A tuneful, heartwarming story, it is based on the real life story of the Von Trapp Family singers, one of the world's best-known concert groups in the era immediately preceding World War II. Julie Andrews plays the role of Maria, the tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey who becomes a governess in the home of a widowed naval captain with seven children, and brings a new love of life and music into the home.
A filmmaker who is a veteran of comedic satire, Terry Gilliam of "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," "Jabberwocky," "Time Bandits" and "12 Monkeys" fame, says his newest project featuring satire about wokeness may face heavy headwinds because President Donald Trump killed the movement.