Christopher Plummer 'Didn't Want to' Attend 87th Academy Awards
The entertainment community noted the distinct ABSENCE of THE SOUND OF MUSIC star Christopher Plummer as co-star Julie Andrews was honored at the 87th Academy Awards on Sunday. But Plummer had no intention of attending.
"I couldn't be there for personal reasons, and secondly I didn't want to," says Academy Award-winner Plummer, 85, of THE SOUND OF MUSIC 50th Anniversary tribute. "It was really a tribute to Julie. It's her movie. It's a terrible phrase we have in England but if I had appeared there I would have looked like a spare prick at a wedding. That's the most perfect description of how I would have looked."
Plummer also noted his enjoyment of Lady Gaga's tribute to the film.
The Sound of Music tells the uplifting true story of Maria, a fun-loving governess who changes the lives of the widowed Captain von Trapp and his seven children by re-introducing them to music, culminating in the family's escape across the mountains from Austria. It features an unforgettable score that includes some of the most famous songs ever performed on stage, including My Favorite Things, Edelweiss, Do-Re-Mi, Sixteen Going On Seventeen, The Lonely Goatherd, Climb Ev'ry Mountain and the title song, The Sound of Music.
The musical originally premiered on Broadway in 1959 to record-breaking advance ticket sales, where it won eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical. The show opened in London in 1961 and became the longest-running American musical of its generation. The 1965 Hollywood film, which starred Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, won five Academy Awards including Best Picture, and quickly became the highest grossing film in history. Even today The Sound of Music remains the most successful movie musical of all time.
Source: People
