Lest NBC’s live version is your last memory of “Sound of Music,” ABC will air the original 1965 film starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer.
The four-hour movie will air on Sunday, Dec. 22 as part of ABC’s Sunday Movie of the Week starting at 7/6c.
Directed and produced by Robert Wise, the movie won five Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director. It also displaced “Gone With the Wind” as the highest grossing film of ever at the time, eventually netting $286 million internationally.
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NBC set out to create a new holiday tradition with its live version starring “American Idol” champ Carrie Underwood and “True Blood” star Stephen Moyer.