‘The Sound of Music’ Stars Honor Julie Andrews: See Reunion Photo
usmagazine.comThe hills are (still) alive! Nearly 57 years after The Sound of Music premiered, the cast has reunited in Julie Andrews’ honor.The Bridgerton narrator, 86, received the AFI Life Achievement Award at the Thursday, June 9, gala thrown by the American Film Institute.
To celebrate her legacy, five of her Sound of Music costars — who portrayed several of the von Trapp siblings — posed alongside Andrews on the red carpet.Nicholas Hammond (Friedrich), Duane Chase (Kurt), Angela Cartwright (Brigitta) Debbie Turner (Marta) and Kym Karath (Gretl) even led the crowd of well-wishers in a “Do-Re-Mi” sing-along before the event began.The televised tribute to Andrews’ impressive career — which airs later this month on TNT — saw a star-studded crowd including Carol Burnett, Steve Carell, The Princess Diaries’ Hector Elizondo and Blake Shelton come together to celebrate her legacy.“This night reminds me with great clarity how many people are involved with making movies,” the Mary Poppins actress said in a statement earlier this month. “What a huge collaborative effort it takes to bring film to the screen.
My [late] husband Blake [Edwards] never liked when people referred to filmmaking as the business or an industry. He insisted that film was an art form and should always be called that.
And I know that is exactly the way the AFI feels also.”While Andrews’ career has spanned decades, her role of Maria in 1965’s The Sound of Music gained her an Academy Award nomination and eventual win.
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