Rodgers and Hammerstein's Collection : The Sound of Music/The King and I/South Pacific/State Fair/Oklahoma!/Carousel (6 Discs)

Rodgers and Hammerstein's Collection : The Sound of Music/The King and I/South Pacific/State Fair/Oklahoma!/Carousel (6 Discs)
Released: 18 April 2012
Classification: PG
Region: 4 (Australia & New Zealand)

Rodgers and Hammersteins Collection

THE SOUND OF MUSIC: Share the magical, heartwarming true-life story that has become the most popular family film of all time - Rodgers and Hammerstein's The Sound of Music. Julie Andrews lights up the screen as Maria, the spirited young woman who leaves the convent to become governess to the seven children of Captain von Trapp, an autocratic widower whose strict household rules leave no room for music and merriment. Winner of five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, this timeless classic features some of the world's best-loved songs.

THE KING AND I: This visual and musical masterpiece features Yul Brynners Academy Award winning performance, an unforgettable Rodgers and Hammerstein score, and brilliant choreography by Jerome Robbin. It tells the true story of an Englishwoman, Anna Leonowens (Deborah Kerr), who comes to Siam as schoolteacher to the royal court in the 1860s. Though she soon finds herself at odds with the stubborn monarch (Brynner), over time, Anna and the King stop trying to change each other and begin to understand one another. Winner of six Academy Awards, The King and I contains some of the most lavish sets in Hollywood history and some of the world's best-loved songs, including "Getting To Know You", "I Whistle A Happy Tune", "Hello, Young Lovers" and "Shall We Dance?"

SOUTH PACIFIC: Rodgers & Hammerstein's Academy Award-winning "South Pacific" is a towering musical masterpiece and the tender love story of a naive young Navy nurse (Mitzi Gaynor) and an older French plantation owner (Rossano Brazzi) on a U.S.-occupied South Sea Island. The breathtaking score is highlighted by some of the most romantic songs ever writt...