TheHappiestsoundinalltheworld?QuitepossiblyandeasilythemostfamousmusicalfilminHollywoodhistory.Mostofusgrown-upsstillloveitbutatthesametimewe'realsotiredofseeingitoverandoveragain(maybethat'swhyit'snotrerunonNBCeverysingleyearanymore).JulieAndrewstakesherMARYPOPPINSsuccessandaddsevenmoretoitwithherdelightfulrenditionoftherolethatMaryMartinoriginatedontheBroadwaystagein1959andranevenfartherwithitthanMartinevercould.Inmyopinion,andIdon'tthinkI'malonehere,Martinwastoooldforthepart(shewasinhermidtolate40sinthestageversionandAndrewswas30whenthetransitioncametofilmcamearound--aperfectage).Asfortherestofthecast,itisjustastalented:ChristopherPlummerintherolehewillbeforeverrememberedfor(eventhoughhehatedthepart)isanachinglytrueCap.VonTrappwiththosehiddentalentsmakingsubtleappearancesthroughoutthefilmuntilblatantlyburstingoutintotheopeninthefilm'sclosingscenes;RichardHaydnmakesforacomicalandyetsincereUncleMax,PeggyWoodisastarchyyetcompassionateReverandMotherandCharmianCarrasLieslstandsoutasourperrenialfavoriteofthesevenchildren.Thelocalesarebreathtakingaswell(esp.theopeningsceneswhichisprobablythemostbeautifulaerialshotinalloffilmhistoryandthecunningfloraldesignsofthepublicAustriangardensduringtheDO-RE-MIsequence).Solet'sallkeepwatchingthismostcherishedofallmusicalfilmseachyearandneverforgetit'suniversalsentiment:to'climbev'rymountain,fordev'rystream,followev'ryrainbowtillyoufindyourdream'