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Bringing the big screen to life with description and analysis of Mother Abbess (Reverend Mother) (Peggy Wood) in The Sound of Music.
- The Sound of Music: What's Up With the Ending? - Shmoop
The scene also refers back to climbing those metaphorical...
- The Sound of Music: What's Up With the Ending? - Shmoop
Her final screen appearance was as the Mother Abbess in The Sound of Music (1965), for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture.
Oct 5, 2024 · Reverend Mother: Some people would call that honesty. Maria: Oh, but it's terrible, Reverend Mother. You know how Sister Berthe always makes me kiss the floor after we've had a disagreement? Well, lately I've taken to kissing the floor whenever I see her coming, just to save time.
The Sound of Music is a 1965 American musical drama film produced and directed by Robert Wise from a screenplay written by Ernest Lehman, and starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, with Richard Haydn, Peggy Wood, Charmian Carr, and Eleanor Parker.
The Sound of Music is the final — and most famous — musical composed by Rodgers and Hammerstein (the latter of whom died of stomach cancer just nine months after its Broadway premiere), based on the story of the Trapp Family Singers.
The reverend mother (Peggy Wood) decides that Maria, who is not cutting it as a nun, should leave and take on a job as governess at the nearby Von Trapp household in Salzburg. Through music and various outings, Maria gives the children a taste of a more fulfilling, joyous, life than they have ever known, and they come to love her very dearly.
The scene also refers back to climbing those metaphorical mountains that the Reverend Mother sang about; it completes the story's circle. It's an anxious scene, but full of hope and courage. It leaves the family's fate up in the air, but we have faith in the captain to lead everyone to safety.
