Insights from the Cinematic World: American musical film

Footloose

Footloose is an American musical film and remake of the 1984 film of the same name. The screenplay was written by Craig Brewer, who also directed. It stars Kenny Wormald, Julianne Hough, Dennis Quaid, Andie MacDowell, and Miles Teller. Filming started in September 2010 in Georgia and ended in November.

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The Sound of Music,directed by Robert Wise and Starring Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Nicholas Hammond. A woman leaves an Austrian convent to become a governess to the children of a Naval officer widower.

The Sound of Music

The Sound of Music is a 1965 American musical film directed by Robert Wise and starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer. The film is based on the Broadway musical The Sound of Music, with songs written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, and with the musical book written by the writing team of Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse.

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