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VIDEO FLASH: Sneak Peek of Sound of Music Reunion, featuring Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, et al. on Oprah

Los Angeles
The Oprah Winfrey Show has released a brief video promoting Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer’s previously announced appearance on the program. The performers, who starred as Maria and Captain von Trapp in the film version of The Sound of Music, will be among that film’s stars who will reunite for the first time in 45 years on the Friday, October 29 episode of the show.

They will be joined by fellow cast members Charmian Carr (Liesl), Nicholas Hammond (Friedrich), Heather Menzies-Urich (Louisa), Duane Chase (Kurt), Angela Cartwright (Brigitta), Debbie Turner (Marta) and Kym Karath (Gretl). The cast will share secrets from the set, reminiscences about their time together, and what their lives have been like in the years since the movie was released.

In addition, the von Trapp Children — a singing group featuring members of the real von Trapp family — will pay their own special tribute to the film that made their family name known throughout the world.

The 1965 film is based on the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein stage musical. It won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture.