19.11.09

‘The Sound of Music’ Turns 50


Courtesy of The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization
Mary Martin and Theodore Bikel, center, with members of the cast of the original Broadway production of “The Sound of Music.”

Fifty years ago this week, a nun-in-training, seven frisky kids and their grumpy but lovable father do-re-mi’d their way across a Broadway stage.


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Julie Andrews in the 1965 film version of “The Sound of Music.”

“The Sound of Music,” with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein, opened on Nov. 16, 1959, at the Lunt-Fontanne Theater, with Mary Martin as the postulant Maria and Theodore Bikel as Capt. Georg von Trapp. When, and where, did you first see “The Sound of Music”?

In his review, Brooks Atkinson, expressed disappointment over “the American musical stage succumbing to the cliche of operetta.” But he praised the show’s “melodies, rapturous singing and Miss Martin.”

The production, which had a top ticket price of $5, ran for more than 1,400 performances and won eight Tony Awards, including best musical (it shared the award with “Fiorello!”).

The 1965 film version, starring Julie Andrews as Maria and Christopher Plummer as the captain, won five Academy Awards, including best picture.

The musical was revived on Broadway in 1998, with a cast that featured Rebecca Luker as Maria and Michael Siberry as the captain.

“The Sound of Music” reunited: From left, Theodore Bikel, Lauri Peters, Brian Davies and Sam von Trapp.
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“The Sound of Music” reunited: From left, Theodore Bikel, Lauri Peters, Brian Davies and Sam von Trapp.

On Monday the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization reunited four people with ties to the original Broadway production: Mr. Bikel; Lauri Peters, who played Liesl; Brian Davies, who portrayed Rolf Gruber; and Sam von Trapp, the grandson of the real Maria. An interactive feature on the gathering is here.

(Another Rodgers & Hammerstein musical, “South Pacific,” celebrated its 60th anniversary in April.)

When did you first see “The Sound of Music”? On stage or on screen? Share your thoughts — a favorite musical number, a childhood memory — here.


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A scene from the 1998 Broadway revival of “The Sound of Music.”

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1.11.09

Bastardos inglórios


Ano: 2008
Origem: EUA/ Alemanha
Direção - Roteiro:: Quentin Tarantino

Elenco:
Brad Pitt, Mélanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz, Eli Roth, Michael Fassbender, Diane Kruger, Daniel Brühl, Til Schweiger, Gedeon Burkhard, Jacky Ido, B.J. Novak, Omar Doom, August Diehl, Denis Menochet


Christoph Waltz é o dono de todas as cenas em que participa


Christoph Waltz and Charlotte Gainsbourg receive  best acting awards on the closing day of the 62nd International Cannes Film Festival.
Christoph Waltz best actor 62nd International Cannes Film Festival.

Aquém


" ... aceito a ampulheta da minha vida"


Não sei porque guardo tudo isto, pois tenho uma má relação com as imagens mortas dos dias mortos. Ao contrário do normal, raramente arrumo as fotografias, não as guardo em álbuns, não as catalogo, não as legendo, quase nunca as dato. Limito-me a atirá-las ao molho ou em envelopes para dentro das gavetas e às vezes acontece-me até olhar para fotografias de um determinado lugar e não perceber em qual das ocasiões em que lá estive é que foram tiradas. De facto, só abro a gaveta quando vou à procura de uma imagem específica que possa ter uma utilidade concreta e actual, evitando cuidadosamente qualquer tipo de vistoria que possa despertar essa serpente venenosa que hiberna no fundo da gaveta e a que chamamos nostalgia. Dizem que as fotografias não mentem, mas essa é a maior mentira que já ouvi.