Which 1965 musical film, based on a Broadway show, won 5 Academy Awards including Best Picture?

The 1965 musical film based on a Broadway show that won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, was The Sound of Music.

Directed by Robert Wise and starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, the film adapted Rodgers and Hammerstein’s 1959 Broadway musical. Its story follows Maria, a novice nun who becomes governess to the von Trapp children in Austria before the family’s escape from Nazi annexation.

At the 38th Academy Awards, the film won Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Film Editing, and Best Music Scoring. It also received 10 nominations, tying Doctor Zhivago for the ceremony’s largest nomination total.

A common mix-up is confusing the film’s fictionalized details with the real von Trapp family history. The movie was inspired by Maria von Trapp’s memoir, but it altered timelines, personalities, and parts of the family’s escape. Its songs include “Do-Re-Mi,” “My Favorite Things,” “Edelweiss,” and the title song.