plummer became well known for his role as captain von trapp in robert wise's musical movie "the sound of music" (1965). plummer however, said the movie was "so awful and sentimental and gooey". the movie made the most money than any other movie since "gone with the wind". plummer hated being on the movie, but liked working with julie andrews. during his career, he tried not to talk about the movie. he did not show up at the 40th anniversary cast reunion. he did talk about the movie for the 2005 dvd release. he appeared for the 45th anniversary with the full cast on "the oprah winfrey show" on october 28, 2010. in one interview he said that he had great memories of making the movie.