The Sound of Music: From Fact to Phenomenon (1994) (V)

Director:

Michael Matessino

Release Date:

21 December 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

This is a detailed made-for-video documentary on the saga of the making of the movie Sound of Music, The (1965), and the story of the life of Maria von Trapp and her family which inspired it. |

Plot Keywords:

Musical Filmmaking | Biography Filmmaking | Trapp Family Singer | Filmmaking

Cast

Claire Bloom	...	Narrator
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Julie Andrews	...	Herself - 'Maria'
Charmian Carr	...	Herself - 'Liesl'
Ted Chapin	...	Himself - President, Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization (as Theodore S. Chapin)
Saul Chaplin	...	Himself - Associate Producer
James Hammerstein	...	Himself
Nicholas Hammond	...	Himself - 'Friedrich'
Irwin Kostal	...	Himself - Arranger / Conductor
Anna Lee	...	Herself - 'Sister Margaretta'
Ernest Lehman	...	Himself
Betty Levin	...	Herself - Script Supervisor (as Betty Levin-Chaplin)
Portia Nelson	...	Herself - 'Sister Berthe'
Marni Nixon	...	Herself - 'Sister Sophia'
Christopher Plummer	...	Himself - 'Captain von Trapp'
William Reynolds	...	Himself - Film Editor
Rosemarie Trapp	...	Herself - Daughter of Maria von Trapp
Eleonore Von Trapp-Campbell	...	Herself - Daughter of Maria von Trapp
George Von Trapp	...	Himself - Grandson of Baron von Trapp
Francoise Von Trapp-Gibson	...	Herself - Granddaughter of Baron von Trapp
Elisabeth Von Trapp-Hall	...	Herself - Granddaughter of Baron von Trapp
Johannes Von Trapp	...	Himself - Son of Maria von Trapp
Robert Wise	...	Himself - Producer / Director
Dee Dee Wood	...	Herself - Choreographer
Richard D. Zanuck	...	Himself - 20th Century Fox Production Head
Maurice Zuberano	...	Himself

Directed by
Michael Matessino

Produced by
Michael Matessino	....	producer

Original Music by
Richard Rodgers

Makeup Department
Elizabeth Dahl	....	makeup artist (as Elizabeth Dall)
Barbara Drazen	....	makeup artist

Camera and Electrical Department
John Kle	....	camera operator: New York/Vermont
Richard Marcus	....	camera operator: New York/Vermont
José Louis Mignone	....	camera operator: Los Angeles (as Jose Mignone)
Roy Unger	....	camera operator: Los Angeles

Music Department
Irwin Kostal	....	music arranger
Irwin Kostal	....	music conductor

Other crew
Portia Nelson	....	archival photographs

Thanks
Julie Andrews	....	sincere appreciation
Peter Bart	....	special thanks
Jeff Berger	....	special thanks
Brenda Berrisford	....	special thanks (as Brenda Berrisfrod)
Giel Bessels	....	special thanks
Marc Breaux	....	special thanks
Charmian Carr	....	sincere appreciation
Ted Chapin	....	sincere appreciation (as Theodore S. Chapin)
Saul Chaplin	....	sincere appreciation
Pierre Collet	....	special thanks
Ned Comstock	....	special thanks
Marie Desmarais	....	special thanks
Bert Fink	....	special thanks
James Hammerstein	....	sincere appreciation
Nicholas Hammond	....	sincere appreciation
Margaret Henderson	....	special thanks
Christine Jardine-Bordeau	....	special thanks
Mike Kaplan	....	special thanks
Irwin Kostal	....	sincere appreciation
Brigitte Kueppers	....	special thanks
Anna Lee	....	sincere appreciation
Ernest Lehman	....	sincere appreciation
Betty Levin	....	sincere appreciation (as Betty Levin-Chaplin)
Jeff McQueen	....	special thanks
Newton Meltzer	....	special thanks
Portia Nelson	....	sincere appreciation
Marni Nixon	....	sincere appreciation
Christopher Plummer	....	sincere appreciation
Nick Redman	....	special thanks
William Reynolds	....	sincere appreciation
Valerie T. Rochon	....	special thanks
Rick Spalla Sr.	....	special thanks
Alfred Sutterlin	....	special thanks
Charlotte Sutterlin	....	special thanks
Rosemarie Trapp	....	sincere appreciation
Daniel Truhitte	....	special thanks
Eleonore Von Trapp-Campbell	....	sincere appreciation
George Von Trapp	....	sincere appreciation
Francoise Von Trapp-Gibson	....	sincere appreciation
Elisabeth Von Trapp-Hall	....	sincere appreciation
Johannes Von Trapp	....	sincere appreciation
Robin Walton	....	special thanks
Thomas Wilson	....	special thanks
Robert Wise	....	sincere appreciation
Dee Dee Wood	....	sincere appreciation
Paul Young	....	special thanks
Richard D. Zanuck	....	sincere appreciation
Maurice Zuberano	....	in memory of
Maurice Zuberano	....	sincere appreciation

Production Companies

• Fox Video
• Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization (with the cooperation of)

Distributors

• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (USA) (DVD)
• Fox Video (USA) (VHS)

Other Companies

• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment  
• Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)  "Academy Award","Oscar" and the statuette symbol are registered trademarks of
• Charmian Carr Design  location facilities
• Fox Records  selections from "The Sound of Music" soundtrack provided by
• Greengage Productions  location facilities
• Hollywood Newsreel Syndicate  archival footage
• Hollywood Reporter, The  archival photographs
• Pacific Film Associates  archival footage
• Philips Classics Productions  archival footage
• Robert Wise Productions  location facilities
• Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization  archival footage
• Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization  archival photographs
• Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization  location facilities
• Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization  selections from "The Sound of Music" soundtrack used with permission of
• Saint Mark's Episcopal Church  location facilities
• The Trapp Family Lodge  archival photographs
• The Trapp Family Lodge  location facilities
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation  archival footage
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation  archival photographs
• UCLA Theater Arts Library  archival photographs (as UCLA Theatre Arts Library)
• USC Cinema and Television Library  archival photographs
• Variety  archival photographs
• Williamson Music  selections from "The Sound of Music" soundtrack used with permission of
• Zanuck Company, The  location facilities

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Black and White | Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Company:

Fox Video

Trivia:

This documentary is featured on both the 2-Disc Five Star Collection and 2-Disc Collector's Edition DVDs for The Sound of Music (1965).

Movie Connections:

References Gone with the Wind (1939)