But there is no film for which Plummer is more famous than 1965’sThe Sound of Music.

The film was both an immediate commercial successandis still profitable today, decades later (viaThe AV Club).

The Sound of… what?

Christopher Plummer on TSOM set

But whenThe Sound of Musicwas first released, not everyone was impressed.

Plummer was known to call the movie “S&M” or “The Sound of Mucus.”

That damn movie follows me around like an albatross" (viaThe New York Times).

Christopher Plummer and Julie Andrews

And it would appear as though this attitude towards the film stayed with Plummer in the decades to come.

You had to work terribly hard to try and infuse some miniscule bit of humor into it."

One good thing to come out of the experience for Plummer?