The Sound of Music

Unspooled

Paul Scheer & Amy Nicholson

Film Reviews, Tv & Film

4.6 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2020

⏱️ 118 minutes

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Summary

Amy & Paul yodel through 1965's blockbuster musical The Sound Of Music! They learn the history of the real Trapp family singers, contemplate Julie Andrews' post-Sound Of Music career, and ask if the story of the film holds up as well as the songs. Plus: Composer and lyricist Adam Guettel (The Light In The Piazza) talks about his relationship with his grandfather, Richard Rodgers. Next week Unspooled takes a break from the AFI list to discuss Best Picture winner Parasite! What foreign film do you think should have won Best Picture? Call the Unspooled voicemail line at 747-666-5824 with your answer. Follow us on Twitter @Unspooled, get more info at unspooledpod.com and don’t forget to rate, review & subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts. Photo credit: Kim Troxall

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0:00.0	The year is 1965 and the headphones are alive with the sound of this podcast.
0:10.2	The movie The Sound of Music.
0:30.6	Hey everybody, welcome to unspooled.
0:33.8	I am Amy Nicholsson.
0:34.6	And I am Paul Sheer and this is the podcast where each week we watch one film from the AFI's
0:38.2	top 100 greatest films of all time, 2007,
0:40.5	addition to see if they are really as good as people say.
0:43.0	Do they hold up and how have they influenced the films that we watch today?
0:47.6	Today we're going to be talking about the sound of music,
0:50.2	but this is our post Oscar week.
0:53.6	Amy, I want to talk a little bit about the Oscars.
0:55.9	Some big surprises this year.
0:58.0	We thought that it was going to be a pretty straight forward ceremony.
1:02.8	And for the most part it was, but I think there was some big surprises in the form of the parasite.
1:09.3	Oh, I thought you were going to say Eminem.
1:11.0	Oh.
1:12.8	Do you know why he performed?
1:15.2	Yeah, because as my friend Marc Lissante pointed out, it is the 10-year anniversary of eight years
1:20.6	after that movie came out.
1:21.6	Oh man, you know what?
1:23.1	I did my research and apparently Eminem did not show up to accept his Oscar.
1:28.7	So that was the reason he'd never showed up.
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