𝐄𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 - 𝐌𝐲 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐓𝐨 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫

Christopher Plummer, the actor who played "Captain Von Trapp" in "The Sound Of Music" (1964) passed away two days ago at the age of 91.
May he Rest In Peace.
Here is my tribute to the Oscar-winner Christopher Plummer, the song "Edelweiss" from "The Sound Of Music". This song is the only time his real singing voice was featured in the movie so I thought it fitting for it to be the backing track to my tribute.
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A little background on Christopher Plummer (taken from Biography.com):

Born Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer on December 13, 1929, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Plummer grew up in Montreal as an only child and his mother exposed him to the arts at an early age, taking him to see many plays and performances. Plummer first studied the piano before devoting himself to acting. As he told Playbill, "I thought seriously of becoming a concert pianist." Plummer changed his mind after deciding that playing the piano professionally "was very lonely and very hard work."

Classically trained as a stage actor, Plummer was discovered by English producer and director Eva Le Gallienne. She gave him his first New York stage role in 1954's The Starcross Story with Mary Astor. While that show consisted of only one performance, Plummer soon landed more stage work, later headlining for Britain's National Theatre and Royal Shakespeare Company.

After a number of TV roles, Plummer made his film debut in 1958's Stage Struck, directed by Sidney Lumet. The following year, he picked up his first Tony Award nomination for the play J.B. and an Emmy Award nomination for his work on the television show Hallmark Hall of Fame with the episode "Little Moon of Alban." His career began to take off with roles on stage and screen.

In 1965, Plummer shot to international stardom with the hit musical film The Sound of Music. He played the widower Captain Von Trapp, a man who eventually falls for Maria, the young nun (Julie Andrews) he hires to care for his seven children. The film is based on the real-life Von Trapps, who indeed fled Austria during the rise of Nazi regime, though the film took a fair amount of liberties with the musical family's true history.

While The Sound of Music was a big success, Plummer had mixed feelings about the project. He has admitted that he looked down on the role and the movie at the time. As he wrote in his 2008 memoir In Spite of Myself, he had been "a pampered, arrogant young bastard, spoiled by too many great theatre roles" and "still harboured the old-fashioned stage actor's snobbism toward moviemaking."

Before long, Plummer returned to the stage. He won his first Tony Award in 1974 for his portrayal of the title character in Cyrano. A bit later, Plummer picked up his first Emmy Award for the 1976 miniseries The Moneychangers, based on the novel by Arthur Hailey. He also had several notable film roles from this era, including The Return of the Pink Panther (1975) with Peter Sellers, The Man Who Would Be King (1975) with Sean Connery and Michael Caine, and International Velvet (1978) with Tatum O'Neal.

Plummer sought out a range of acting challenges in the 1980s. He appeared on Broadway as Iago in Othello (1982) and then as the title character in Macbeth (1988). On the small screen, he appeared in such projects as the hit miniseries The Thorn Birds (1983) and as a narrator for the children's movie The Velveteen Rabbit (1985).
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