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The new BluRay will provide you with a state of the art uncompressed version of the electronically cleaned, remixed and restored version of the soundtrack taken from the earliest generation sources available with one or two very minor anomalies (a premature drop off in a bit of dialogue, for...

One reason to hang onto the Five Star DVD from 2000 (or, better yet, the old laserdisc box set which had a better transfer of this one important extra) is the staggering still-step examination of everything you'd ever want to know about The Sound of Music as a play and film, plus the Von Trapp...

After immersing myself in the glorious sound found on the beautifully restored version of SPARTACUS last night, and just for comparison's sake, I immediately popped in THE SOUND OF MUSIC and played the overture. It was immediately apparent that all the crystal-clear high-end that came through...

There was full stereo at the AMC Burbank. Just not as crisp as film prints were.

My experience was the same as Wayne's. Pictorially, it was gorgeous, although there was absolutely no showmanship in the presentation. This is essentially a 4K version of the bluray transfer, but I have to say that this color pallette on the giant screen looked absolutely perfect. The picture...

I have tickets for the 2pm show at the AMC Burbank 16. I want to see how this new digital print compares to the 70mm prints I've traditionally seen in the past and may never see again.

I don't go to the movies much anymore partly because of questions like this. Can't they mask the screen properly as was done at every film screening I ever attended in the past? It's only been in the last few years with the advent of digital projection that going to the movies has seemed like...

I always judge any transfer of this film by the blue in Julie's eyes in her closeups in the Mother Abbess' office. That blue jumped out at me in 70mm screenings. Many an earlier video transfer failed this test, though mainly because of the lack of detail in old analog transfers rather than...

I remember when the film was getting its ABC television premiere in 1976. The film clocked in at 3 hours and 25 minutes with commercials and ABC asked Robert Wise if he had any trims they could place back into the film to expand it to fill a complete 3-1/2 or 4 hours. Mr. Wise stated that the...

I tend to take the whole "Mr. Wise was in full control" thing with a grain of salt. He was in full control of the big laserdisc box as well, supposedly overseeing the color on that one, and I can tell you for a fact that the gazebo scene with Rolf and Liesl on that release looked like nothing I...

The first time I saw the BluRay color scheme was on the 70mm print struck after the restoration Fox did about ten years ago, right around the time that the 40th anniversary DVD was released. I saw that print about three times and it's the same golden hue found on the bluray. It certainly took...

I always noticed that Rolf's line "Totally unprepared are you" is delivered in a clipped fashion in the movie, whereas on the album he holds the last note longer. Not a question, just an observation. I always wondered why the album didn't match the film. And I'd be curious if the album tracks...

John, Since you saw it 50 times in its 70mm roadshow, can you tell us if there were color and foley differences between the 70mm stereo and 35mm mono releases? I seem to recall the 70mm prints in 1965 looking a bit closer to the bluray -- warm, golden colors -- and the 35mm prints later...

Last night I listened to some of the underscoring on the 50th anniversary eidtion and the noticeable foley made me go digging to see which previous release had the underscoring alone. In case anyone cares, the Five-Star edition from 2000 doesn't have any foley over the isolated music. That...

Robert, Her hair and Nicky's hair is darker in MY FAVORITE THINGS because it was the first thing shot, indoors and in Hollywood. Over time, with constant re-bleaching and more outdoor shooting, their hair got lighter and lighter throughout the shoot, especially Nick's. Their hair has NEVER...

The movie itself is the exact same transfer as in the 45th anniversary bluray.

Thanks for the links, Robert. It's already cost me a pretty penny and I've just ordered the SACD.

Every time they re-release the soundtrack album, it's a missed opportunity to finally get it right. Every release is lacking, whether it be orchestral tracks with foley added where earlier releases were clean, or the silly two-disc release that had the 1965 album version on disc one and a...

Yes, the Hirsch book is essential for the reasons you mentioned. And it's packed with great photos.

I agree. For whatever problems there were with The Sound of Music Live a year ago (and there were more than a few), what really impressed me was how well-structured the play was for the theatre. Every scene came to a climax with a song which advanced the story in some way, and then there was a...

I'm no expert, so I hate to chime in, but the Gold CD sounds to me like the tracks were transferred raw, just as they would have been recorded in a heavily dampened recording studio, hence the prominent piano track, which would have been eliminated by the sound mixer. There's little in the way...

Trailers are fun to watch because they are often made up of trims or alternate takes. The trailer for The Wizard of Oz famously contains a glimpse of the Ding Dong The Witch is Dead reprise which was cut and Horse Feathers shows Groucho flubbing a line. Another change in The Sound of Music...

The original, superb Todd-AO sound mix consisted of five channels across the front sound field and one surround channel. it sounded glorious. Sonically, this is not an "old" movie, as it was the state of the art in 1965 multi-channel recording. BTW, Mr. Wise is on record as not being in...

With all this talk about the botched color and foley work, I went back to the 1994 laserdisc to compare, and while the color palette is indeed different on the bluray, it still doesn't bother me too much, as to my eye it's still beautiful, if not exactly how it looked in theatres and in most...

I think its good points outweigh the bad. About a year ago, I saw a theatrical digital print that had the color scheme found on the older DVD releases and found myself missing the rich, deep color saturation of the bluray. The color on the bluray, while perhaps not perfect, reminds me of the...

Nowhere does it say that the "beautiful" and/or "brilliant" restoration is a new one. We'll just have to wait for the reviews.

I have mixed feelings about the blu ray but have come to love that golden hue that Mr. Wise always claimed he wanted. It's very warm and rich and, frankly looks much better than several less than stellar 35mm prints with the blue bias that I saw over the years. Yes, Julie's hair is a bit too...

Even Julie herself points out that it's Larri Thomas in the long shot of Mary Poppins' arrival at the Banks doorstep. When Julie talks about shooting some flying stunts at the end of the shoot, I think she's referring to other scenes, such as her popping out of the chimney during Chim Chim Cheree.

Good advertising poster art has become a lost art. The original artwork (moreso than merely the original concept which is what this new art depicts) with the artistry and color of the original posters and the musical notes springing out of the title font was iconic back in the sixties and...

I agree as well, but this cover art is too reminiscent of PETER PAN. I don't understand why they can't use the original artwork and title font which was so iconic throughout its entire theatrical heyday.