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The Way We Were is the definitive inside story of a landmark movie and its troubled making. Starring Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford, this iconic movie won multiple Academy Awards, but its success followed a variety of financial challenges, creative disputes, and the demands of the passionate individuals who fought to bring it into the world.With mingled reverence and wry humor, best-selling author Tom Santopietro embarks on an investigation to decode the enduring power of the movie. He analyzes the mysterious chemistry between Streisand and Redford, showing how their talents combined for an enthralling, once-in-a-lifetime blend that is cited in television shows and feature films to this day. Filled with first-hand accounts by actors, film historians, and members of the creative team, The Way We Were is the ultimate fiftieth anniversary account of a beloved movie that has remained an emotional touchstone for generations.

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On March 2, 1965, The Sound of Music was released in the United States and the love affair between moviegoers and the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical was on. Rarely has a film captured the love and imagination of the moviegoing public in the way that The Sound of Music did as it blended history, music, Austrian location filming, heartfelt emotion, and the yodeling of Julie Andrews into a monster hit. Tom Santopietro has written the ultimate Sound of Music fan book with all the details from behind-the-scenes stories of the filming in Austria and Hollywood to new interviews with Johannes von Trapp and others. Santopietro looks back at the real-life story of Maria von Trapp, goes on to chronicle the sensational success of the Broadway musical, and recounts the story of the near cancellation of the film when Cleopatra bankrupted 20th Century Fox. We all know that Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer played Maria and Captain Von Trapp, but who else had been considered? Tom Santopietro knows and will tell all while providing a historian's critical analysis of the careers of director Robert Wise and screenwriter Ernest Lehman, a look at the critical controversy which greeted the movie, the film's relationship to the turbulent 1960s and the super stardom which engulfed Julie Andrews. Tom Santopietro's The Story of The Sound of Music is book for everyone who cherishes this American classic.

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