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The Sound of Music is one of the most enduringly popular films ever made, yet behind it lays an even more astonishing family story. Sue Perkins travels to Salzburg, Ellis Island and Vermont to discover how the family made a living in America as the Trapp Family Singers and they eventually bought an estate in Vermont which looks uncannily like Austria. She also discovers that the ultimate feel good story has dark undertones, is disliked by Austrians, and witnesses the first ever performance of the musical in Salzburg itself.
Director
Following the career of Björk, this documentary looks at her early musical career with local icelandic bands, her acclaimed stint in The Sugarcubes, and her massive success as a free-spirited solo artist.
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May (Susan Dey) es una madre soltera que, desde su hogar en el barrio de Echo Park en Los Ángeles, sueña con llegar a ser famosa. Para poder llegar a fin de mes, May trabaja en un bar de striptease y alquila una habitación a Jonathan (Tom Hulce), un compositor que sobrevive repartiendo pizzas y que no tarda en enamorarse de ella, aunque May sólo tiene ojos para su vecino culturista (Michael Bowen). El trío traba una fuerte amistad, que les ayuda a superar las decepciones que sufren cuando sus aspiraciones por llegar a Hollywood se ven frustradas. Pero los celos de Jonathan amenazan con hacer peligrar la única auténtica familia que todos ellos poseen en Echo Park.
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The indigenous Huaorani people of Ecuador manage to preserve their isolation from the outside world, until American missionaries and a Texas oil company threaten their very existence.
