Ten Movies "Everybody" Saw -- Including Me: The Sound of Music (#7)

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Happy Friday! It's time to close the books on another work week and count down the hours until the weekend! To help you pass the time here's another "classic" movie that it seems everyone has seen. I'm on that list, too (as opposed to my previous list, which had major movies that "everyone" has seen except me). Here's today's film. #7: The Sound of Music There are some movies that you have to literally go out of your way to avoid in the United States. One of them is the Christmas classic It's a Wonderful Life. This is another one, also dutifully shown every Christmas season. Ah, the ol' musical epic...as if the dramatic epic weren't enough. Think Charlton Heston breaking into "Hot Rod Race" during the chariot scene in Ben-Hur. The music tends to soften the blow of the underlying story of a family (the very real Trapp family) who had to flee their homeland in the dead of night because of Nazi annexation. (Fiddler on the Roof has a similar feel: you're dancing around to "If I Were a Rich Man," ignoring how these families are being uprooted during the pogroms in Russia.) But the music makes this movie more classic, and one that's a longtime favorite of millions. So, after years of going out of my way to avoid it, I finally watched it one year. And I love it. Yes, it's a typical hokey musical in one regard (even with all my musical geekdom I don't break into song at the car dealership while my air conditioner is being repaired!), but it's also a good story. And Dame Julie Andrews' performance is legendary. The Sound of Music Directed by Robert Wise Released in 1965 The opening: