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Biographie

(Quelle: wikipedia.org / Deutsche Übersetzung von mir)

Heather Urich (née Menzies), geboren am 03. December 1949 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, ist einekanadische Schauspielerin. Sie zog im Alter von 11 Jahren von Kalifornien nach Florida. Das Schauspielern erlernte sie  an der Falcon Studios University of the Arts in Hollywood. Ihre erste professionelle Rolle hatt sie im Alter von 13 Jahren in der Familienserie "Meine drei Söhne" Gleich danach ergatterte sie sich die Rolle der Louisa Von Trapp in The Sound Of Music.

Menzies-Urich arbeitete danach mit  Julie Andrews in dem Film Hawaii und als sie 16 war, reiste sie mit dem Broadway- Stück  We Have Always Lived In The Castle with Shirley Knight. durchs Land. Die Produktion lief auch sehr erfolgreich am  National Theatre in Washington, D.C., und lief sehr lange am Ethel Barrymore Theater in New York City.

Heather spielte in diversen TV-Serien in den 70ger und 80ger Jahren eine Gastrolle, spielte zudem in einigen Pilotfilmen und TV-Filmen mit., darunter auch Tail Gunner Joe mit Peter Boyle und der  The James Dean Story mit Michael Brandon und Amy Irving. Sie spielte in dem Horror-Klassiker SSSSSSS mit Strother Martin und Dirk Benedict, In der TV-Serie  Logan's Run mit Gregory Harrison, welcher auf dem Kinofilm "Flucht ins 23. Jahrhundert" beruht  und in dem  Flm Piranha with Bradford Dillman.

Heather traf ihren späteren Ehemann  Robert Urich, als sie mit ihm für den Werbespot zu  Libby’s Corned Beef Hash zusammenarbeitete. Mit Robert Urich war Heather in Gastrollen in seinen Serien  S.W.A.T., Vega$ and Spenser For Hire, zu sehen. und einige andere Fernsehfilme vor der Kamera, darunter auch den Kinofilm "Der Tod aus dem Nichts"  "Endangered Species." .

Das Paar stand für einige diverser Theater-Produktionen zusammen auf der Bühne, unter anderem für The Hasty Heart, einr Produktion vom Burt Reynold's Playhouse, in Jupiter, Florida. Das Stück  bekam einen beachtlichen Beifall, inclusivedie Aufführung am John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, in Washington, DC, mit President and Mrs. Ronald Reagan unter den Gästen.

Heather porträtierte sich im Männermagazin Playboy in den 1970s. Völlig blank zog sie in der Ausgabe von August 1973.

Heather erkrankte an Eierstock-Krebs und überlebte ihn zum Glück.

Heute lebt Heather in Los Angeles mit ihren drei Adoptivkindern Ryan , Emily and Allison . Zudem hat sie derzeit 3 Enkelkinder.  Michelle (geboren 2004) , Lana (geboren 2005), Ray Maverick Urich (geboren 2015).

Sie arbeitet mit der  Urich Fund for Sarcoma Research an der University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Filmographie

1. "Mann der Träume" (1 Folge, 1990)
   ... Auch bekannt als: "American Dreamer" - USA (Originaltitel)
       - A Face in the Cloud (1990) TV Folge
   
   
2. "Spenser" .... Miss Westmore (1 Folge, 1987)
   ... Auch bekannt als: "Spenser: For Hire" - USA (Originaltitel)
       - The Road Back (1987) TV Folge .... Miss Westmore
3. "T.J. Hooker" .... Dr. Kincaid (1 Folge, 1984)
       - A Kind of Rage (1984) TV Folge .... Dr. Kincaid
4. "Gavilan" (1 Folge, 1982)
       - Pirates (1982) TV Folge
5. Der Tod aus dem Nichts (1982) .... Susan
   ... Auch bekannt als: "Endangered Species" - USA (Originaltitel)
   ... Auch bekannt als: "Der schleichende Tod" - Bundesrepublik Deutschland
6. "Vegas" .... Charlotte Henderson / ... (3 Folgen, 1979-1981)
   ... Auch bekannt als: "Vega$" - USA (Originaltitel)
       - Seek and Destroy (1981) TV Folge .... Victoria Ballinger
       - The Private Eye Connection (1980) TV Folge .... Charlotte Henderson
       - Everything I Touch (1979) TV Folge .... Lisa
   
   
7. Captain America (1979/I) (TV) .... Dr. Wendy Day
8. "Love Boat" .... Cybill Hartman (1 Folge, 1978)
   ... Auch bekannt als: "The Love Boat" - USA (Originaltitel)
       - The Isosceles Triangle/El Kid/Last Hundred Bucks (1978) TV Folge .... Cybill Hartman
9. Piranhas (1978) .... Maggie McKeown
   ... Auch bekannt als: "Piranha" - USA (Originaltitel)
10. "Logan's Run" .... Jessica (13 Folgen, 1977-1978)
        - Turnabout (1978) TV Folge .... Jessica
        - Night Visitors (1978) TV Folge .... Jessica
        - Carousel (1978) TV Folge .... Jessica
        - Futurepast (1978) TV Folge .... Jessica
        - The Judas Goat (1977) TV Folge .... Jessica
          (8 weitere)
11. Tail Gunner Joe (1977) (TV) .... Logan
12. "Barnaby Jones" .... Melinda Marks (1 Folge, 1976)
        - Fraternity of Thieves (1976) TV Folge .... Melinda Marks
13. The Keegans (1976) (TV) .... Brandy Keegan
14. James Dean (1976) (TV) .... Jan
15. "Die knallharten Fünf" .... Sheri (1 Folge, 1975)
    ... Auch bekannt als: "S.W.A.T." - USA (Originaltitel)
        - Time Bomb (1975) TV Folge .... Sheri
16. Doctor Dan (1974) (TV) .... Joyce Morgan
17. "Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law" .... Sally Waite (1 Folge, 1974)
        - The Break In (1974) TV Folge .... Sally Waite
18. Sssssnake Kobra (1973) .... Kristina Stoner
    ... Auch bekannt als: "Sssssss" - USA (Originaltitel)
19. "The Bob Newhart Show" .... Debbie Borden (1 Folge, 1973)
        - Not with My Sister You Don't (1973) TV Folge .... Debbie Borden
20. Outside In (1972) .... Chris
21. Man in the Middle (1972) (TV)
22. "Love, American Style" .... Shari (segment "Love and the Motel Mixup") (1 Folge, 1971)
        - Love and the Contact Lens/Love and the Doctor's Honeymoon/Love and the Motel Mixup (1971) TV Folge .... Shari (segment "Love and the Motel Mixup")
23. "Alias Smith and Jones" .... Annabelle (1 Folge, 1971)
        - The Girl in Boxcar #3 (1971) TV Folge .... Annabelle
24. "The Smith Family" .... Janie Bradford (1 Folge, 1971)
        - Cindy (1971) TV Folge .... Janie Bradford
25. "Bonanza" .... Martha Boyle (1 Folge, 1970)
        - Thornton's Account (1970) TV Folge .... Martha Boyle
26. "To Rome with Love" .... Andrea (1 Folge, 1970)
        - Beautiful People (1970) TV Folge .... Andrea
    
    
27. Superhirn in Tennisschuhen (1969) (nicht im Abspann)
    ... Auch bekannt als: "The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes" - USA (Originaltitel)
28. "High Chaparral" .... Elizabeth Roberts (1 Folge, 1969)
    ... Auch bekannt als: "The High Chaparral" - USA (Originaltitel)
        - The Little Thieves (1969) TV Folge .... Elizabeth Roberts
29. "Dr. med. Marcus Welby" .... Margie McGurney (1 Folge, 1969)
    ... Auch bekannt als: "Marcus Welby, M.D." - USA (Originaltitel)
        - The Chemistry of Hope (1969) TV Folge .... Margie McGurney
30. Hail, Hero! (1969) .... Molly Adams
31. "Room 222" .... Girl in Newspaper Office (1 Folge, 1969)
        - Funny Boy (1969) TV Folge .... Girl in Newspaper Office
32. "Polizeibericht" .... Ann Flynn / ... (5 Folgen, 1967-1969)
    ... Auch bekannt als: "Dragnet 1967" - USA (Originaltitel)
        - Juvenile: DR-35 (1969) TV Folge .... Lisa Bogart
        - The Joy Riders (1969) TV Folge .... Nora Chatterton
        - Narcotics: DR-16 (1968) TV Folge .... Ann Flynn
        - The Grenade (1967) TV Folge .... Lorean Harper
        - The LSD Story (1967) TV Folge .... Edna Mae Dixon
33. Der türkisfarbene Bikini (1968) .... Tour Girl
    ... Auch bekannt als: "How Sweet It Is!" - USA (Originaltitel)
34. Hawaii (1966) .... Mercy Bromley
35. Meine Lieder, meine Träume (1965) .... Louisa
    ... Auch bekannt als: "The Sound of Music" - USA (Originaltitel)
36. "Katy" .... Nancy (2 Folgen, 1964-1965)
    ... Auch bekannt als: "The Farmer's Daughter" - USA (Originaltitel)
        - The Nesting Instinct (1965) TV Folge .... Nancy
        - Like Father, Like Son (1964) TV Folge

Archivmaterial:

1. "20 to 1"
       - Magnificent Movies (2006) TV Folge .... Louisa von Trapp

Screenshots von Heather aus der Talkshow "Oprah", wo sie 1996 zusammen mit Bob eingeladen wurden. Weitere Screenshots aus der Sendung zu Bob findet  ihr hier unter Oprah .

Screenshots of Heather from the talk show "Oprah", where they were invited in 1996 along with Bob. More screenshots from the show to Bob found here under Oprah.

Die Erde im 23. Jahrhundert: Die Menschen leben sorgenfrei in den Tag hinein und genießen ihr Leben in großen unterirdischen Kuppelstädten. Die Welt an der Oberfläche existiert nicht mehr. Mit 30 läuft die Lebensuhr ab und alle Menschen müssen sich dem Ritual der Erneuerung unterziehen, durch das sie wiedergeboren werden können. Doch einige widersetzen sich dem Ritual und versuchen zu fliehen. Diese so genannten Läufer werden von den privilegierten Sandmännern gejagt und terminiert. Auch Logan 5 ist ein Sandmann, aber er beginnt Fragen zu stellen und trifft Jessica 6 (Heather Menzies), durch die er von einer geheimen Zuflucht erfährt. Gejagt von seinem besten Freund Francis 7 werden Logan und Jessica schließlich selbst zu Gejagten.

Lief kurzzeitig bei DF-1 unter dem Titel "Ausbruch aus dem Paradies" im deutschen Fernsehen, allerdings (wohl) nicht alle Folgen

Episodenliste:

1    Logan's Run    
2    The Collectors    
3    Capture    
4    The Innocent    
5    Man Out of Time    
6    Half Life    
7    Crypt    
8    Fear Factor    
9    The Judas Goat    
10   Futurepast    
11   Carousel    
12   Night Visitors    
13   Turnabout    
14   Stargate

Bilder aus der Serie:

Inhalt:
College-Student David Blake (Dirk Benedict) gerät bei seiner Suche nach einem Job an den Schlangenexperten Dr. Carl Stoner (Strother Martin). Stoner hat ein Serum entwickelt, das einen Menschen in eine Schlange verwandeln kann. Versuchskaninchen David ist der Erste, den er damit in eine riesige Cobra verwandelt. - Horror mit gigantischen Effekten.

Darsteller: Strother Martin (Dr. Carl Stoner), Dirk Benedict (David Blake), Heather Menzies (Kristine Stoner), Richard B. Shull (Dr. Ken Daniels), Tim O'Connor (Kogen), Jack Ging (Sheriff Dale Hardison), Kathleen King (Kitty Stewart)
Original Titel: Sssssss
Regie: Bernard L. Kowalski
FSK: 16

Inhalt:
Detektivin Maggie McKeown (Heather Menzies) und Einsiedler Paul Grogan (Bradford Dillman) suchen nach einem verschwundenen Ehepaar. Weil sie die beiden am Grund eines kleinen Stausees vermuten, öffnen sie dessen Schleusen. Das Wasser strömt talwärts, zusammen mit hungrigen Killer-Piranhas.
auch auf DVD erhältlich

Darsteller: Bradford Dillman (Paul Grogan), Heather Menzies (Maggie McKeown), Keenan Wynn (Jack), Dick Miller (Buck Gardner), Bruce Gordon (Colonel Flaxman), Barbara Steele (Dr. Mengers), Kevin McCarthy (Dr. Robert Hoak)
Buch: John Sayles
Musik: Pino Donaggio
Original Titel: Piranha
Regie: Joe Dante
FSK: 16

(Quelle: wikipdia.org)

Meine Lieder – meine Träume (Originaltitel: The Sound of Music) ist ein auf der Grundlage des Musicals The Sound of Music von Richard Rodgers und Oscar Hammerstein entstandener US-amerikanischer Spielfilm von Regisseur Robert Wise aus dem Jahr 1965. Der Film war weltweit einer der meist gesehenen Filme der Filmgeschichte und prägt vor allem in den Vereinigten Staaten und Lateinamerika das Österreich-Image bis zum heutigen Tage.

Die Handlung basiert vielfach auf wahren Begebenheiten und spielt in Salzburg im Jahr 1938.

Die Novizin Maria tanzt und singt ständig aus der Reihe und wird von ihrer Oberin zu dem verwitweten Kapitän von Trapp geschickt, um auf dessen Kinderschar aufzupassen. Mit ihrer unkomplizierten Art ermutigt sie die Kinder zum Singen. Schnell entsteht eine enge Bindung zwischen den Kindern und ihr. Der strenge Kapitän sieht das natürlich gar nicht gerne und gibt sich zunächst Maria gegenüber sehr reserviert, zumal er mit einer Baronin aus Wien anbandelt, die die Kinder so gar nicht leiden können. Aber wie das Leben so spielt, verlieben sich Kapitän und Maria ineinander und die Musik hält wieder Einzug im Hause von Trapp. Es hätte alles so schön sein können, wenn Nazi-Deutschland nicht Österreich ans Deutsche Reich angeschlossen hätte. Kapitän von Trapp wird aufgefordert, ab sofort in der Deutschen Wehrmacht seinen Dienst zu verrichten. Er weigert sich und wird daher von den Nazis verfolgt. Der Film endet damit, dass die Familie von Trapp in Salzburg ein Konzert gibt und den Nazis über die Schweizer Grenze entkommt.

In Deutschland wurde der Film zunächst in einer stark gekürzten Fassung gezeigt, in der sämtliche Bezüge auf den Nationalsozialismus fehlten und der Film mit der Hochzeit Marias endet und nicht – wie in der Originalfassung – mit der Flucht der Trapp-Familie aus Österreich.

Der Film erreichte an die 1,2 Milliarden Zuschauer in aller Welt und ist damit wohl einer der meistgesehenen Streifen überhaupt. In den USA und anderen englischsprachigen Ländern wurde The Sound of Music dank der gelungenen Verfilmung neben Hello, Dolly! zum beliebtesten Musical, sein Kultstatus ist bis zum heutigen Tage ungebrochen. Der Film selbst wurde nach zehn Nominierungen mit fünf Oscars ausgezeichnet (jeweils für Film, Regie, Ton und Schnitt), Julie Andrews erhielt als beste Hauptdarstellerin den Golden Globe. Mitte der Siebziger Jahre kam er nach einer weltweiten Erfolgsserie erneut in die Kinos und als er in den 80ern erstmals als Videokassette erhältlich war, fand er beim Käufer reißenden Absatz.

Scharen von Touristen, die diesen Film zigmal gesehen haben, besuchen seither Salzburg und den Mondsee (wo die Hochzeit gedreht wurde), wollen die vermeintliche österreichische Nationalhymne „Edelweiß“ hören und essen „Schnitzels with noodles“ und „crisp applestrudels“ (weil dies so in dem Lied „My Favorite Things“ vorkommt). Auch der im Film gezeigte Landler ist kein überlieferter österreichischer Volkstanz, sondern eine Zusammenstellung diverser Ländlerelemente. Zur festen Einrichtung gehören die Sound of Music-Touren, in denen die internationalen Besucher Salzburgs zu den einstigen Drehorten gefahren werden.

Trotz dieser beeindruckenden Erfolge wurde der Film in den deutschsprachigen Ländern ein wirtschaftlicher Misserfolg. Die Besucherzahlen waren dürftig, die Kritiken erbärmlich. Vielleicht auch deshalb, weil der Film die verdrängte Nazi-Vergangenheit in so grelles Licht rückte, fand er beim deutschen Zuschauer damaliger Tage keinen Pardon. Auch in Österreich ist der − für den Tourismus so wichtige − Film dem Großteil der Bevölkerung höchstens vom Hörensagen bekannt. Doch immer mehr Salzburger Hotels betreiben einen Fernsehkanal auf dem der Film in Endlosschleife zu sehen ist^,

Das Musical selbst blieb weithin unbekannt und erst als sich die Wiener Volksoper 2005 des Stoffes annahm, rückte es dem kulturell interessierten Publikum erneut ins Bewusstsein. Im gleichen Jahr wurde der Film als DVD für den deutschen Markt aufgelegt.

Zum vierzigjährigen Jubiläum der Filmversion, ist im Dezember 2005 eine Doppel-DVD unter dem Titel „The Sound of Music“ (Untertitel: „Meine Lieder meine Träume“) mit umfangreichem Bonusmaterial erschienen, durch die Julie Andrews führt. Als Fanartikel existiert das Buch The Sound of Music zum Film mit vielen Hintergrundinformationen.

Lars von Triers Musical-Film Dancer in the Dark aus dem Jahr 2000 bezieht sich auf The Sound of Music: Dessen Hauptfigur Selma probt für die Rolle der Maria.

Gwen Stefani, Frontfrau der US-Band „No Doubt“ und erfolgreiche Solokünstlerin, integrierte einen Ausschnitt eines Filmmusikstückes (The Lonely Goatherd) sowie ein Sample der Bläserfanfare in ihrem Song Wind it up des Albums The Sweet Escape (2007) - der beginnt mit den Zeilen: High on the hills with the lonely goatherd - lay-od-lay-od-lay-he-hoo - Yodell back with the girl and goatherd - lay-od-lay-od-low. Damit spielt sie auf eine bekannte Stelle des Filmes an, in dem Julie Andrews als Gouvernante Maria mit den Trapp-Kindern ein Marionettenstück aufführt.

Die echte Maria, zuvor als Erzieherin im Stift Nonnberg tätig, heiratete den Kapitän bereits im Jahre 1927 und lebte bis zum Jahr 1938 mit ihm und seinen Kindern in Salzburg. Die Familie floh dann aber keineswegs über die Berge in die Schweiz. Von Salzburg nach Südwesten gelangt man über den Untersberg ins Berchtesgadener Land, also in die Nähe von Hitlers Residenz am Obersalzberg. Die Familie gelangte nach der Vermietung ihrer Salzburger Liegenschaft an einen geistlichen Orden mit dem Zug nach Italien, von dort führte der Weg weiter in die USA.

In das Haus der Familie Trapp zog übrigens Heinrich Himmler ein und ließ sich dort ein abhörsicheres Zimmer einrichten.

Auszeichnungen (Auswahl) 

• 1965: Photoplay Award als Bester Film
• 1966: Oscars in den Kategorien Bester Film, Beste Regie, Bester Schnitt, Beste Filmmusik, Bester Ton

Außerdem nominiert in den Kategorien Beste Hauptdarstellerin für Julie Andrews, Beste Nebendarstellerin für Peggy Wood, Bestes Szenenbild (Farbfilm), Beste Kamera (Farbfilm) und Bestes Kostüm-Design (Farbfilm)

• 1966: Golden Globes in den Kategorien: Bester Film – Komödie oder Musical, Beste Hauptdarstellerin – Komödie oder Musical für Julie Andrews

Außerdem nominiert in den Kategorien Beste Regie und Beste Nebendarstellerin für Peggy Wood

• 2001: Aufnahme in das National Film Registry

The Sound of Music is a 1965 American musical drama film produced and directed by Robert Wise and starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer. The film is an adaptation of the 1959 Broadway musical The Sound of Music, composed by Richard Rodgers with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. The film's screenplay was written by Ernest Lehman, adapted from the stage musical's book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. Based on the memoir The Story of the Trapp Family Singers by Maria von Trapp, the film is about a young Austrian woman studying to become a nun in Salzburg in 1938 who is sent to the villa of a retired naval officer and widower to be governess to his seven children. After bringing love and music into the lives of the family through kindness and patience, she marries the officer and together with the children they find a way to survive the loss of their homeland through courage and faith.

The original Rodgers and Hammerstein stage musical score was enhanced by two new songs by Richard Rodgers. Arranger and conductor Irwin Kostal prerecorded the songs with a large orchestra and singers on a stage prior to the start of filming, and later adapted instrumental underscore passages based on the songs. Choreographers Marc Breaux and Dee Dee Wood, who had worked with Andrews on Mary Poppins, worked out all new choreography sequences that incorporated many of the Salzburg locations and settings. The Sound of Music was filmed from March 26 through September 1, 1964, with external scenes shot on location in Salzburg, Austria, and the surrounding region, and interior scenes filmed at the 20th Century Fox studios in California. The movie was photographed in 70 mm Todd-AO by Ted McCord and produced with DeLuxe Color processing and six-track sound recording.

The film was released on March 2, 1965 in the United States, initially as a limited roadshow theatrical release. The critical response to the film was widely mixed, with Bosley Crowther of The New York Times calling it "romantic nonsense and sentiment", and Philip K. Scheuer of the Los Angeles Times describing it as "three hours of visual and vocal brilliance". The film was a major commercial success, becoming the number one box office movie after four weeks, and the highest-grossing film of 1965. By November 1966, The Sound of Music became the highest-grossing film of all-time—surpassing Gone with the Wind—and held that distinction for five years. The film was just as popular throughout the world, breaking previous box-office records in twenty-nine countries. Following an initial theatrical release that lasted four and a half years, and two successful re-releases, the film sold 283.3 million admissions worldwide and earned a total worldwide gross of $286,214,076. Adjusted for inflation, the film earned $2.366 billion at 2014 prices—the fifth highest grossing film of all time.

The Sound of Music received five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. The film also received two Golden Globe Awards, for Best Motion Picture and Best Actress, the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement, and the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Written American Musical. In 1998, the American Film Institute (AFI) listed The Sound of Music as the fifty-fifth greatest American movie of all time, and the fourth greatest movie musical. In 2001, the United States Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the National Film Registry, finding it "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

Maria is a free-spirited young Austrian woman studying to become a nun at Nonnberg Abbey in Salzburg in 1938. Her love of music and the mountains, her youthful enthusiasm and imagination, and her lack of discipline cause some concern among the nuns. The Mother Abbess, believing Maria would be happier outside the abbey, sends her to the villa of retired naval officer Captain Georg von Trapp to be governess to his seven children—Liesl, Friedrich, Louisa, Kurt, Brigitta, Marta, and Gretl. The Captain has been raising his children alone using strict military discipline following the death of his first wife. At first, the children treat Maria as they did their former governesses—playing tricks on her as a way of gaining their father's attention. Maria responds with kindness and patience, and soon the children come to trust and respect her.

While the Captain is away in Vienna, Maria makes play clothes for the children out of old drapes—replacing their naval-style uniforms—and takes them around Salzburg and the surrounding mountains. Their bond is strengthened when she teaches them how to sing. When the Captain returns to the villa with Baroness Elsa Schraeder, a wealthy socialite, and their mutual friend, Max Detweiler, they are greeted by Maria and the children returning from a boat ride on the lake that concludes when their boat overturns. Displeased by his children's clothes and activities, and Maria's impassioned appeal that he get closer to his children, the Captain orders her to return to the abbey. Just then he hears singing coming from inside the house and is astonished to see his children singing for the Baroness. Filled with emotion, the Captain joins his children, singing for the first time in years. Afterwards, he apologizes to Maria and asks her to stay.

Soon after, Maria and the children put on a marionette show for the Baroness, the Captain, and Max, who proposes he enter them in the upcoming Salzburg Festival—a suggestion immediately rejected by the Captain who will not allow his children to sing in public. He does agree, however, to organize a grand party at the villa. The night of the party, while guests in formal attire waltz in the ballroom, Maria and the children look on from the garden terrace. When the Captain notices Maria teaching Kurt the traditional Ländler folk dance, he cuts in and partners with Maria in a graceful performance, culminating in a close embrace. Confused about her feelings, Maria blushes and breaks away. Later, the Baroness, who noticed the Captain's attraction to Maria, hides her jealousy while convincing Maria that she must return to the abbey.

Maria's departure deeply affects the children, who no longer find joy in singing. They are also disappointed to learn that the Baroness will soon become their stepmother. Back at the abbey, when Mother Abbess learns that Maria has stayed in seclusion to avoid her feelings for the Captain, she encourages her to return to the villa to look for her life. After Maria returns to the villa, she learns about the Captain's engagement to the Baroness and agrees to stay until they find a replacement governess. The Captain's feelings for Maria, however, have not changed, and soon he breaks his engagement and declares his love to Maria, who returns his affections and accepts his marriage proposal. Some time later, Maria walks down the aisle of a large baroque cathedral toward the Captain, who is waiting at the altar dressed in his naval uniform—and they are married.

While the Captain and Maria are on their honeymoon, Max enters the children in the Salzburg Festival against their father's wishes. When they learn that Austria has been annexed into the Third Reich in the Anschluss, the couple return to their home, where a large Nazi flag hangs above the front door. After pulling the flag down and ripping it in half, the Captain reads a telegram informing him that he must report to the German Naval Headquarters in Bremerhaven to accept a commission in the German Navy. Strongly opposed to the Nazis and the Anschluss, the Captain tells his family they must leave Austria immediately. That night, as the von Trapp family attempt to leave, they are stopped by German soldiers waiting outside the villa. When questioned by Gauleiter Hans Zeller, the Captain maintains they are headed to the Salzburg Festival to perform. Zeller insists on escorting them to the festival, after which his men will accompany the Captain to Bremerhaven.

Later that night at the festival, during their final number, the von Trapp family slip away and seek shelter at the nearby abbey, where Mother Abbess hides them in the cemetery crypt. Nazi soldiers soon arrive and search the abbey, but the family is able to escape using the caretaker's car. When the soldiers attempt to pursue, they discover their cars will not start as two nuns have removed parts of their engines. The next morning, after driving to the border, the von Trapp family make their way on foot across the mountains into Switzerland to freedom.

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Dieser Film wurde auch in Deutschland ausgestrahlt!

Hawaii is a 1966 American film directed by George Roy Hill and based on the novel of the same name by James A. Michener. It tells the story of an 1820s Yale University divinity student (Max von Sydow) who, along with his new bride (Julie Andrews), becomes a Calvinist missionary in the Hawaiian Islands. It was filmed at Old Sturbridge Village, in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, and on the island of Oahu in Hawaii.

Der strenge Missionar Abner Hale siedelt mit seiner Frau Jerusha nach Hawaii über. Dort will er die Insulaner bekehren. Während Jerusha sich mit den Bewohnern anfreundet, hält Hale an seinem puritanischen Standpunkt fest.

Hawaii is a 1966 American drama film directed by George Roy Hill and based on the novel of the same name by James A. Michener. It tells the story of an 1820s Yale University divinity student (Max von Sydow) who, accompanied by his new bride (Julie Andrews), becomes a Calvinist missionary in the Hawaiian Islands. It was filmed at Old Sturbridge Village, in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, and on the islands of Kauai and Oahu in Hawaii.

In 1819, young Prince Keoki Kanakoa from the Islands of Hawaii makes an appeal at the Yale Divinity School for newly graduated ministers to return with him to Hawaii and convert the natives to Christianity. Reverend Abner Hale is among those who volunteer for the mission. Before being sent to Hawaii, the young ministers must marry — a problem for Abner as he has zealously devoted himself to his studies and does not know any marriageable young women, partly because he has been raised in a strict, cold Calvinist household where romance or pleasure, even between a married couple, is considered sinful. The head of the school, Reverend Dr. Thorn, introduces Abner to his niece, Jerusha Bromley, a beautiful and pious New England girl who has been pining for Captain Rafer Hoxworth, a whaler who has been at sea for two years and has not written to her. Although Jerusha's parents are not enthused about her marrying the awkward Abner, her uncle persuades them to give him a chance, and also hides the package of letters from Hoxworth that appear at the Bromley home just as Abner arrives.

Abner is stunned by Jerusha's beauty, and attracted to her despite his attempts to avoid what he considers sinful thoughts, but he completely lacks social graces and makes one embarrassing gaffe after another. Despite this, Jerusha encourages him, and he finally proposes and she accepts, with the understanding that they will both be going on mission to Hawaii. The Hales depart for Hawaii with the other missionaries and Keoki, and after a harrowing sea voyage during which all but Abner are very seasick and the ship almost wrecks going around Cape Horn, they arrive in Keoki's hometown of Lahaina, Maui, where they stop before most of the missionaries continue on to the main church at Honolulu. The missionaries are horrified to see what they consider the islanders' sinful ways. Naked young girls swim out to meet the ships and have sexual relations with the sailors; monuments are dedicated to the traditional gods; and Keoki's father Kelolo is both the husband and the biological brother of Keoki's mother Malama Kanakoa, the Aliʻi Nui (ruler) whom the natives consider a "sacred person". The Ali'i Nui must marry her brother to avoid polluting the bloodline of the ruling family, and Keoki is expected to also marry his sister Noelani when she succeeds Malama as Ali'i Nui. However, Keoki is willing to forego this in order to become what he truly wants to be, an ordained Christian minister.

Malama takes a liking to Jerusha and demands that Jerusha teach her to write English, so she can communicate with the outside world. Malama agrees to learn about the Christian God, but only after she learns to write. When the other missionaries continue on to Honolulu, the Hales stay behind, living in an uncomfortable hut and building a church. Jerusha tries to change the villagers' tradition of killing unwanted or deformed babies, personally rescuing one baby who has a birthmark. Jerusha goes through a difficult labor to give birth to her own healthy son, tended only by the inexperienced Abner (who excludes the native midwives) and afterwards Abner confesses to her his great love for her, a love he normally feels is sinful and tries to suppress. Abner baptizes his first convert, a young Hawaiian girl named Iliki who works as a servant for the Hales. However, he makes excuses to defer ordaining Keoki as a minister; in reality, he and his superiors have no intentions of ordaining any natives. Keoki eventually realizes that he will never be permitted to become a minister, despite having studied for years, including at Yale. He becomes disillusioned with Christianity as a result.

Malama, who is a kind, loving and intelligent woman underneath her imperious facade, agrees to learn about Christianity, but will not take the final step to convert because she will have to send away Kelolo, her beloved husband of many years who is also her brother. At the Hales' urging, she enacts a curfew for sailors and forbids girls from swimming out to the ships. The sailors in port riot in protest, led by Captain Hoxworth, who has made a stop on his long whaling voyage. In the midst of the melee, Hoxworth discovers that the love of his life, Jerusha, is in Lahaina and is now the wife of Reverend Hale, whom he already despises for inspiring Malama to enact the restrictions. The sailors partially torch the church, but the Hawaiians help the Hales put out the fire and then chase the sailors back to their ships. To console himself over Jerusha, Hoxworth entices Iliki to sail away with him, and knocks Abner overboard when he comes after her.

Malama, on her deathbed, agrees to renounce Kelolo and is baptized a Christian right before she dies while saying a final goodbye to Kelolo. Upon the death of the Ali'i Nui, as predicted by the natives, a strong wind begins to blow, destroying the church building (which Abner refused to build in a way that the villagers suggested to let the wind pass through). Soon after her death, Abner hears drums and discovers Kelolo conducting a marriage ceremony for Keoki and Noelani, the new Ali'i Nui. Keoki, rejected as a minister, has turned back to the traditional gods. Keoki also reveals that while his mother Malama agreed to become a Christian in order to set an example for her people, whom she realized must become Christians for their own good as more and more white settlers arrive, she secretly asked that after she was buried in the Christian graveyard, her family move her bones to an undisclosed location where she can be with the old gods, and that Kelolo take her heart back to Bora Bora, the land of their ancestors. Horrified and enraged, Abner curses the Kanakoa family and the other Hawaiians and tells them God will punish them for their sins.

Noelani, pregnant by Keoki, gives birth to a horribly deformed baby who cannot be accepted as Ali'i Nui. Jerusha begs Abner to intercede to save the baby, whom she fears will be killed, but he refuses, saying it is God's punishment for Keoki's and Noelani's sin. Keoki drowns the baby in the ocean, causing a rift between Abner and Jerusha. Shortly afterwards, a sailor carries measles into the port of Lahaina. While this is a relatively minor childhood illness to the missionaries and sailors, the native Hawaiians have no resistance, develop high fevers and die in droves. Keoki dies in Abner's arms in a feverish delirium, renouncing God. Abner returns home wracked by sadness and guilt, feeling that he failed in his mission to save Keoki and the other natives from hell. Jerusha, who is worn out from overwork in the hot climate, giving birth to three children, and nursing the sick Hawaiians, tells him that she does not believe God would send loving people like the Hawaiians to hell even if they weren't Christians, and furthermore tells Abner he can help the Hawaiians by giving them what he has always had difficulty giving her - his love. Jerusha soon dies, mourned by Abner, her children, and Captain Hoxworth, who never got over losing her to Abner.

After Jerusha's death, Abner becomes more loving towards the Hawaiians and works with them to try to prevent white settlers and plantation owners from taking their land. His position is at odds with the other ministers, who have recently voted that it is time for the churches to own land themselves and try to make money from it, something the ministers had avoided before. Abner is reassigned back to New England and his Lahaina church is given to another minister. But Abner refuses to leave Lahaina and says he will stay and continue to preach, in the street if necessary, and without any support from the church organization. He does agree to send the three Hale children back to New England to live with the Bromleys and receive a proper education. After bidding his children goodbye at the dock, Abner returns to his hut to find that a young Hawaiian man has arrived who wishes to be his assistant and help him, something the aging, frail Abner very much needs. He is overjoyed to see that the young man is the baby with the birthmark, now grown to an adult, whom Jerusha saved from being killed many years ago.

Production

The film was based on the book's third chapter, From the Farm of Bitterness, which covered the settlement of the island kingdom by its first American missionaries.Needing a Polynesian female for the key role of Malama, the Alii Nui, the producers hired a native Tahitian for the role. French-speaking Jocelyne LaGarde had never acted before and could not speak English; however, her screen test showed a powerful presence, and the producers hired a coach to train her phonetically to handle the character's dialogue. Of the all-star cast, LaGarde would be the only one to earn an Academy Award nomination and the only one to win a Golden Globe Award. Making early screen appearances in this film were Bette Midler, John Cullum, and future Oscar winner Gene Hackman. The film was also the highest-grossing film of 1966, and critically praised for its stars and story. Originally, it was to be directed by Fred Zinnemann, the man who made From Here to Eternity, but Zinnemann had fought with United Artists a few years before the film was made and left the production to go to England, to work on A Man for All Seasons. Director George Roy Hill was subsequently asked to work on the film, which he agreed to do, and the film became the only epic he directed. He would do other films, but none as successful or on a scale as epic as this, with the exception of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and The Sting. The film would also feature appearances from Henrik von Sydow and Clas von Sydow, the real sons of star Max von Sydow, who play Abner's son Micah at different ages. The film inspired the sequel The Hawaiians, which got released four years later and was set 40 years after the events in this film: it starred Charlton Heston, John Phillip Law and Geraldine Chaplin.

Availability of different versions

The film as originally released ran 189 minutes (including overture, intermission, entr'acte, and exit music). This roadshow version would be issued on VHS and LaserDisc from the best available elements. For general release, this was then subsequently cut by United Artists to 161 minutes and is the version seen on the 2005 DVD release from MGM Home Video (as the best elements suitable for DVD came from the general release). Both versions have been broadcast on Turner Classic Movies and This TV Network.

On October 9th, 2015 Twilight Time Movies announced on the Home Theater Forum that they will release a Blu-ray edition of Hawaii (along with The Hawaiians) on January 19th, 2016. The Hawaiians will be released the next month on February 9th, 2016.

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Handlung

Der Dekan des Medfield Colleges Higgins weigert sich, 10.000 US-Dollar für die Wissenschaftsabteilung von Professor Quigley auszugeben. Die Studenten um Dexter, Schuyler und Annie Hannah sind enttäuscht, dass dieser sich gegen die Modernisierung stemmt, weswegen sie beim reichen ortsansässigen Geschäftsmann A.J. Arno darum bitten, ihnen einen Computer zu stiften. Da er bereits jährlich 20.000 US-Dollar für das Footballteam spendet und seinen Computer für illegale Pferdewetten benötigt, sagt er vorerst ab. Erst als alle Wetten berechnet wurden, spendet er den Computer anstelle der 20.000 Dollarspende an die Universität. Der Computer fällt schnell aus und Dexter versucht ihn zu reparieren, wodurch er einen Stromschlag abbekommt. Am nächsten Tag ist er so intelligent, dass er den Universitätsvergleichstest nicht nur in Rekordgeschwindigkeit, sondern auch zu 100 % richtig löst. Der anschließende Arztbesuch gibt Gewissheit, dass Dexter alle Fähigkeiten des Computers übernommen hat. Er tritt in einer landesweit ausgestrahlten Fernsehshow auf, bei der er Fragen aus allen Wissensgebieten beantworten soll. Dabei beeindruckt er mit seinem enormen Selbstbewusstsein, Intelligenz und Geschwindigkeit an korrekten Antworten. Dadurch wird er eine nationale und weltweite Berühmtheit und geht auf Reisen.

Als er wieder zurückkehrt, reißen sich alle darum, dass er für sie arbeitet. So will Higgins, dass er für sein College an einem nationalen Wissenswettbewerb, der mit 100.000 US-Dollar ausgeschrieben ist, teilnimmt. Da Dexter allerdings noch nicht für das Wintersemester immatrikuliert ist, reißt sich auch Dekan Collingsgood von einer konkurrierenden Universität um die Talente Dexters. Dexter allerdings ist gerade dabei, für Arno Pferdewetten zu platzieren und an illegalen Glücksspielen teilzunehmen. Bei einer Polizeirazzia wird er gemeinsam mit Arno, Higgins und Colllingsgood verhaftet, die sich in der Zelle darum streiten, für wen Dexter in Zukunft seine Intelligenz einsetzen soll. Dexter weiß nicht, für wen er sich entscheiden soll. Erst als er sieht, dass all seine Freunde die Kaution für ihn bezahlen, nimmt er fortan für sie am Wissenstest teil. Er weiß alle Fragen und besiegt so Team auf Team und schafft es bis ins Finale gegen die Springfield State. Unglücklicherweise wird ihm eine Frage gestellt, die dafür sorgt, dass Wissen bei ihm abgerufen wird, das über das illegale Glücksspiel von Arno handelt. Arnos Leute kidnappen Dexter und die Polizei wird auf den Fall aufmerksam.

Schnell finden die Freunde heraus, dass Arno dahinter steckt und wo Dexter gefangen gehalten wird. Als Maler verkleidet observieren und durchsuchen sie das Haus. Sie entdecken eine Kiste, in der sich Dexter befindet, überwältigen Arnos Männer und fliehen vor seinen Leuten und dessen Schüssen zum Fernsehstudio, wo Schuyler währenddessen beim Wissenstest versagt. Dexter kann rechtzeitig befreit werden und nimmt im Wettbewerb Platz. Doch seine Antworten werden immer langsamer und er scheint seine Intelligenz zu verlieren, sodass er die letzte, alles entscheidende, Frage nicht beantworten kann. Aber genau in diesem Moment weiß Schuyler die Antwort, sodass sie den Wettbewerb gewinnen. Kurz darauf erscheint Arno und wird verhaftet und das Geld wird anschließend leider wiederum nicht für Quigleys Wissenschaftsabteilung verwendet.

The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes is a 1969 film starring Kurt Russell, Cesar Romero, Joe Flynn and William Schallert. It was produced by Walt Disney Productions and distributed by Buena Vista Distribution Company as part of "The Last Laughs of the 1960s".

It was one of several films made by Disney using the setting of Medfield College, first used in the 1961 Disney film The Absent-Minded Professor and its sequel Son of Flubber. Now You See Him Now You Don't and The Strongest Man in the World, both sequels to The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, were also set at Medfield.

Dexter Reilly (Kurt Russell) and his friends attend small, private Medfield College, which cannot afford to buy a computer. The students persuade wealthy businessman A.J. Arno (Cesar Romero) to donate an old computer to the college. Arno is the secret head of a large illegal gambling ring, which used the computer for its operations.

While installing a replacement part during a thunderstorm, Reilly receives an electric shock and becomes a human computer. He now has superhuman mathematical talent, can read and remember the contents of an encyclopedia volume in a few minutes, and can speak a language fluently after reading one textbook. His new abilities make Reilly a worldwide celebrity, and Medfield's best chance to win a televised quiz tournament with a $100,000 prize.

Reilly single-handedly leads Medfield's team in victories against other colleges. During the tournament, a trigger word causes Reilly to unknowingly recite on television details of Arno's gambling ring. Arno's henchmen kidnap Reilly and plan to kill him, but his friends help him escape. Arno's home is being painted, and in the rescue effort, Reilly's friends put paint in the gas tanks of the henchmen's cars, causing them not to start, and following a brief chase in his own car, Arno ends up in a pile of hay. During the escape Reilly suffers a concussion which, during the tournament final against rival Springfield State, gradually returns his mental abilities to normal; one of his friends, however, is able to answer the final question ("What is the geographic center of the contiguous United States?"). Medfield wins the $100,000 prize, and Arno, along with his henchmen, are arrested when they attempt to escape the TV studio in their car and they crash head-on into a police car.