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In a special screening, The Sound of Music will screen at noon at Scala in Siam Square on Sunday. Yes, it’s referendum day, but fans or Julie Andrews and the Trapp family can perform their democratic duty first then head out to catch the show of this classic film — it will be the first time in 51 years that The Sound of Music is playing on the big screen here.
As part of the 70th Anniversary Celebrations of His Majesty the King’s Accession to the Throne, Thai Film Archive (Public Organisation) has programmed seven classic films from the 1960s that His Majesty watched in cinemas when they were first released in Thailand. The Sound of Music is one of the films in the programme. Titled Monrak Pleng Sawan in Thai, the film was first released in Thailand in 1965. HM the King went to see it at Krung Kasem Theatre in Oct 29 of that year.
Directed by Robert Wise, The Sound of Music is based on the true story of the Trapp Family Singers. Maria (Andrews), a free spirit and music lover is studying to become a nun in an Austrian convent. The Mother Abbess does not believe she is ready and sends her to the villa of Capt George Von Trapp, a retired naval officer and widower, to be a governess to his seven children. Maria attempts to use music and kindness to win everyone’s heart, as World War II breaks out and the Von Trapp family is threatened by the Nazi army.
This source first appeared on Bangkok Post Lifestyle.
