[Jack of all Trades]

Favorite part: when the nuns yank the coil wire from the Nazi's car. Either that or when Capt. Von Trapp breaks down and sings Eidelwiess (sp?) before his stunned children.

Funny, just last night I was tying to recount the story from memory while giving my son a bath.

[BigWaveBetty]

Capt. Von Trapp breaks down and sings Eidelwiess (sp?) before his stunned children.

That part always makes me cry.

How about the scene where Liesl sings (I am sixteen, going on seventeen...) and dances with her bow in the gazebo? The actress did all that dancing and jumping from bench to bench on a severely sprained ankle.

[Aquinasfan]

Favorite part: when the nuns yank the coil wire from the Nazi's car.

I enjoyed that too. I saw it in the theaters in a re-release sometime in the '70s. Even as a teenage boy, I was very moved. I wouldn't have admitted it at the time though. Anyway, I thought the movie was over at the wedding. Then, BAM! The boyfriend shows up as a Nazi. If the movie can be criticized for anything, it would be the sacharine wholesomeness of the first 2/3 of the movie. But the opening sweetness serves to provide a counterpoint to the evil of the Nazis, and the shock of militancy in general.

[redheadtoo]

Favorite part: when the nuns yank the coil wire from the Nazi's car

My step sister came to regret ever buying a copy of that film. Her kids wanted to watch it over and over again. Not the whole movie however, just the puppet scene. Most people, when thinking of their favorite song in the Sound of Music, don't mention the Yodeling Goatherd Song.