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=** GROUP 1: THE SOUND OF MUSIC **=

=== __**A)THE FILM/MOVIE:**__ === The Sound of Music which was done in 1956, was an exceptionally successful film in the mid-1960s - at the time of its release, it surpassed Gone With the Wind (1939) as the number one box office hit of all time. It was the high-point of the Hollywood musical. The setting is Austria ( specifically in Salzburg) in the late 1930's just before the annexation of Austria with Nazi Germany.

This wholesome production from producer/director Robert Wise (of the previously popular West Side Story (1961) for which he won the same two Oscars) and 20th Century Fox has become one of the most favorite, beloved films of moviegoers. It is a joyous, uplifting, three-hour adaptation of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II's 1959 hit Broadway stage musical (that starred Mary Martin). [This was the well-known partnership's last collaboration]. The story follows a good-natured, flighty novitiate (Andrews) who is hired to care for the seven children of a militaristic, icy, widowed Austrian captain (Plummer). She ultimately wins the heart of the children - and the captain, but their lives are threatened by the encroachment of Nazis. [] - film: the sound of music

=== __**B) MAIN CHARACTER: JULIA ANDREWS**__ === __J__ulia Andrews was born 1 October 1935, she is an English film and stage actress, singer, and author. She is the recipient of Golden Globe, Emmy , Grammy , BAFTA , People's Choice Award , Theatre World Award , Screen Actors Guild and Academy Award honors. She made her Broadway debut in a 1954. Andrews made her feature film debut in Mary Poppins (1964), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. She received her second Academy Award nomination for The Sound of Music (1965). In the 1970s, Andrews' film career slowed down following the commercial disappointments of Star! , Darling Lili, and The Tamarind Seed. She returned to prominence with the critical and commercial successes of 10

In January 2010, Andrews was the official USA presenter of the New Year's Day Vienna concert, on 8 May 2010, Andrews made her London comeback after a 21-year absence. On 18 May 2010, Andrews' 23rd book (this one also written with her daughter Emma) was published. In June 2010 the book, entitled The Very Fairy Princess, reached number 1 on the New York Times Best Seller List for Children's Books. On 21 May 2010, her film Shrek Forever After was released; in it Andrews reprises her role as the Queen. On 9 July 2010, Despicable Me, an animated film in which Andrews lent her voice to Marlena, the thoughtless and soul-crushing mother of the main character Gru, voiced by Steve Carell ), opened to rave reviews and strong box office. On 28 October 2010, Andrews appeared, along with the actors who portrayed the cinematic Von Trapp family members, on Oprah to commemorate the film's 45th anniversary. A few days later, her 24th book, Little Bo in Italy, was published.  On 15 December 2010, Andrews' husband Blake Edwards died of complications of pneumonia at the Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica , California . Andrews was by her husband's side when he died.

[]- julie andrews winning best actress


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** Julie andrews as Maria: ** Born Julia Elizabeth Wells in England in 1935, she was discovered as a child to have a freakish but undeniably lovely four-octave singing voice.
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Until the 2009 Academy Awards were announced, it could be said about Christopher Plummer that he was the finest actor of the post-World War II
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** Charmian carr as Liels: ** Charmian Carr was born Charmian Farnon on December 27, 1942. She got her name because supposedly her father liked the name after reading William Shakespear's Antony and Cleopatra.


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Born in England, Angela is the younger sister of actressVeronica Cartwright. As a child she was cast as the cute little stepdaughter, Linda Williams, on Make Room for Daddy. She was on the show from 1957 to 1964.
 * Angela Cartwright as Brigitta: **
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Debbie was born on September 5, 1956, in suburban Arcadia of Los Angeles. From the age of only 6 months old Debbie was in numerous commercials and television shows.
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Kym Karath began her acting career at the age of 3, appearing in Fiebre en la sangre with Henry Fonda andMaureen O'Hara, Su pequeña aventura with Doris Day andJames Garner, and Préstame tu marido with Jack Lemmon, before winning the role of "Gretl"
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Nicholas Hammond was born on 15th May, 1950, in Washington DC. His parents, Col. Thomas W. Hammond and actress Eileen Bennett , married since 1945, already had one son, David (born in Paris in 1946). When Nicholas was 6 years old, the family moved to Europe
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** Duane Chase as kurt: ** He started acting in commercials when he was 11, along with a bit of modelling work. He left show business after high school, moving out of Los Angeles and for a time fought fires with the forestry service. 
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A)THEN AND NOW:
The cinema

It is the technique, the art and the industry of the projection in a screen of photographs in movement. It was invented in 1895, when Lumiére’s brothers showed in public the exit of some workers from a French factory in Lyon, the demolition of a wall, the arrival of a train and a ship in a harbor. The first important directors were Charles Chaplin and Alfred Hitchcock.

Then and now

Although the cinema has sound in 1920, music appeared in 30’s later, with the first sound tracks. In the 50’s musicals were created, with a big importance of the jazz. In 1970 pop was also introduced. “The Sound of Music” is one of the best musical films in the World, because it combines music with subjects such as war and love. Nowadays, an important musical is “Mamma Mia”, which is an exception because music is used in cinema in the sound track, so musicals are not very important and popular.

The film we have watched, “The Sound of Music”, was filmed in Salzburg. Now, thanks to this film, that city is very popular between foreigners because most of them visited the town to know the places of The Sound of Music’s filming.

In the next link, you can watch some information about these famous places of the film at the moment, like the abbey where Maria lives at the beginning of the film or the palace where Maria and the children dance around the fountains while they are singing “Do-Re-Mi”.

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= **opinions:** = = **In my opinion this job is very interesting, because they tell the all characters`s history, also they tell the history of the movie and the trayectory of julie andrews. Marcos Gómez.** =