleyli almost everyone in Austria was a "Nazi sympathiser" aka a patriotic German. The politics of this film, like everything about it, is """Hollywood""" bollocks
Fun fact: the reason why they included the puppet theater scene is because Salzburg is famous for its traditional puppet-crafting. They even have a museum about it.
A few fun facts about this movie. When Maria trips during the song "I Have Confidence", it wasn't scripted - but they kept it in because it matched her character well. In the scene "Sixteen Going on Seventeen", when Liesl is dancing in the gazebo there was a part where she slipped on the bench and hurt her ankle - I think she fell through the window? - and in the VCR version you could see the makeup trying to cover the bandage. It's been remastered and covered completely in the DVDs. Also, in the boat scene, the little girl who played Gretl almost drowned. She was meant to fall off the same was as Charmain (Liesl) so she could help her to shore, but she went the opposite way.
This was Julie Andrews's second movie musical after "Mary Poppins" the year before (she had starred in another non-musical movie in between), but she had been an established Broadway musical star for a decade when this movie came out.
She had a small child at the time and was juggling being a single mom while also being by the star of this major film. There was almost no scene she wasn’t in. She hid her exhaustion well.
Oh, btw, I actually met Julie Andrews in person in 2000, and she was sooo charming and looked fabulous. All I could do was burble about how thrilled I was to meet her, all the while thinking, “I’m standing three feet away from Mary Frickin’ Poppins!!!”
This movie has always been one of my favorites as a kid. The family actually had 9 children. 7 were from Captain's marriage to his first wife and then he and Maria had two children that they took with them over the mountain to board a ship to America.
It took 35 years of my loving this movie and being a huge Disney fan to learn this fact: The actor who plays Herr Zeller (Ben Wright) - 32:23 - is the speaking voice of Roger in 101 Dalmations and Grimsby in The Little Mermaid. Grimsby was his last role before he passed away.
I was born in 1966, and since this film was in the theaters for literally years, and then brought back to them really quickly on rerelease, I remember watching it at the Princess Theatre in downtown Joliet, Illinois when I was about five years old. It’s my earliest movie theater experience that I remember.
if you want more Julie Andrews, I'd recommend Victor, Victoria. also, I saw you had It's a Wonderful Life on your poll. I hope it wins soon because it's great to watch around Christmas time.
Not sure if you were aware or not, but this is loosely based on a true story. The Von Trapp family was a real family and at least 1 of the kids was still alive as of a few years ago I think.
Two of the kids they had after the events of this movie are still alive, but all of the Von Trapp's depicted in this film have passed away, the last in 2014.
One of my favourite lines when all the nuns are talking to the mother superior about all the problems with Maria is: "and underneath her wimple she has curlers in her hair.' So very very much to love about this movie. What a gift.
Liesls rose colored dress at the beginning is one of the most beautiful dresses I've ever seen! So tender and just perfect. I enjoyed that singing scene with her the most, the other parts I slept because I was bored haha.
I know every word to every song....I was five when this came out, and our parents took us to the theater to see this....It was absolutely epic! (My parents did a lot of explaining to us) A grand and gorgeous film!
This is based mostly on a true story. The family escapes to America and Maria is responsible for the kids to be number 1 in the music industry. She was a great manager and the kids travelled all over the country. They were popular on the radio and in live concerts and very famous. This was amazing as it was right in the middle of the Great Depression. The kids were not allowed to have relationships and later on, they had some hostility toward Maria. She was very strong with discipline and her husband became quiet and reclusive and never spoke.
One of my favorite movies as a kid (and still to this day!!) Amazing performances from all actors, particularly Julie Andrews Recommend it to anyone of any age! ☺️💯
34:11 Made all the worse when you remember that Hitler himself was Austrian - he just preferred Germany. In any case, two countries of beauty and music and art all marching to the tune of a paperhanger.
I think you would really enjoy " Victor, Victoria". I think you should know this is a real family. Their next generations are still out there sing. Enjoy
27:41 Maria returned, and she is wearing THE DRESS 👗 and waiting for Georg to make a decision. And Baroness Elsa shows up wearing the MOST opposite color of Maria. Very bold red color.
Interestingly this musical is nearly completely unknown in Austria (my home country). It's rather an American thing. A lot of Americans travel to Salzburg in order to visit the original sights. 🙂
@@chumkrimson8161 Exactly. *The Sound of Music* has been popular in Central/South America, the Middle East, Asia, and other English-speaking countries (UK, Ireland, Australia, Canada, South Africa) ever since its release. Only until fairly recently has it been unknown in Austria. The first Austrian production of the stage show was mounted in 2005.
Movie with play on TV and once a year when I was a kid. It started at 8:00 and they sent us to bed at the intermission. It wasn't until I was an adult that I realized there was a second half of the film!
13:41 When you have a melody to sing, the lyrics sort of come naturally. I tried singing a song from The Aristocats one time, and the first part goes "Do mi so la la so mi do". Now, writing that, I had to stop and think to remember it, but when I sing it, I don't even need to think, it just comes naturally. That might be why the kids remember "So do la fa mi do re, so do la ti do re do". As for the year, I think it was 1938. The Anchluss, where the Nazis took over Austria, happened around then. War was not declared until 1939, when they invaded Poland. They'd already taken over a few other countries, and they had kept claiming they'd stop, but Poland was the last straw.
It's interesting to think of the parallels between this and Mary Poppins. In the case of both movies it was the redemption of the father that changed the life of the family.
@30:03 A lot of the silhouette use in the _Something Good_ sequence was something of a necessity. One of the lights used in the scene made a flatulent noise (or, as Julie Andrews once said, it sounded like it was “blowing a raspberry”) and it kept making her laugh.
I love love love this movie. This is my childhood! Can’t believe you did this one. Hope you keep going with these wholesome classics from the golden ages of hollywood 🤩🥲
This movie was every choir substitute viewing and I loved every minute! Lol I loved Tim in this reaction, super casual, super real, not so..formal? The chips during the intermission 🤣
I can't believe you watched The Sound of Music!!! It is so great you liked.... I just don't know how many times I've watched this movie. Totally love it. Great choices Tim!! videos like this make me love this channel.
The Von Trapp family made it Switzerland and eventually to Vermont and it was really cool seeing Christopher Plummer wearing the Austrian Uniform during the wedding Plummer never looked better
For an underrated musical, check out The Producers (2005 version) with Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Uma Thurman, Will Ferrell and Jon Lovitz. If you like Mel Brooks, it's pretty funny stuff. John Barrowman (aka Captain Jack Harkness of Torchwood and Doctor Who) plays a memorable and unexpected but brief role that I won't spoil. It's a lot of fun and the songs are way over the top and laugh out loud funny. Very politically incorrect, as you'd expect from Mel Brooks.
About The Baroness. People.. take notes. Because that's how you let go gracefully, of someone who no longer wants your affections. You don't destroy their vehicle or deny them their children. You don't try to screw all his friends, or hack into or steal his digital footprint. You don't do the things you do, as a contemporary women. Takes notes from The Baroness. Also.. you gotta fight for your love. When it's clear the fight is over, you take your leave and concede defeat. That's how you go gracefully. xo
I played Fredrich when I was 12, and am crying at literally every song. And it only now hits me that there’s strong implications that the Baroness is a Nazi (sympathizer at least)
21:40 That high note is the only note that Duane Chase did not sing, out of all the notes that his character Kurt sings. He said in an interview years later that he just could not sing that note; it was just too high for him so Darleen Carr (younger sister of the late Charmian Carr, who played Liesl) sung the note instead and he lip-synced that particular bit.
Loved loved loved your reaction Tim, hope you squeeze in more older films, I think it's a genre that may surprise you more than you anticipated. I definitely would save "A Wonderful Life" for Christmas.
Another good but overlooked musical movie by Julie Andrews is Thoroughly Modern Millie. It's about a 1920s young girl who arrives in New York City in order to find a rich husband, but falls for a modest salesman.
This is my favorite reaction of yours so far. I grew up with this film, and it is wonderful to see younger people introduced to it... It is videos like this that have me hooked on reaction videos in general! My favorite line in the movie is when the Baroness says to Max why didn't you tell me to bring my harmonica… haha!
Definitely recommend Thoroughly Modern Millie if you want more old musicals and more Julie Andrews. Carol Channing and Mary Tyler Moore are also in it and it’s just zany and ridiculous and amazing.
😳 OMG you are too awesome! Thank you for bringing this film back. IT Never gets old for me. I love you señor! "Follow every rainbow till you find your dream." Hum ..."I must have done something good..." BTW this is based on a true story. This family did exist. Stay awesome! You are way ahead of the curve in maturity among kids your age. The concept of "too good for your own good' truly exists... Use your powers for good. 👍:) If you have not seen yet "All about Eve" could be a good one to react to. I see you like a a nice narrative and a back and forth intelligent conversation. That is one of your movies if that is the case!
If you want to know the true happy ending of this story, after the Captain and Maria got married, they had seven more children, and they traveled the world performing together. Their great grandchildren continue the tradition to this day, performing as the Von Trapp Family Singers.
You may not realize it but you've already seen some of Julie Andrews' work. She voiced the huge Cthulhu-Kraken thing that was guarding King Atlan's armor and trident at the end of "Aquaman" and allows Arthur to take them and even befriends him because he's the first person in thousands of years that has talked to her, and the last one was King Atlan himself.
If you want to check out more musicals, check out Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Wizard of Oz, *Mary Poppins, Rodger and Hammerstein Cinderella (*1957, 1965, 1997). For more Julie Andrews, try Princess Diaries 1&2, Shrek 2-4. *Julie Andrews was involved in those movies.
This is a true story. More or less. When the family arrived in the US, they formed a singing group, the Von Trapp Family. Von Trapp was an officer in the Austrian Navy. If you look at a map, you can see that Austria has no coastline. But he fought in World War I, when Austria spread out over all of southeastern Europe, and had an extensive coastline. Julie Andrews starred as Eliza in My Fair Lady on Broadway. But when the movie was made, the studio decided that she was too unknown to do the lead in the movie production. So they cast Audrey Hepburn, whose voice was dubbed over. Julie then went on to get an Oscar nomination.
This was great! Thank you!! Another major hit would be meet me in St. Louis with Judy Garland. It’s shorter less songs. Meet me in St. Louis is almost as iconic.
When I was a child, my parents took me to the cinema. And I remember it being a grand affair.. where we all dressed up and were to be on our best behavior. And the movie screen had a proper heavy velvet drapery that folded away when movie started.. and we had intermission. that's when everyone gets up to go pee, refresh their drinks etc.. and usually by the time you're all done and settled back in your seat.. intermission was over. I miss the old days.. when people cared about your individual experience. Nowdays.. it's all about taking your pleasure wherever you can.. and it's fugly asf.
People always look at the Baroness as an antagonist when she really wasn't. She was just a woman who got pulled into a love triangle. She was only doing what she had to do to keep her man until she realized he had eyes for another.
You should also watch "Cabaret" which covers around the same era in Germany. It is also an award winning musical, where the songs are used to comment on the action and political situations in Germany at the time. It also contains just about the most chilling song in any musical, Tomorrow Belongs To Me.
This movie is one of the best-directed musicals of all time. No debate about it.
YES... JUST YES
The craziest thing is, Robert Wise, who was perfect for this, did such a bad job on Star Trek 1.
The story behind the movie: Based on a true story. Captain Georg Von Trapp was a Baron, thus minor nobility, prior to WWI. Austria-Hungary covered a HUGE part of eastern Europe, which included ports along the Adriatic Sea (now part of Croatia and Bosnia). He was a U-Boat/Submarine Captain when Austria HAD a navy. Oddly, prior to WWI, he'd married a British woman (the mother of those 7 children), and they stayed together even though their respective countries were enemies during the war. Soon after the war, in the early 1920s, she died, leaving him alone with their 7 children.
Maria was indeed studying to be a nun, and was every much the trouble depicted in the film. She was sent to Baron Von Trapp to tend to the children and taught them to sing. Her and Georg do get married soon after. She was 22, he was 47. He resisted having the children sing in public, but because of the war restitutions of the 1920s and then the market crash and Depression of the 1930s the economy was getting bad, and to help pay the bills (he had an estate very similar to what's shown in the movie), he relented, and Maria and the children went on world tours singing traditional German/Austrian music, and various other standards. Their finances went up and down through the 1920s and '30, but they kept performing to keep the family going.
Maria and Georg had two children while in Austria. Georg, being ex military also saw the rise of Hitler in Germany and knew what that would mean for Austria. Even though he was ex military and had fought for Austria in WWI, he HATED the Nazis and what they stood for. When it became clear that the Germans would annex Austria (the Ansluss), Georg and the family arranged for one more concert tour and headed down to Venice, Italy to kick it off. That was the story. In reality, they packed what they could, to not seem suspicious, left the home and everything else behind, boarded a boat, and sailed for America. This was long before the Ansluss happened, so it was a much less dramatic undertaking.
They settled in New York City for a while (where their third, and last, child was born). Maria arranged new tours through America while Georg worked with the American government, telling the US military all he knew about the German navy, particularly the submarines. Georg died of a heart attack as the war was winding down. Maria and the, now 10, children, many of whom were adults already, settled in Vermont where the descendants still run a ski lodge.
Thanks for sharing the lore
In discord of the show, the Captain was the number one Austrian submarine captain, nailing at least one battleship. Life on a submarine was really a bitch; so they had a lot of time between missions to recover. He was an excellent father in all ways.
The whistles were to contact the kids on the large home grounds.
Thank you
This is my ultimate movie as a kid… this movie will never be old… this movie always put a smile on my face.
This movie really whoops a mule's behind with a belt.
Rock over London, rock on Chicago,
Walgreens, it's the pharmacy America trusts.
I’m not surprised the mother nun is encouraging her. Monks and nuns usually only want people to join them if it is truly their calling. The mother here knows that it’s not Maria’s calling to be a nun.
That’s not true. Catholics didn’t want people to join the clergy at all means. In fact the time of preparation is very long and postulants are supposed to make provisional vows before their forever admission.
Excuse my poor English, I am French 🇫🇷
Great to watch and see your reaction fella - A MOVIE THAT CHANGED MY LIFE
If you want more Julie Andrews movies: Mary Poppins, The Princess Diaries 1&2 (she sings publicly for the first time in #2 since a relatively routine throat surgery was botched and destroyed her vocal cords. I bawled like a baby 😭😍). Love your reactions!!
Also Victor Victoria and Thoroughly Modern Millie!
@@erinesque1889 Definitely Victor/Victoria. Hilarious. Whole different side of Julie.
Also Shrek 2,3,4
omg yes i had the princess diaries dvds at home ever since i was young but i only realized that she was singing when i watched it recently. i cried too bcuz it's been so long and immediately downloaded the song--
This movie was on once a year when I was a kid, much like Wizard of OZ, and it was always a family event to pop a big bowl of popcorn and watch it and sing all the songs. This musical is based on the true story of the actual family, the Trapp Family Singers. The two youngest von Trapp children are still alive.
There are two characters I appreciate, who have roles that would be considered “antagonists” but aren’t just one-note evil villains: the Baroness and Rolfe the post boy. I respect that the Baroness wasn’t cruel or spiteful about her losing the Baron to Maria. She fought for her love, but she wasn’t nasty about it when it didn’t work out. And I find Rolfe to be a tragic character instead of being easy to hate. He was an impressionable young man who fell prey to Nazi indoctrination because he felt he had something to prove. Just another example of how that evil could ruin people’s lives.
the implication is that the Baroness is at the least a Nazi sympathizer
@@robfarleyli At what point is that implied? I never saw anything that connected her with them.
Germany was heavily punished for coming to the aid of Austria in WWI. They were strong allies. Austrians were heavily in favor of aligning with the Germans to try to mutually protect their nationalistic interests. Others were worried that joining under one flag would harm Austria's national interests. There wasn't any concern about "good" vs. "evil" at that point.
Austrians are just Catholic Germans and the Anschluss was overwhelmingly popular with them
@@robfarleyli almost everyone in Austria was a "Nazi sympathiser" aka a patriotic German. The politics of this film, like everything about it, is """Hollywood""" bollocks
Fun fact: the reason why they included the puppet theater scene is because Salzburg is famous for its traditional puppet-crafting. They even have a museum about it.
A few fun facts about this movie. When Maria trips during the song "I Have Confidence", it wasn't scripted - but they kept it in because it matched her character well. In the scene "Sixteen Going on Seventeen", when Liesl is dancing in the gazebo there was a part where she slipped on the bench and hurt her ankle - I think she fell through the window? - and in the VCR version you could see the makeup trying to cover the bandage. It's been remastered and covered completely in the DVDs. Also, in the boat scene, the little girl who played Gretl almost drowned. She was meant to fall off the same was as Charmain (Liesl) so she could help her to shore, but she went the opposite way.
This was Julie Andrews's second movie musical after "Mary Poppins" the year before (she had starred in another non-musical movie in between), but she had been an established Broadway musical star for a decade when this movie came out.
She had a small child at the time and was juggling being a single mom while also being by the star of this major film. There was almost no scene she wasn’t in. She hid her exhaustion well.
Oh, btw, I actually met Julie Andrews in person in 2000, and she was sooo charming and looked fabulous. All I could do was burble about how thrilled I was to meet her, all the while thinking, “I’m standing three feet away from Mary Frickin’ Poppins!!!”
She has a regality about her.
I would have passed out
The actual family members make a cameo within the film. Also, props to singing in the high altitude and amazing lungs
yep, the real maria and two daughters walk through the salzburg archway early in the movie.
"i wanna live here, it seems so peaceful"
just wait for it...
this is such a classic, my heart broke when Rolph turned against them...
For older musicals in film, my absolute favorite is Fiddler On The Roof. There's just such a depth to the story. Hope you can see it.
My favorite musical! And Sound of music is either 2nd/3rd (with West Side Story taking the other spot)
Ah, I love that movie! I remember having to watch it in a religion class 😊
This movie has always been one of my favorites as a kid. The family actually had 9 children. 7 were from Captain's marriage to his first wife and then he and Maria had two children that they took with them over the mountain to board a ship to America.
they took a train to Italy, then journeyed to London, then to America. None went across the Alps. Much of the rest of the story is pretty close.
It took 35 years of my loving this movie and being a huge Disney fan to learn this fact: The actor who plays Herr Zeller (Ben Wright) - 32:23 - is the speaking voice of Roger in 101 Dalmations and Grimsby in The Little Mermaid. Grimsby was his last role before he passed away.
I was born in 1966, and since this film was in the theaters for literally years, and then brought back to them really quickly on rerelease, I remember watching it at the Princess Theatre in downtown Joliet, Illinois when I was about five years old. It’s my earliest movie theater experience that I remember.
The fact that they never got their house back breaks me.
if you want more Julie Andrews, I'd recommend Victor, Victoria. also, I saw you had It's a Wonderful Life on your poll. I hope it wins soon because it's great to watch around Christmas time.
Love Victor Victoria!
Victor Victoria is awesome!!
Victor Victoria is one of my favourite films, went to see it as a teen. Such a progressive film too.
Nicholas Hammond who played Friedrich went on to become Spiderman in the 1970s tv series 'The Amazing Spider-Man'
At least 11 unique songs I can count off off the top of my head actually, plus all the reprises and re-orchestrations. Brilliant show.
I have seen this so many times, it’s one of my favorites!!
Not sure if you were aware or not, but this is loosely based on a true story. The Von Trapp family was a real family and at least 1 of the kids was still alive as of a few years ago I think.
VERY loosely based. I've read the real story. There's not much in common between the two. I prefer this version
@@3SailorMartin not very loosely based. they took a train into Italy instead of climbing over the alps, much of the rest of the movie is on point.
Two of the kids they had after the events of this movie are still alive, but all of the Von Trapp's depicted in this film have passed away, the last in 2014.
Watching you react to a wide range of movies is just a few of my favorite things to do
One of my favourite lines when all the nuns are talking to the mother superior about all the problems with Maria is: "and underneath her wimple she has curlers in her hair.' So very very much to love about this movie. What a gift.
I have this film. I love it!🙂👍
Liesls rose colored dress at the beginning is one of the most beautiful dresses I've ever seen! So tender and just perfect.
I enjoyed that singing scene with her the most, the other parts I slept because I was bored haha.
You definitely need to see Mary Poppins, another Julie Andrews classic musical.
I know every word to every song....I was five when this came out, and our parents took us to the theater to see this....It was absolutely epic! (My parents did a lot of explaining to us) A grand and gorgeous film!
Oh, man, Tim! You want to see an amazing, if lengthy, musical? You should watch "A Fiddler On The Roof"! It is my all-time favorite.
Excellent choice!!
This is based mostly on a true story. The family escapes to America and Maria is responsible for the kids to be number 1 in the music industry. She was a great manager and the kids travelled all over the country. They were popular on the radio and in live concerts and very famous. This was amazing as it was right in the middle of the Great Depression. The kids were not allowed to have relationships and later on, they had some hostility toward Maria. She was very strong with discipline and her husband became quiet and reclusive and never spoke.
One of my favorite movies as a kid (and still to this day!!)
Amazing performances from all actors, particularly Julie Andrews
Recommend it to anyone of any age! ☺️💯
Meeting freidrich played by Nicholas Hammond at supanova this year
34:11 Made all the worse when you remember that Hitler himself was Austrian - he just preferred Germany. In any case, two countries of beauty and music and art all marching to the tune of a paperhanger.
I'm glad to see you discovering great older films. There are so many of them to explore.
I think you would really enjoy " Victor, Victoria". I think you should know this is a real family. Their next generations are still out there sing. Enjoy
27:41 Maria returned, and she is wearing THE DRESS 👗 and waiting for Georg to make a decision. And Baroness Elsa shows up wearing the MOST opposite color of Maria. Very bold red color.
Interestingly this musical is nearly completely unknown in Austria (my home country). It's rather an American thing. A lot of Americans travel to Salzburg in order to visit the original sights. 🙂
Yes! My sister and I went to Salzburg. And we did the Sound of Music tour. It was a lot of fun.
It's not an American thing. It's incredibly popular throughout the world. You guys are just weird.
@@chumkrimson8161 Exactly. *The Sound of Music* has been popular in Central/South America, the Middle East, Asia, and other English-speaking countries (UK, Ireland, Australia, Canada, South Africa) ever since its release. Only until fairly recently has it been unknown in Austria. The first Austrian production of the stage show was mounted in 2005.
@@musicaltheatergeek79 It's popular in Africa too!
Movie with play on TV and once a year when I was a kid. It started at 8:00 and they sent us to bed at the intermission. It wasn't until I was an adult that I realized there was a second half of the film!
The girls were crying at the dinner table, because they felt sorry for themselves about leaving a frog in Maria’s pocket.
13:41 When you have a melody to sing, the lyrics sort of come naturally. I tried singing a song from The Aristocats one time, and the first part goes "Do mi so la la so mi do". Now, writing that, I had to stop and think to remember it, but when I sing it, I don't even need to think, it just comes naturally. That might be why the kids remember "So do la fa mi do re, so do la ti do re do".
As for the year, I think it was 1938. The Anchluss, where the Nazis took over Austria, happened around then. War was not declared until 1939, when they invaded Poland. They'd already taken over a few other countries, and they had kept claiming they'd stop, but Poland was the last straw.
Julie Andrews was in Disney's Mary Poppins before she was in this movie. Another classic.
One of the Greatest Musical Movies in cinema history
It's interesting to think of the parallels between this and Mary Poppins. In the case of both movies it was the redemption of the father that changed the life of the family.
@30:03 A lot of the silhouette use in the _Something Good_ sequence was something of a necessity. One of the lights used in the scene made a flatulent noise (or, as Julie Andrews once said, it sounded like it was “blowing a raspberry”) and it kept making her laugh.
I love love love this movie. This is my childhood! Can’t believe you did this one. Hope you keep going with these wholesome classics from the golden ages of hollywood 🤩🥲
This movie was every choir substitute viewing and I loved every minute! Lol I loved Tim in this reaction, super casual, super real, not so..formal? The chips during the intermission 🤣
I can't believe you watched The Sound of Music!!! It is so great you liked.... I just don't know how many times I've watched this movie. Totally love it. Great choices Tim!! videos like this make me love this channel.
Thanks for watching! Glad you liked the video, love to have some diversity of movies on the channel
The Von Trapp family made it Switzerland and eventually to Vermont and it was really cool seeing Christopher Plummer wearing the Austrian Uniform during the wedding Plummer never looked better
I saw this movie so many times growing up! My mum grew up on this film and absolutely adores it🥺. The cast is an absolute gem
this movie started my obsession with musicals, musical story telling, and dilfs
Based on a true story..... something most people forget......
Try watching my fair lady, that's a really good one
For an underrated musical, check out The Producers (2005 version) with Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Uma Thurman, Will Ferrell and Jon Lovitz. If you like Mel Brooks, it's pretty funny stuff. John Barrowman (aka Captain Jack Harkness of Torchwood and Doctor Who) plays a memorable and unexpected but brief role that I won't spoil. It's a lot of fun and the songs are way over the top and laugh out loud funny. Very politically incorrect, as you'd expect from Mel Brooks.
The original (1967) with Gene Wilder is Mel Brooks. The 2005 version is a great equal to the original.
I prefer the original personally. I liked the character they got to play the lead in their play much better than in the musical.
About The Baroness. People.. take notes. Because that's how you let go gracefully, of someone who no longer wants your affections. You don't destroy their vehicle or deny them their children. You don't try to screw all his friends, or hack into or steal his digital footprint. You don't do the things you do, as a contemporary women. Takes notes from The Baroness. Also.. you gotta fight for your love. When it's clear the fight is over, you take your leave and concede defeat. That's how you go gracefully. xo
“Roll the Title!”
Little did he know this was the half way point of the 3 hour film.
Fun Fact: The boy who played Friedrich grew up to play Peter Parker/Spider-Man in a live-action 1970s tv show.
A very heartfelt reaction. In my opinion one of the best films ever made.
I played Fredrich when I was 12, and am crying at literally every song.
And it only now hits me that there’s strong implications that the Baroness is a Nazi (sympathizer at least)
Thanks, Timothee! ⛰️ This is one of the all-time greats... and based in truth. I hope you watch those other classics you listed, as well.
"This looks so peaceful and beautiful, I want to live there. Those who know history, "no no no no no!"
0:46 -- all of those movies are absolutely worth watching.
I'd also recommend some foreign classics, like The Bicycle Thieves (Italy 1948)
I am the 5th of 7 children! I loved this movie since I was a kid.
🧡💜💙 Txs for reacting to this Tim. Love this movie.
21:40 That high note is the only note that Duane Chase did not sing, out of all the notes that his character Kurt sings. He said in an interview years later that he just could not sing that note; it was just too high for him so Darleen Carr (younger sister of the late Charmian Carr, who played Liesl) sung the note instead and he lip-synced that particular bit.
Love this movie I remember watching this movie with my mom she pass away two years ago months before my 23 birthday
Loved loved loved your reaction Tim, hope you squeeze in more older films, I think it's a genre that may surprise you more than you anticipated. I definitely would save "A Wonderful Life" for Christmas.
Another good but overlooked musical movie by Julie Andrews is Thoroughly Modern Millie. It's about a 1920s young girl who arrives in New York City in order to find a rich husband, but falls for a modest salesman.
This is a best memorable movie that I remember when I young and adulthood
One of my favorite Julie Andrews musicals. Another great one is the original Mary Poppins.
I would definitely watch other Rodgers & Hammerstien musicals (Oklahoma!, State Fair, and Carousel). My all-time favorite musical.
Nicholas Hammond the actor played Fredrich Von Trapp was the original Spider-Man, the first actor who played it.
"Oliver!"
And, "Cabaret".
Also, "Fiddler on the Roof".
This is my favorite reaction of yours so far. I grew up with this film, and it is wonderful to see younger people introduced to it... It is videos like this that have me hooked on reaction videos in general! My favorite line in the movie is when the Baroness says to Max why didn't you tell me to bring my harmonica… haha!
Definitely recommend Thoroughly Modern Millie if you want more old musicals and more Julie Andrews. Carol Channing and Mary Tyler Moore are also in it and it’s just zany and ridiculous and amazing.
I so wish I could find that one on digital! I have it on dvd but my computer has to use an external DVD player
@@erinesque1889 I think I've only got it on VHS :) If you find it on digital come back and tell us!
@@allisonotto unfortunately no luck yet. Not even on Tubi, and that has Sweet Charity!!!!
😳 OMG you are too awesome! Thank you for bringing this film back. IT Never gets old for me.
I love you señor! "Follow every rainbow till you find your dream." Hum ..."I must have done something good..."
BTW this is based on a true story. This family did exist.
Stay awesome! You are way ahead of the curve in maturity among kids your age. The concept of "too good for your own good' truly exists... Use your powers for good. 👍:)
If you have not seen yet "All about Eve" could be a good one to react to. I see you like a a nice narrative and a back and forth intelligent conversation. That is one of your movies if that is the case!
If you want to know the true happy ending of this story, after the Captain and Maria got married, they had seven more children, and they traveled the world performing together. Their great grandchildren continue the tradition to this day, performing as the Von Trapp Family Singers.
You may not realize it but you've already seen some of Julie Andrews' work. She voiced the huge Cthulhu-Kraken thing that was guarding King Atlan's armor and trident at the end of "Aquaman" and allows Arthur to take them and even befriends him because he's the first person in thousands of years that has talked to her, and the last one was King Atlan himself.
4:13 First song: “Probably will not talk lots during the music.” Second song: talks lots during the music.
Gone With the Wind
Julie Andrew's made this movie the gem that it is.
TIMOTHEE GRABBED HIS SNACKS!!! Great reaction as always...❤
If you want to check out more musicals, check out Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Wizard of Oz, *Mary Poppins, Rodger and Hammerstein Cinderella (*1957, 1965, 1997). For more Julie Andrews, try Princess Diaries 1&2, Shrek 2-4.
*Julie Andrews was involved in those movies.
Watch Singing in the Rain. It's an older musical and one of the best.
This is a true story. More or less. When the family arrived in the US, they formed a singing group, the Von Trapp Family.
Von Trapp was an officer in the Austrian Navy. If you look at a map, you can see that Austria has no coastline. But he fought in World War I, when Austria spread out over all of southeastern Europe, and had an extensive coastline.
Julie Andrews starred as Eliza in My Fair Lady on Broadway. But when the movie was made, the studio decided that she was too unknown to do the lead in the movie production. So they cast Audrey Hepburn, whose voice was dubbed over. Julie then went on to get an Oscar nomination.
This was great! Thank you!! Another major hit would be meet me in St. Louis with Judy Garland. It’s shorter less songs. Meet me in St. Louis is almost as iconic.
Wow this looks really Interesting after watching your reaction I'm gonna watch the movie 🙂🙂
I know Julie Andrews was in other things, but THIS movie is my all time favorite from her, followed only by Mary Poppins. 🤗❤️
When I was a child, my parents took me to the cinema. And I remember it being a grand affair.. where we all dressed up and were to be on our best behavior. And the movie screen had a proper heavy velvet drapery that folded away when movie started.. and we had intermission. that's when everyone gets up to go pee, refresh their drinks etc.. and usually by the time you're all done and settled back in your seat.. intermission was over. I miss the old days.. when people cared about your individual experience. Nowdays.. it's all about taking your pleasure wherever you can.. and it's fugly asf.
The original Mary Poppins movie staring Julie Andrews. The Family made their way to America in the end.
Gone With the Wind has an intermission 🤣
Gosh damn your reactions are spot on 😋 keep up the great work
People always look at the Baroness as an antagonist when she really wasn't. She was just a woman who got pulled into a love triangle. She was only doing what she had to do to keep her man until she realized he had eyes for another.
Saw the reaction Nick recently.♥️ (for the first time)
I remember first watching this movie on 📺, when I was 10 years old.
The "Intermission" announcement was for the cinema audience due to the length of the film in 1965.
Based on a true story, and pretty accurate to the real Von Trapps. Christopher Plummer actually hated this movie, saying it was too sappy.
Man I first watched this movie when I was at the choir club in highschool. Good times.
You should also watch "Cabaret" which covers around the same era in Germany. It is also an award winning musical, where the songs are used to comment on the action and political situations in Germany at the time. It also contains just about the most chilling song in any musical, Tomorrow Belongs To Me.