FACTS & TRIVIAS PAGE 3
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- About 600 extras from Salzburg were hired during the filming if the wedding scene at Mondsee. The frequent observation by the cast and crew was that the Mondsee Cathedral was freezing cold inside.
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The cast and crew spent eleven weeks shooting in and around Salzburg. The following summer, just months after the film's release, tourism in the region jumped by 20%. Visitors wanted to walk where Julie Andrews walked and sing where the children sang.
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Kym Karath (Gretl) nearly drowned as they were filming the boat scene where they all fell into the water. If you look closer in the movie, she fell on her back facing up. And then the next shot, which was done much later, you'll see that Gretl is carried out of the water by Louisa. According to Charmian Carr (Liesl) in her interview with a magazine, they had to stop filming the scene in order to revive Karath.
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The story told in the musical is true, differing from the real story only in a few details. E.g. The family escaped in two automobiles and not on foot. The von Trapps did not return to Austria after World War II but settled in the USA. They first arrived in New York with only $4 in their pockets. At first they made their living as touring musicians. The Baron, who had been decorated submarine commander in the first world war, died in 1947. Maria von Trapp lived until the age of 82 at the von Trapp Family Music Camp in Vermont, called Little Austria. She died in 1987. Maria's only complaint about the musical was that it portrayed her as a "goody-goody".
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Sean Connery and Richard Burton were considered for the part of Captain von Trapp.
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Six burly Austrians were hired to pull the heavy car by two ropes while the captain and Max push from behind when they are leaving their home in Salzburg.
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Among the kids who auditioned to play one of the von Trapp children were Kurt Rusell, Richard Dreyfuss, Nancy Cartwright and the four oldest Osmond Brothers, (Alan, Jay, Merrill and Wayne).
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Nicholas Hammond (Friedrich) was actually the first Spiderman in television series!
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info. sent by: Chanesega
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On the first take of "Sixteen Going On Seventeen", which was shot in the gazebo and also one of the last to be done, Charmian Carr (Liesl) slipped while leaping across a bench and fell through a glass pane. Although she was not badly injured, her right ankle was hurt and the scene was later shot with her leg wrapped and make-up covering the bandages.
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Debbie Turner (Marta) had many loose teeth during the filming, so when they finally fell out, they were replaced with false teeth.
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Two years before the musical made its Broadway Debut, Paramount bought the rights to the von Trapp Singers story intending to cast Audrey Hepburn as Maria, but when Hepburn declined, Paramount dropped plans for the film.
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The movie was originally to be directed by William Wyler, who actually scouted locations and toyed with the script. He had a different film in mind; tanks crashing though walls and all of that war stuff. (whew! good thing that Robert Wise was the one who directed it, or we'll be watching a different kind of The Sound Of Music!)
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Nicholas Hammond decided to become an actor after seeing the 1959 play of "My Fair Lady" starring Julie Andrews.
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Heather Menzies owns a horse which she named "Baron Von Trapp". She is also the godmother to Kim Karath's son Eric. While doing a Geneology research of her family, Heather disovered that she and Charmian (Liesl) are distantly related!
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infos sent by: Richard I. Appleyard
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The Von Trapp's address number is '53'. You'll only notice this in the DVD version as Maria was about to open the gate to the von Trapp villa
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Julie Andrews is on the list for the 3 most influential female roles as Maria. 1. Snow White: The Cartoon 2. Joan Crawford: The Bitch 3. Maria: The Virgin
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Peggy Wood (Mother Abbess) did not sing in The Sound of Music! Her singing voice was dubbed just like Christopher Plummer's.
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Marni Nixon (Sister Sophia) provided the singing voice of the following actresses:
- Deborah Kerr in The King and I (1955) and An Affair to Remember (1957)
- Natalie Wood in The West Side Story (1961) and The Gypsy (1962)
Marni also finished one song for Rita Moreno in West Side Story and "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend" by Marilyn Manroe
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info sent by: Philip Alderman
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Nicholas Hammond has brown hair, and had to undergo several painful hair bleaching treatments before and during filming to make his hair blonde.
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Right after her talk with Maria in her room, the Baroness sees Max and talks with him. The song orchestra is playing a song from the play version that was not used in the movie called "How Can Love Survive" and ironically was sung by the Baroness and Max.
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When The Sound of Music was first released in Germany, the film ended with Maria's wedding and the final third of the film was cut off due to it's Nazi overtones. Furious, Fox later restored the finale.
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Julie Andrews' least favorite song to sing was "Lonely Goatherd". She didn't like the song because of the tongue-twisting words.
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The last song Rodgers and Hammerstein wrote together was "Edelweiss" in 1959. Hammerstein died at his farm in Doylestown, Pennsylvania on the morning of August 23, 1960, before the movie version of The Sound of Music was even made.
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Rodgers didn't like the song "An Ordinary Couple" originally, so he changed the love song to "Something Good".
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- On the song, "So Long, Farewell", Kurt (Duane Chase) actually did the singing except for the high-note portion and the second syllable of '...good-BYEEEE'.
According to an interview done by Tara on her radio program, the high-note part was sang by Charmian Carr's sister and dubbed in. Listen to the interview.
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info sent by: Bobby
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