And from the trivia peanut gallery... " a fill in project..."
"For years Robert Wise had wanted to make The Sand Pebbles, but the film companies were reluctant to finance it. The Sand Pebbles was eventually paid for, but because its production required extensive location scouting and pre-production work, as well as being monsoon-affected in Taipei, its producer and director Wise realized that it would be over a year before principal photography could begin. At the insistence of the film company, Wise agreed to direct a "fill-in" project, The Sound of Music, a film that became one of the most popular and acclaimed films of the 1960s."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sand_Pebbles_(film)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WEBbvZ-a1g
As awesome a film The Sand Pebbles is... the book is incredible.
And from the trivia peanut gallery... " a fill in project..."
"For years Robert Wise had wanted to make The Sand Pebbles, but the film companies were reluctant to finance it. The Sand Pebbles was eventually paid for, but because its production required extensive location scouting and pre-production work, as well as being monsoon-affected in Taipei, its producer and director Wise realized that it would be over a year before principal photography could begin. At the insistence of the film company, Wise agreed to direct a "fill-in" project, The Sound of Music, a film that became one of the most popular and acclaimed films of the 1960s."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sand_Pebbles_(film)
As awesome a film The Sand Pebbles is... the book is incredible.