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Julie
Andrews and The Helicopter
During the filming of “Sound of Music”, when the title
song was being filmed, Julie Andrews was taken by helicopter and stranded,
on her own, on top the beautiful mountain we all remember.
The helicopter then proceeded to fly towards, and over, Julie as she sang
“The Sound of Music”, with a cameraman filming her as she walked
across the beautiful grass-soaked mountaintop. The scenery is spectacular, Julie looks great, everything
went exceedingly well … except for one small thing.
Every time the helicopter finished its filming run, it would immediately
turn and return to its original starting point, so it could repeat the
process once more. And every
time it turned, it was so close to Julie Andrews that the force of its
downwind literally knocked the singing actress flat on her face.
Over and over again, Julie tried to steady herself against the powerful
thrust of wind … and every time she fell flat on her face.
She couldn’t understand why the helicopter pilot didn’t make a
wider circle and let her stay vertical and calm.
Eventually she shook her fists at him and pantomimed the helicopter
making a much wider turn. The pilot merely waved and made his usual tight turn with the
helicopter, causing a fierce downwind that, yet again, knocked the
unprotected actress down.
It felt like a very long day.
Julie acknowledges the beauty of the scene.
She also acknowledges that she spent much of her time off-camera
with her face in the dirt, and her mouth full of grass.
To this day, she is still thankful that the day of its filming
finally ended.
Otztal-Otz Valley, Tyrol, Austria
Bibikow, Walter
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