The Sound Of Music

My favorite all time musical, simply because it was likely the first film I ever saw on the big screen, at Radio City Music Hall, in a revival as the Twin Towers were being built.

Here is the signature moment in the film, and one in which Julie Andrews was burnished into my young retinas and mind:

The Sound of Music - Julie Andrews
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Damn, she was a babe!

Here is the trailer:

A Boy Named Charlie Brown

I forget whether it was this film or the re-release of The Sound Of Music, which was my first movie experience in a theater. And that theater was Radio City Music Hall. On a big screen, this film was quite impressive.

In my linked post, I erred and thought this film was called You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown, but the correct title is above. I recall the river rafting sequence, and, somehow, it's as if 40 years pass by in a whirr. Too, I recall Julie Andrews' mien on the big screen, but even more so than the first Christmas tv special with the Peanuts gang, this film is the definitive Charlie Brown, to me.

Here is a link to the film.

Here is the opening sequence:

The Sound Of Music

I've never been a musical fan, but it was either The Sound Of Music or You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown, which was the first movie I ever saw on a big screen. The Ten Commandments may have been #1 ever (on tv, for Easter).

Either way, I saw both at Radio City Music Hall, and the sight of Julie Andrews' face so huge, pretty, and letting out such lovely sound, has always stuck with me. Aside from It's A Wonderful Life, this is the ultimate holiday film.

Herein some lyrics:



Herein the scene of Andrews, at the start of the trailer; now imagine you are about 3 or 4, at the 5th Anniversary re-release, and seeing this 40 feet high, in surround sound:



Good stuff.