> > My second reason is to argue for the merits of one of the best films ever made. "The Sound Of Music" Julie Andrews (god bless her and her vocal chords), Christopher Plummer, Baroness Schrader (whoever played her?)and the children. They are all so great. SUCH a good film.

When it was released in South Korea (maybe other countries too, I don't know), they thought it was too long, so they took out ALL the songs. It was still called "The Sound of Music" and played to enraptured audiences with no musical numbers whatsoever. I learned this from some South Korean immigrants here, years ago. It's hugely popular over there, and when they rented the video here, they were amazed to find there were all these songs in it.

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