

Acting
Julie Andrews gives 110% to a character who gives 0% back.
Costume
Edith Head's 30+ gowns deserve their own billing.
Score
Rodgers songs that outshine the melodrama containing them.

Director
Robert Wise
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This 3-hour flop killed the big-budget Hollywood biopic musical until Dreamgirls revived it 38 years later.
Robert Wise edited this immediately after The Sound of Music's success—proving even masters can misjudge pace when drunk on their own power.