Julie Andrews in 'The Sound of Music' (1964) - This is a photo of Julie Andrews in 'Sound of Music'.The movie opens with the unforgettable song: 'The Hills are Alive with the Sound of Music'(julie andrews). A young nun(Julie Andrews) leaves the convent in pre-Second World War Austria to serve as governess for a motherless family and finds herself falling in love with the seven children – and their father – in this classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical that guaranteed huge stardom for Julie Andrews. THE SOUND OF MUSIC won the Academy Awards for Best Picture of 1965 and Best Director (Robert Wise.