It's actually a German helmet cleverly disguised with hair.
Posted on 03/01/2015 11:09:40 AM PST by Borges
When it was released 50 years ago, The Sound of Music became one of the most successful films of all time. It was based on the true story of the von Trapp family (above) - but what did they think of it and was their life really like it was portrayed in the movie?
"Everyone thinks the Sound of Music was exactly the way things happened, and of course it wasn't because there had to be artistic licence," says Johannes von Trapp. He is the youngest son of Georg and Maria - the decorated naval commander and singing nun turned governess of the film.
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Maybe in the Rockies—
John Denver
What bothered me is when they cut off Jon Voight’s legs just for a movie.
I gagged when Gaga playing Julie Andrews at the Academy Awards. The hills are alive ... with ugly tattoos.
>>>That was “The Flying Nun” with Sally Field on TV.<<<
You mean that the flying nun was not exactly as it was portrayed on tv? Oh noes!
And what’s really sad is that the truth is usually FAR more interesting than what they stick in.
She was great though.
I mean that the religious order with the “winged hats” that was in the movie, was NOT what the order that is in Salzburg, Austria, that Maria von Trapp was going to join.
Only if one is high.
It's actually a German helmet cleverly disguised with hair.
Difference without distinction. The differences are at best, academic. Although there is some truth to the idea that Germans get blamed for the bad things Austria brings to the world. (But I do like Glocks, and Red Bull)
Tora Tora Tora! Is damned accurate, except for Yamamoto’s famous line which might have been invented after the fact.
Sadly, yes. They downplayed her x-ray vision and the fact that she was invulnerable to bullets because of copyright issues.
“Irresponsible singing nun thwarts wedding, marries wealthy man herself, aids and abets family of fugitives.”
Their real life was actually a lot harder. They were seriously devout and Catholic, as I know from contacts, and were not just doing it for show.
Several of the children, after they grew to adulthood and married, went off to be missionaries but there were a couple of of others who had ended up living in New York or nearby. I met one of them once - it may have been Johannes - but I met him in Canada.
Movies always go for the drama and the stereotype, simply because it’s recognizable to audiences that may not know a lot about the topic. So this isn’t a bad thing, but it’s also not history.
No, but we liked her. We really, really, liked her.
or maybe it’s just an Alpine thing....Yeah, all that singing and yodeling tripped avalanches so everybody who walked around on the mountains didn’t get killed. It was a safety thing, see?
We really, really, liked her.....You got a chub on for a nun? You are going to heck.
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