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It just gains more and more fans every year, 2 February 2002
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gerry-russell-139 from United States
"The Happiest sound in all the world"? Quite possibly and easily the most
famous musical film in Hollywood history. Most of us grown-ups still love it
but at the same time we're also tired of seeing it over and over again
(maybe that's why it's not rerun on NBC every single year anymore). Julie
Andrews takes her MARY POPPINS success and adds even more to it with her
delightful rendition of the role that Mary Martin originated on the Broadway
stage in 1959 and ran even farther with it than Martin ever could. In my
opinion, and I don't think I'm alone here, Martin was too old for the part
(she was in her mid to late 40s in the stage version and Andrews was 30 when
the transition came to film came around--a perfect age). As for the rest of
the cast, it is just as talented: Christopher Plummer in the role he will be
forever remembered for (even though he hated the part) is an achingly true
Cap. Von Trapp with those "hidden talents" making subtle appearances
throughout the film until blatantly bursting out into the open in the film's
closing scenes; Richard Haydn makes for a comical and yet sincere "Uncle"
Max, Peggy Wood is a starchy yet compassionate Reverand Mother and Charmian
Carr as Liesl stands out as our perrenial favorite of the seven children.
The locales are breathtaking as well (esp. the opening scenes which is
probably the most beautiful aerial shot in all of film history and the
cunning floral designs of the public Austrian gardens during the DO-RE-MI
sequence). So let's all keep watching this most cherished of all musical
films each year and never forget it's universal sentiment: to 'climb ev'ry
mountain, ford ev'ry stream, follow ev'ry rainbow till you find your
dream'.
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