React the full movie of FREAKED 1993, it is one of the most weirdest/funniest film ever. By the way, this movie is based on Alex Winter's show called The Idiot Box. Like Monty Python or The Naked Gun, they were based on shows.
I just want to thank you for doing this ,your reaction was as beautiful as the movie itself. The sound of music is timeless and as each new generation comes along they are able to enjoy it as well. Just a interesting fact in one scene in the background you can see the real Maria Von trapp.
If you really loved "Sound of Music", I think you would also love the German movie "Die Familie Trapp", which was made 9 years earlier than this Hollywood one, namely in 1956. This movie used partially that movie as its basis. It is kind of funny to see different 7 children and compare the films. After the Hollywood version the 1956 film feels at first a bit clumsy, but especially the last, say, 10-15 minutes (scenes unseen in the Hollywood version) were so beautiful and touching, that they brought tears into my eyes, somewhat surprisingly. The movie was hit in Germany, and it starred the most famous German actress of that time and beyond. It can be found from TH-cam with English subtitles.
My father was an usher for a theater when this was released in 1965. It was the holidays and dad was able to take all five of us to see it. I was five and it's when I fell in love with music and musicals. I cherish the memories and feelings of that day.
I sing "Edelweiss" to my daughter every night before bed, and have since she was born (she's about to be 10 in a couple of weeks, and I still have to sing it to her every night). This song will always have a soft place in my heart :-)
I've been singing that to my son every night before bed since he was born, but I'm not gonna lie it's been a bit awkward the last few years, ever since he turned 14 or so, but we muddle through it. Truthfully, I'm lookin' forward to him goin' off to college in the fall.
I had a funny realization recently. I definitely remember singing “My Favorite Things” to myself when I was in First Grade, specific memory because it was in the basement floor of my elementary school, and I’d sing it in my head when I was sad… But that was 1959-1960, and this movie is from 1965.. how is that possible? After research, it HAD to be that my parents had an LP record from the Broadway musical, and that record was released in 1959. One of life’s mysteries solved! Love the music, love this film. Deep inside me since childhood. ❤️❤️
It's wonderful to find someone reacting to older classic films! Usually there is nothing older than the 1980's being reviewed or reacting to and they tend to be the same movies over and over.
Even though Christopher Plummer was shown singing on screen his voice was dubbed with that of Bill Lee. In a 2018 interview Christopher Plummer said he was furious that they wouldn’t let him sing in this film or on the soundtrack.
I watched this every year since I was a child. Before I was 10 my mom would tell me the wedding was the end and send me to bed so all of the story after the wedding was quite a revelation lol. Great reaction. Thanks
I really enjoyed your reaction to this movie that I love. I like that you pause the movie when you want to make comments so that you won't miss any important dialog. Many reactors talk over the show and sometimes miss something important. Now I'm going to check out some of your other reactions.
@@houseofmash5748 and did u know that those weren’t the kids real names? The oldest was a boy. Friedrich’s real name was Rupert, Kurt’s real name was Werner, Liesl’s real name was Agathe, Louisa’s real name was Maria, Brigitta’s real name was Hedwig, Marta’s real name was Johanna and Gretl’s real name was Martina. If u watch the original move from 1952, u will see that they used the kids real names
Maria and her family ended up living in Stowe Vermont where they opened a ski lodge. Maria remained a very devout Catholic for her entire life. She was close friends with Sister Louise who was the administrator at Saint Raphael's hospital in New Haven. My father worked for the hospital as a carpenter. Sister Louise gave him the job of driving to Vermont to drive Maria to New Haven and back. When my dad had to stay overnight in Vermont Maria would have him eat with the family and he would stay in the family home. She even gifted him a Coo Coo Clock and a signed copy of her book. She really was a wonderful and kind human being.
This is one of my all-time favorites, so much so that I have watched it annually every single year of my life. Also...it's how I and my sister got our names (Kurt and Liesl).
Angela Cartwright (Brigitta) was Danny Thomas' daughter Linda on The Danny Thomas Show and later starred as Penny Robinson on TV's Lost in Space. Nicholas Hammond (Friedrich) would later become TV's Spider-Man (1977-1979). Charmian Carr (Liesl) passed away in 2016 and Heather Menzies (Louisa) died in 2017. The rest of the children are still with us as of this writing.
Just in case you don't know, a governess is more of a homeschool teacher. Very well-off children were taught by governesses. Like in Jane Eyre, Jane became a governess for a little girl called Adele. Lots of rich Victorian and Edwardian girls had that kind of education Maria didn't really do that, though. She was more of a nanny by taking care of the kids and taking them on fun excursions. I'm not sure when that changed.
I was nine when my parents took me to see this movie in the late sixties. Hated it. Thought is was the squarest thing I had ever seen. For years, when I thought of square, I thought of this movie. Back then, the opposite of cool was square. Now as a mature adult of advanced years I dearly love this movie and it is one of my favorites. In the late sixties, in my hometown of Raleigh, North Carolina one downtown theater showed this movie every week for a year. That's right, every day, every showing, every week, for a year, The Sound of Music. It was a popular film is an understatement.
My mum was 21 when she moved to Chile with limited Spanish. The local cinema showed this movie every week in English with Spanish subtitles, and she went almost every week to see it.
23:52 Chances are if you sang it, it would just stick. There's this particular song in The Aristocats (1970) where a song starts with "Do mi so do do so mi do". I thought when I tried singing karaoke with it that I wouldn't remember it, but my voice automatically knew what to sing. You associate the notes with the word, which makes it easier to remember.
A governess is more of a live-in tutor than a nanny, though the profession has declined with the abundance of public and private schooling. While they do mind the children, they are also responsible for their education and instruction. What you might have been thinking of is an au-pair, which is a live-in nanny.
This is a lovely reaction to this wonderful work. A tiny note: Rolfe has become a Nazi fairly early in the story: remember when von Trappe surprises him in the garden, Rolfe winds up his nervousness with the "heil Hitler". That is warning for his development later.
I believe he's what was called a "brown shirt" - another name for Hitler Youth, if I'm not mistaken. One of the features of Hitler Youth was spying on, informing on, and turning in their family, friends, loved ones, neighbors, and fellow Germans if they believed that these others weren't following the party ideology in a "proper" manner (or at all. Dissenters were seen as traitors). That's why Rolfe reports on the man he supposedly admires, who happens to be the father of the girl he supposedly loves. Interesting, no?
Great reaction video! I'm glad you're enjoying these old musicals. Please consider watching Singin' in the Rain, West Side Story, or Oliver! In any event, I hope more people discover your videos!
Hi. Another great selection. I love Sound of Music. Apparently Christopher Plummer didn’t. He called it the Sound of Mucus. When you react to another musical please do the Little Shop of Horrors movie starring Rick Moranis. It’s a fun musical set in the 1960s with great pop songs and others in the Motown style. Thank you.
My Score: 10/10 Solid musical classic. I personally am not a musical person (I don't hate them, I'm just completely indifferent), but The Sound Of Music is inoffensive and well made in every aspect. I'm sure you can nickpick errors if you want to, however I am uninterested in them. A must watch.
The film story is great and really plays up the romance between Maria and the Captain but the true story from Maria’s family history is equally fascinating. He was a generation older then Maria. He was very wealthy from marrying the daughter of one the first inventor of torpedoes. He was a submarine captain in WWI. He invested lots of money to help out a woman who owned a travel agency but when under when Wall Street crashed. They took in borders and sang as a group for money. They were invited to sing in Germany but refused. They were also requested to sing at Hitler’s birthday but also refused. When the Captain was requested to join the German Navy, they realized that the game was up so escaped by car to Italy. Eventually they landed in NYC with $20. They saved money at bought land and built an inn. Sadly it burned the year that Maria died. Another great story and true as well!
Oh...another childhood memory....the neighbors were Swiss...they were particularly keen on this movie... Their son and I started a dog walking business....(paper routes were all taken)... I just realized I know all this music because it was what my mother listened to... One she was really fond of, you might look for it... Paint Your Wagon, Clint Eastwood singing...lol
16 going on 17 - You wondered how old Liesl (Charmain Carr) was when she made this. She was 22. She confessed in an interview much later in life that, during filming, she actually had a huge crush on Christopher Plummer, the Captain.
The first movie I remember seeing in the theater! It would have been around 1971, when I was five, so one of the many re-releases of the film. Meeting Julie Andrews will always be one of the biggest thrills of my life, thanks to this movie and Mary Poppins. I do recommend watching another Julie Andrews musical, but one with a completely different style, “Victor/Victoria.” It’s a really hilarious farce set in 1930s Paris, co-starring James Garner and Robert Preston and directed by Julie’s husband Blake Edwards (also known for the Pink Panther comedies).
My mother's entire family love this movie so I watched it a lot growing up, knew all the songs, but it wasn't until I was older that I really appreciated it, particularly the subtlety of the romance and the historical implications. That moment of the father tearing the Nazi flag is so satisfying! Also...Two things from this movie will pop into my head at the most random times: The lyrics to The Lonely Goatherd and "Kurt! That's the one I left out. God bless Kurt!"
I remember one summer evening at my grandma's house with my mom and her 2 sisters and 1 brother. They had a 3 hour discussion about this movie. Not the MOVIE but the story behind it. I can't remember much but there is a LOT of true backstory about the family she goes to work for. None of THIS is real but the family existed and were BIG players in WW2 Germany
16:50 The actress was 21 years old when they filmed it. 28:06 Kim Karath, who played Gretl, actually couldn't swim. Julie Andrews was supposed to catch her when they got into the water, but she accidentally fell on the other side. Heather Menzies who played Louisa managed to catch her instead. 33:58 Actually it is not him singing, they used a man named Bill Lee to sing for him.
Now you should check out the amazing live, one-take television production that is on DVD. It's one of the most amazing things ever produced for TV and even someone well-familiar with the movie can find it extremely moving as I did.
This is a true story. Maria and the captain had 2 more children together. There are clips of the actual VonTrap family singing on tv. Also the actual VonTrap family played extras in the movie.
14:16 - it was about the frog in her pocket in the last scene. Oh- and the actress playing Liesl-- was something like 21 at the time, I believe. Also I'm not sure exactly the time frame of this movie, but this whole thing was longer than a couple of days. I'm thinking more likely months.between Maria's first arrival and the engagement.
When it mentions the last golden days of the ‘30s, it speaks of the brewing conflict that would lead to World War II. But mostly the anchulutz in 1938 which was basically a unification of Germany and Adolf Hitler’s homeland of Austria.
i am from Austria and we know this film only because it is so popular in the USA, Salzburg makes loads of money by catering to international Sound of Music tourists (
@@Cosmo-Kramer We don't. Afaik it was not even popular here at its release. Maybe it is just a bit too cheesy for our taste. Personally, I like some of the songs though.
Fun fact: the actress who played Sister Sophia, Marni Nixon, was the singing voice for many leading ladies in movie musicals, including Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady, Natalie Wood in West Side Story, and Deborah Kerr in The King and I. Producers for The Sound of Music were initially nervous about Julie Andrews’ reaction to Marni’s presence in the movie because Julie originated the lead role Eliza in My Fair Lady on stage and was passed over for the movie in favor of bigger name Audrey Hepburn, who ended up needing her singing voice dubbed by Marni. When Julie finally met Marni on set, she went right up to her and said, “Marni, I’m a fan of you!” and everyone breathed a sigh of relief 😆
HaHa I bet 99.9% of the people watching have no idea what Todd-AO was. Of course one of the wide screen formats along with Vista Vision and CinemaScope.
@@AlexanderLittlebears I'm of English and Irish heritage and was born and still live in the United States so I'm American not an Englishman or Irishman just as a person of German heritage born in Austria is Austrian and any person born in Germany is a citizen of Germany and therefore German so I'm not sure what point you are trying to make.
@@BartholomewSmutz So do you really think that before the creation of the German Empire in 1871 there were no Germans? A state that defines itself "Federal Republic of Germany" doesn't mean that it incorporates all the German lands, just as the European Union doesn't define which countries are European. Vienna was historically considered the capital of the German world So many Austrian songs and historic figures defined Austria German. Salzburg, the city where this film is set, was called the German Rome, due to its architecture. Emperor Francis Joseph considered himself German and presided the German Confederation. When the unified Germany was created Austria remained independent because its empire comprised not only Germans but many more nations (Hungary, Czechia, some Italian lands, and many others), so those that wanted a monoethnic German state refused that Austria joined the Empire. But after ww1, when all those nations seceded and created their own sovereign countries there was no reason to keep Austria its own thing and most Austrians supported joining the German Republic, leftists and righists alike. Those who opposed were the allies that feared a powerful Germany.
@@AlexanderLittlebears Your long winded reply is irrelevant. Austria and Germany were two separate countries when the Anschluss occurred regardless of how that occurred. Are you saying there was no such thing as an Austrian?
It was quite common for films back then to be 3+ hours, regardless of whether or not they were musicals. It was a different era, and people had longer attention spans.
8:19 It's kinda funny. Living in a gated house was never something that I yearned for when young. I can check that box. I have a gate that I open at the front of my driveway.
The real Van Trapp home is not as big as what they show. After they left Austria, the Hitler took control of the property. After WW II, the Catholic church was given the estate. Recently it was given back to the city of Austria, and it is opened up to tourists.
You're picking some really great movies to react to. I don't think anyone on TH-cam has reacted to this one. Fun fact: Christopher Plummer's singing voice was dubbed. For what that's worth. The Nightmare Before Christmas is wonderful and well worth watching. Absolutely tons of music so I'm not sure if you can make it past TH-cam's draconian copyright rules.
Would you consider looking at some Stanley Kubrick films? If so, I'd suggest 2001: A Space Odyssey and Eyes Wide Shut, since I haven't seen too many others react to them.
Nice review. You shouldn’t apologize for pausing the video: I prefer a pause to talking over dialog. This must have been a bear to edit, what with all the music. Thanks.
Hey you guys! This is a re-edit and re-upload! Unfortunately, it got taken down by TH-camss, sooo, thank you for understanding and enjoy!
React the full movie of FREAKED 1993, it is one of the most weirdest/funniest film ever. By the way, this movie is based on Alex Winter's show called The Idiot Box. Like Monty Python or The Naked Gun, they were based on shows.
React to “ My Fair Lady” 🌸 & if you like thriller, you have to watch “Wait Until Dark” also with Audrey Hepburn 🌟
I just want to thank you for doing this ,your reaction was as beautiful as the movie itself. The sound of music is timeless and as each new generation comes along they are able to enjoy it as well. Just a interesting fact in one scene in the background you can see the real Maria Von trapp.
Omg you liked it thank you !!!
If you really loved "Sound of Music", I think you would also love the German movie "Die Familie Trapp", which was made 9 years earlier than this Hollywood one, namely in 1956. This movie used partially that movie as its basis. It is kind of funny to see different 7 children and compare the films. After the Hollywood version the 1956 film feels at first a bit clumsy, but especially the last, say, 10-15 minutes (scenes unseen in the Hollywood version) were so beautiful and touching, that they brought tears into my eyes, somewhat surprisingly. The movie was hit in Germany, and it starred the most famous German actress of that time and beyond. It can be found from TH-cam with English subtitles.
My father was an usher for a theater when this was released in 1965. It was the holidays and dad was able to take all five of us to see it. I was five and it's when I fell in love with music and musicals. I cherish the memories and feelings of that day.
Beautifully written
I sing "Edelweiss" to my daughter every night before bed, and have since she was born (she's about to be 10 in a couple of weeks, and I still have to sing it to her every night). This song will always have a soft place in my heart :-)
I've been singing that to my son every night before bed since he was born, but I'm not gonna lie it's been a bit awkward the last few years, ever since he turned 14 or so, but we muddle through it. Truthfully, I'm lookin' forward to him goin' off to college in the fall.
I had a funny realization recently. I definitely remember singing “My Favorite Things” to myself when I was in First Grade, specific memory because it was in the basement floor of my elementary school, and I’d sing it in my head when I was sad… But that was 1959-1960, and this movie is from 1965.. how is that possible? After research, it HAD to be that my parents had an LP record from the Broadway musical, and that record was released in 1959. One of life’s mysteries solved! Love the music, love this film. Deep inside me since childhood. ❤️❤️
It's wonderful to find someone reacting to older classic films! Usually there is nothing older than the 1980's being reviewed or reacting to and they tend to be the same movies over and over.
RIP Christopher Plummer (1929-2021) Captain Georg von Trapp.
Captain von Trappe was the top Austrian Submarine commander. He sank a battleship. At home, he was always a sweetheart.
Even though Christopher Plummer was shown singing on screen his voice was dubbed with that of Bill Lee. In a 2018 interview Christopher Plummer said he was furious that they wouldn’t let him sing in this film or on the soundtrack.
I watched this every year since I was a child. Before I was 10 my mom would tell me the wedding was the end and send me to bed so all of the story after the wedding was quite a revelation lol. Great reaction. Thanks
SAME! I always thought the wedding was the ending as a kid… you could imagine my surprise when there was a whole extra part of the movie.
We had recorded it off the TV but the VHS tapes only recorded for 2 or so hours so we always missed the ending too!
I watched this film 35 times, and I loved it all times ! It is beatiful and happy. From a brazilian man, 51 yo, from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
I really enjoyed your reaction to this movie that I love. I like that you pause the movie when you want to make comments so that you won't miss any important dialog. Many reactors talk over the show and sometimes miss something important. Now I'm going to check out some of your other reactions.
Glad you enjoyed it! I appreciate it alot :)
@@houseofmash5748 and did u know that those weren’t the kids real names? The oldest was a boy. Friedrich’s real name was Rupert, Kurt’s real name was Werner, Liesl’s real name was Agathe, Louisa’s real name was Maria, Brigitta’s real name was Hedwig, Marta’s real name was Johanna and Gretl’s real name was Martina. If u watch the original move from 1952, u will see that they used the kids real names
@@houseofmash5748 *movie
Maria and her family ended up living in Stowe Vermont where they opened a ski lodge. Maria remained a very devout Catholic for her entire life. She was close friends with Sister Louise who was the administrator at Saint Raphael's hospital in New Haven. My father worked for the hospital as a carpenter. Sister Louise gave him the job of driving to Vermont to drive Maria to New Haven and back.
When my dad had to stay overnight in Vermont Maria would have him eat with the family and he would stay in the family home. She even gifted him a Coo Coo Clock and a signed copy of her book. She really was a wonderful and kind human being.
Gotta be difficult to react to musicals due to copyright. Thumbs up for giving it a go...again :-D
Thank you, Greg! Sadly it's a hit or miss it seems with every movie and music video but it's okay, I will persevere :D
Fun fact..Edelweiss is the National Flower of Austria
@@houseofmash5748 when captain Von trapp asked Maria about the kids she told him the truth but he didn't want to hear the truth
I went to that gorgeous church in Mondsee a few years ago and there was a wedding being held at that moment. Perfect.
This is one of the best reaction ever. So pure.
This is one of my all-time favorites, so much so that I have watched it annually every single year of my life.
Also...it's how I and my sister got our names (Kurt and Liesl).
Angela Cartwright (Brigitta) was Danny Thomas' daughter Linda on The Danny Thomas Show and later starred as Penny Robinson on TV's Lost in Space. Nicholas Hammond (Friedrich) would later become TV's Spider-Man (1977-1979). Charmian Carr (Liesl) passed away in 2016 and Heather Menzies (Louisa) died in 2017. The rest of the children are still with us as of this writing.
Oh man, this movie is so special to me. I watched it all the time with my grandma as a kid, always cheered me up lol
Just in case you don't know, a governess is more of a homeschool teacher. Very well-off children were taught by governesses. Like in Jane Eyre, Jane became a governess for a little girl called Adele. Lots of rich Victorian and Edwardian girls had that kind of education Maria didn't really do that, though. She was more of a nanny by taking care of the kids and taking them on fun excursions. I'm not sure when that changed.
This is a blast, it’s like sitting with a sister.
Matching otfits is a 1950s thing I think....when I was young Momand I AND my doll all went to town on matching dresses hahaa 😁 I loved it 👍💕
I was nine when my parents took me to see this movie in the late sixties. Hated it. Thought is was the squarest thing I had ever seen. For years, when I thought of square, I thought of this movie. Back then, the opposite of cool was square. Now as a mature adult of advanced years I dearly love this movie and it is one of my favorites. In the late sixties, in my hometown of Raleigh, North Carolina one downtown theater showed this movie every week for a year. That's right, every day, every showing, every week, for a year, The Sound of Music. It was a popular film is an understatement.
My mum was 21 when she moved to Chile with limited Spanish. The local cinema showed this movie every week in English with Spanish subtitles, and she went almost every week to see it.
Glad you reviewed this my favorite musical ever. Great job editing it too.
Super reaction video. Made the film feel fresh again. Always a delight to watch it.
Lovely reaction 🤗 thank you !
23:52 Chances are if you sang it, it would just stick. There's this particular song in The Aristocats (1970) where a song starts with "Do mi so do do so mi do". I thought when I tried singing karaoke with it that I wouldn't remember it, but my voice automatically knew what to sing. You associate the notes with the word, which makes it easier to remember.
A governess is more of a live-in tutor than a nanny, though the profession has declined with the abundance of public and private schooling. While they do mind the children, they are also responsible for their education and instruction.
What you might have been thinking of is an au-pair, which is a live-in nanny.
This is so much fun I’m so glad I found your channel can’t wait to look for more
Long after the genre had peaked, I would suggest this is still it's epitome. And the message alone MUST be kept constant throughout time.
I can do the full do re mi song in my sleep… listened to soundtrack non stop as a kid
14:16 They felt guilty about the frog prank 😂
So pretty...glad you listened to it ...one of the most important movie beginnings ever
"he's joined the dark side!" You crack me up! Love your reactions! I hadn't seen this movie till my late 40's. Should have seen it sooner.
Suggest watching the other Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals "Oklahoma" and "South Pacific."
Christopher. Plummer. Need I say more? lol ;)
A masterpiece of cinema! Thanks for your thoughtful reaction. :)
The actress who played the eldest daughter was 22 years old in real life.
I can't see anyone else playing this role, it fits her to a perfectly.
This is a lovely reaction to this wonderful work. A tiny note: Rolfe has become a Nazi fairly early in the story: remember when von Trappe surprises him in the garden, Rolfe winds up his nervousness with the "heil Hitler". That is warning for his development later.
I believe he's what was called a "brown shirt" - another name for Hitler Youth, if I'm not mistaken. One of the features of Hitler Youth was spying on, informing on, and turning in their family, friends, loved ones, neighbors, and fellow Germans if they believed that these others weren't following the party ideology in a "proper" manner (or at all. Dissenters were seen as traitors). That's why Rolfe reports on the man he supposedly admires, who happens to be the father of the girl he supposedly loves.
Interesting, no?
Great reaction video! I'm glad you're enjoying these old musicals. Please consider watching Singin' in the Rain, West Side Story, or Oliver!
In any event, I hope more people discover your videos!
Yesss
Willie Wonka and The Chocolate Factory, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Charmian Carr was 21 when she played Liesl. Best. Leo.
I thought she was even older than that. And all the other kids were no older than thirteen, she said in a commentary, she said.
I thoroughly enjoy your movie reaction videos. Delightful and charming all the way.
Hi. Another great selection. I love Sound of Music. Apparently Christopher Plummer didn’t. He called it the Sound of Mucus. When you react to another musical please do the Little Shop of Horrors movie starring Rick Moranis. It’s a fun musical set in the 1960s with great pop songs and others in the Motown style. Thank you.
They went to Switzerland for the immediate escape, but in the end came to America.
Actually, no. They took the train to Vienna. Earlier in the coming war than in the movie.
My Score: 10/10
Solid musical classic. I personally am not a musical person (I don't hate them, I'm just completely indifferent), but The Sound Of Music is inoffensive and well made in every aspect. I'm sure you can nickpick errors if you want to, however I am uninterested in them. A must watch.
I had a huge crush on Christopher Plummer RIP
Just to let you know at the start of the movie Maria was a postulant, a candidate to be a novitiate (nun in training so to speak).
The film story is great and really plays up the romance between Maria and the Captain but the true story from Maria’s family history is equally fascinating. He was a generation older then Maria. He was very wealthy from marrying the daughter of one the first inventor of torpedoes. He was a submarine captain in WWI. He invested lots of money to help out a woman who owned a travel agency but when under when Wall Street crashed. They took in borders and sang as a group for money. They were invited to sing in Germany but refused. They were also requested to sing at Hitler’s birthday but also refused. When the Captain was requested to join the German Navy, they realized that the game was up so escaped by car to Italy. Eventually they landed in NYC with $20. They saved money at bought land and built an inn. Sadly it burned the year that Maria died. Another great story and true as well!
He was the very best submarine captain the Austrians had in the war. And he was always sweet at home.
Loved your reactions. Thank you.
Oh...another childhood memory....the neighbors were Swiss...they were particularly keen on this movie... Their son and I started a dog walking business....(paper routes were all taken)... I just realized I know all this music because it was what my mother listened to... One she was really fond of, you might look for it... Paint Your Wagon, Clint Eastwood singing...lol
Nuns stealing distributer caps to defeat the NotZees is always a win.
"How long does it take to sew seven outfits?" It took Julie Andrews no time at all. Best. Leo.
Great reaction to a great movie!
16 going on 17 - You wondered how old Liesl (Charmain Carr) was when she made this. She was 22. She confessed in an interview much later in life that, during filming, she actually had a huge crush on Christopher Plummer, the Captain.
Great reaction!
Looking forward to more of your classic film reactions!
16:48 Liesl’s actress (Charmian Carr) was about 22-23 when the movie was being filmed. She’s 80 now and still looks beautiful
She actually passed away at 73 back in 2016...
The first movie I remember seeing in the theater! It would have been around 1971, when I was five, so one of the many re-releases of the film. Meeting Julie Andrews will always be one of the biggest thrills of my life, thanks to this movie and Mary Poppins. I do recommend watching another Julie Andrews musical, but one with a completely different style, “Victor/Victoria.” It’s a really hilarious farce set in 1930s Paris, co-starring James Garner and Robert Preston and directed by Julie’s husband Blake Edwards (also known for the Pink Panther comedies).
#RIPChristopherPlummer
My mother's entire family love this movie so I watched it a lot growing up, knew all the songs, but it wasn't until I was older that I really appreciated it, particularly the subtlety of the romance and the historical implications. That moment of the father tearing the Nazi flag is so satisfying! Also...Two things from this movie will pop into my head at the most random times: The lyrics to The Lonely Goatherd and "Kurt! That's the one I left out. God bless Kurt!"
I remember one summer evening at my grandma's house with my mom and her 2 sisters and 1 brother. They had a 3 hour discussion about this movie. Not the MOVIE but the story behind it. I can't remember much but there is a LOT of true backstory about the family she goes to work for. None of THIS is real but the family existed and were BIG players in WW2 Germany
I learned from the 20/20 special about the film that the real Von Trapp family left by Train about a week before Germany took over Austria.
16:50 The actress was 21 years old when they filmed it.
28:06 Kim Karath, who played Gretl, actually couldn't swim. Julie Andrews was supposed to catch her when they got into the water, but she accidentally fell on the other side. Heather Menzies who played Louisa managed to catch her instead.
33:58 Actually it is not him singing, they used a man named Bill Lee to sing for him.
Now you should check out the amazing live, one-take television production that is on DVD. It's one of the most amazing things ever produced for TV and even someone well-familiar with the movie can find it extremely moving as I did.
No one can match Julie Andrews, but Carrie Underwood did okay. Better than "okay", actually, given it was live.
No CGI or AutoTune
This is a true story. Maria and the captain had 2 more children together. There are clips of the actual VonTrap family singing on tv. Also the actual VonTrap family played extras in the movie.
14:16 - it was about the frog in her pocket in the last scene.
Oh- and the actress playing Liesl-- was something like 21 at the time, I believe.
Also I'm not sure exactly the time frame of this movie, but this whole thing was longer than a couple of days. I'm thinking more likely months.between Maria's first arrival and the engagement.
When it mentions the last golden days of the ‘30s, it speaks of the brewing conflict that would lead to World War II. But mostly the anchulutz in 1938 which was basically a unification of Germany and Adolf Hitler’s homeland of Austria.
i am from Austria and we know this film only because it is so popular in the USA, Salzburg makes loads of money by catering to international Sound of Music tourists (
How do Austrians feel about the film? Do they recognize it as a great movie/musical? Or do they not even watch it?
@@Cosmo-Kramer We don't. Afaik it was not even popular here at its release. Maybe it is just a bit too cheesy for our taste. Personally, I like some of the songs though.
@@christianeichinger2840 Gotcha. Thanks.
But they had their own Von Trappe movie, from before the SOUND OF MUSIC.
Fun fact: the actress who played Sister Sophia, Marni Nixon, was the singing voice for many leading ladies in movie musicals, including Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady, Natalie Wood in West Side Story, and Deborah Kerr in The King and I. Producers for The Sound of Music were initially nervous about Julie Andrews’ reaction to Marni’s presence in the movie because Julie originated the lead role Eliza in My Fair Lady on stage and was passed over for the movie in favor of bigger name Audrey Hepburn, who ended up needing her singing voice dubbed by Marni. When Julie finally met Marni on set, she went right up to her and said, “Marni, I’m a fan of you!” and everyone breathed a sigh of relief 😆
I recommend after this Thoroughly Modern Millie - Julie Andrews in a more farcical, lighthearted musical role :)
At 7:39 you can see the actual Maria Von Trapp in the background, just through the archway on the left.
Did you recognize Christopher Plummer? He was in Somewhere In Time, too.
If you look very closely at the bus as a ghost whilst Maria sings
They journey finally came to settle in Mount Pellier VT, USA
3:23 Todd-AO!
HaHa I bet 99.9% of the people watching have no idea what Todd-AO was. Of course one of the wide screen formats along with Vista Vision and CinemaScope.
This movie is about the lead up to the second world war, when Germany took over Austria
The Austrians pretty much invited the Germans in and there was no military conflict.
@@BartholomewSmutz The Germans of the German reich*, the Austrians are also German
@@AlexanderLittlebears I'm of English and Irish heritage and was born and still live in the United States so I'm American not an Englishman or Irishman just as a person of German heritage born in Austria is Austrian and any person born in Germany is a citizen of Germany and therefore German so I'm not sure what point you are trying to make.
@@BartholomewSmutz So do you really think that before the creation of the German Empire in 1871 there were no Germans? A state that defines itself "Federal Republic of Germany" doesn't mean that it incorporates all the German lands, just as the European Union doesn't define which countries are European. Vienna was historically considered the capital of the German world So many Austrian songs and historic figures defined Austria German. Salzburg, the city where this film is set, was called the German Rome, due to its architecture. Emperor Francis Joseph considered himself German and presided the German Confederation. When the unified Germany was created Austria remained independent because its empire comprised not only Germans but many more nations (Hungary, Czechia, some Italian lands, and many others), so those that wanted a monoethnic German state refused that Austria joined the Empire. But after ww1, when all those nations seceded and created their own sovereign countries there was no reason to keep Austria its own thing and most Austrians supported joining the German Republic, leftists and righists alike. Those who opposed were the allies that feared a powerful Germany.
@@AlexanderLittlebears Your long winded reply is irrelevant. Austria and Germany were two separate countries when the Anschluss occurred regardless of how that occurred. Are you saying there was no such thing as an Austrian?
Captain Von Trap, my crush🤗
The "My Favorite Things' song is now considered a Christmas song!
Where?? Not in the U.S.
Thanks ...
Great react - thank you. FYI it was 3 hours because this was a film based on a stage play and stage musicals are typically that long.
It was quite common for films back then to be 3+ hours, regardless of whether or not they were musicals. It was a different era, and people had longer attention spans.
I would highly suggest you watch "The Phantom of the Opera" with Gerard Butler and Emmy Rossum... A wonderful musical adaptation of the classic movie.
Maybe react to Julie Andrews in 'Mary Poppins'? Another all-time great performance from her!
8:19 It's kinda funny. Living in a gated house was never something that I yearned for when young. I can check that box. I have a gate that I open at the front of my driveway.
It's a chain link gate, but at gate nonetheless. My hounds love my yard, I had my fence installed for them.
Yeah the headache TH-cam causes with all there weird policies sometimes
Fraulein Maria!
The whistle was because the place was so big it it was necessary.
The real Van Trapp home is not as big as what they show. After they left Austria, the Hitler took control of the property. After WW II, the Catholic church was given the estate. Recently it was given back to the city of Austria, and it is opened up to tourists.
You should read Maria's book, "Maria!"
I recommend that you watch the musical "Oklahoma."
Fun Fact: Christopher Plummer who played Captain Von Trapp actually hated this movie even though he was in it.
I believe he called it "The Sound of Mucus." However, he changed his tune much later.
minor problem with going into the mountains is that if they were to walk over the mountains they would walk right in front of Hitler's eagles nest.
If you like Christopher Plummer in this movie you may like him in "Battle of Britain." Susannah York is his love interest.
You're picking some really great movies to react to. I don't think anyone on TH-cam has reacted to this one. Fun fact: Christopher Plummer's singing voice was dubbed. For what that's worth.
The Nightmare Before Christmas is wonderful and well worth watching. Absolutely tons of music so I'm not sure if you can make it past TH-cam's draconian copyright rules.
Why is it fun?
Older movies, say pre 1950, are where you will learn about the archetypes in current film.
Basic music theory, do re mi and the variations thereof.
Good to see this one back.
Out of curiosity, was I able to answer your question before the takedown?
Would you consider looking at some Stanley Kubrick films? If so, I'd suggest 2001: A Space Odyssey and Eyes Wide Shut, since I haven't seen too many others react to them.
Nice review. You shouldn’t apologize for pausing the video: I prefer a pause to talking over dialog. This must have been a bear to edit, what with all the music. Thanks.
Anschluss of Austria.
Oops. Christopher Plummer blew his line.
Himes?
Well she did say she wasn't Christian so I'll let that slide lol. I'm just happy to see a reaction of a movie made before 1980.