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"1965! Winner: Julie Andrews! Nominees: Julie Christie - Darling as Diana Scott Samantha Eggar - The Collector as Miranda Grey Elizabeth Hartman - A Patch of Blue as Selina D'Arcy Simone Signoret - Ship of Fools as La Contessa"
“The dirty little secret of theater nerds is that the stage show version of The Sound of Music is not very good. The movie isn’t just an improvement, the movie is practically an entirely different beast. It doesn’t just restructure the narrative, it completely rethinks some musical numbers, modifies the plot, and, of course, has Julie Andrews leading the way. It all adds up into something warm and fuzzy, heavily sentimental, and a prime example of popular entertainment done right. That’s not to say that the film version of The Sound of Music is without problems, because it has several, but it’s almost futile to swim against the tide. Yes, Christopher Plummer frequently looks like he’s counting down the minutes until he can go bar hopping, and the kids are devoid of much in th” read more

" Angela Cartwright, Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer and Charmian Carr Angela Cartwright"

"1965! Winner: Julie Andrews! Nominees: Julie Christie - Darling as Diana Scott Samantha Eggar - The Collector as Miranda Grey Elizabeth Hartman - A Patch of Blue as Selina D'Arcy Simone Signoret - Ship of Fools as La Contessa"