However, some details change.

Six years later, the stage musical became an Academy Award-winning eponymous musical film.

Thetimeline of events was condensed to create a sense of haste.

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“The hills are alive with the sound of music!”

All the music is superb, so we’re ranking the songs sung in the movie.

Other details were adjusted to heighten stakes.

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In fact, it was their established career that helped their emigration status in the United States.

Some characters were added to create emotional complications, while others were amalgamated for simplicity.

The Captains 10 children were combined into seven, and one named Maria was taken out to avoid confusion.

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The charactersRolfe and Baroness Elsa von Schraeder have no fictional counterparts.

The real Maria was not a problematically free-spirited novice, but a woman with a strong sense of duty.

Even the characters of Maria and the Captain were shaped by creative liberties.

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In real life, the children described their father as warm and loving.

The real Maria was not a problematically free-spirited novice, but a woman with a strong sense of duty.

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