[13] The "Do-Re-Mi" sequence in the play, for example, was originally a stagnant number; Lehman transformed it into a lively montage showing some of the beautiful sites of Salzburg, as well as showing Maria and the children growing closer over time. When the soldiers attempt to pursue, they discover their cars will not start as two nuns have removed parts of the engines. Wise flew to London to meet with Plummer and explained his concept of the film; the actor accepted after being assured that he could work with Lehman to improve the character. [127] The film is often included in box sets with other Rodgers & Hammerstein film adaptations. [64] The von Trapp villa, for example, was actually filmed in several locations: the front and back façades of the villa were filmed at Frohnburg Palace, the lakeside terrace and gardens were a set constructed on a property adjacent to Schloss Leopoldskron called Bertelsmann, and the interior was a constructed set at Fox studios.
Her mother died when she was about two years old and Maria grew up with a foster mother (an elderly cousin of her father) in a little house on the outskirts of Vienna. Brownshirts soon arrive and search the abbey, and the family is discovered by Rolfe. [52][Note 2] The final scene of the von Trapp family escaping over the mountains was filmed on the Obersalzberg in the Bavarian Alps. [101] By December 1970, it had earned $121.5 million in worldwide rentals, which was over four times higher than the film's estimated break-even point of $29.5 million in rentals. "[87] [Note 5] Wise later recalled, "The East Coast, intellectual papers and magazines destroyed us, but the local papers and the trades gave us great reviews". [78] The studio intended the film to have an initial roadshow theatrical release in select large cities in theaters that could accommodate the 70-mm screenings and six-track stereophonic sound. The Captain has been raising his children using strict military discipline following the death of his wife. [78] Kaplan also brought in outside agencies to work with the studio's advertising department to develop the promotional artwork, eventually selecting a painting by Howard Terpning of Andrews on an alpine meadow with her carpetbag and guitar case in hand with the children and Plummer in the background. For the film, Richard Rodgers added two new songs, "I Have Confidence" and "Something Good", for which he wrote the lyrics as well as the music (Hammerstein having died in August 1960), while three of the original stage songs were omitted,[11] "How Can Love Survive", "No Way To Stop It" and "An Ordinary Couple". When questioned by Gauleiter Hans Zeller, the Captain maintains they are headed to the Salzburg Festival to perform. I even heard her singing in the abbey. [6] Their popularity extended throughout Europe and South America. [46] On days when it rained, a constant challenge for the company,[47] Wise arranged for scenes to be shot at St. Margarethen Chapel and Dürer Studios (Reverend Mother's office). [79], The film had its opening premiere on March 2, 1965, at the Rivoli Theater in New York City. And underneath her wimple she has curlers in her hair. [43] The voices of some of the adult actors had voice doubles, including Peggy Wood and Christopher Plummer.