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My Fair Lady
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Lerner and Loewe's musical version of 'Pygmalion' about a Covent Garden flower girl who becomes a lady.
Genre: Musicals
Rating: G
Release Date: 8-DEC-1998
Media Type: DVD
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Hollywood's legendary "woman's director," George Cukor (The Women, The Philadelphia Story), transformed Audrey Hepburn into street-urchin-turned-proper-lady Eliza Doolittle in this film version of the Lerner and Loewe musical. Based on George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion, My Fair Lady stars Rex Harrison as linguist Henry Higgins (Harrison also played the role, opposite Julie Andrews, on stage), who draws Eliza into a social experiment that works almost too well. The letterbox edition of this film on video certainly pays tribute to the pageantry of Cukor's set, but it also underscores a certain visual stiffness that can slow viewer enthusiasm just a tad. But it's really star wattage that keeps this film exciting, that and such great songs as "On the Street Where You Live" and "I Could Have Danced All Night." Actor Jeremy Brett, who gained a huge following later in life portraying Sherlock Holmes, is quite electric as Eliza's determined suitor. --Tom Keogh
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My Fair Lady
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User Comments About My Fair Lady
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The songs fit well with the dialogue and story. This has always been a favorite remake of Pygmalion set to music. I like this as a classic musical. The costumes are incredible.
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Rex Harrison steals the show. Absolutely beautiful. "Why can't a woman be more like a man." Indeed.
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The Daemon in Our Dreams. It was a classic Hollywood mistake not to use Julie Andrews in the screen version. Nine Lives Too Many. The movie deservedly won eight Oscars. The movie's sumptuous sets seemed to lose out by this process. Higgin's mansion is artfully rendered, and the scenes in which the servants sing are captivating.
The Rice Queen Spy The widescreen, letter-box version I found annoying as I usually do. The musical numbers are well-structured with a flair and zest which shows George Cukor's taste and sensibilities. Harrison is brilliant as Henry Higgins, and the supporting cast is first-rate. Clawed Back from the Dead.
Audrey Hepburn was an attractive Liza, but her singing was done by Marnie Nixon, and her cockney speech at the very beginning of the movie was needlessly incomprehensible. This film captures the spirit, the style, and the genius of the musical and provides us with an archival record of the show. This film version is more complex, with more in-depth characterization, and is impeccably filmed with many imaginative and original touches. Years ago I saw the original Broadway stage version with Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews.
The movie is enlightening about the British class system which persists to this day.
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Among the Top-3 Best Hollywood Musicals of All Time!
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Picture quality-wise it isn't perfect but it's still very good given the state of the severely deteriorated original master and is still a lot better than many other "restored" older films that I've seen. Also widescreen format is the best way to view this film and this is the format in which it is presented here on this dvd. I've seen other films with this feature but they don't sound as good but it is clear here that a lot of effort went into vastly improving and getting the most out of the 5.1 format. The dvd itself is also a treat as it has been restored pretty well. No fan of musicals should be without this dvd in their collection. I've watched this film many times over the years and I never get tired of watching it and in fact I'm looking forward to the next screening. As far as standard dvd versions go though, this version is very, very good. I wonder what other improvements we can expect from the upcoming Blu-ray version.
Recommended. Excellent sound quality and very good picture quality make this dvd great value for money. The cast is superb and the songs are all standards destined to be appreciated over the years. This musical won 8 Oscars including Best Picture and it is richly deserving of the accolades. There is a nice short making-of documentary included and the biggest plus of this dvd version is the excellent sound quality that comes in Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound.
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the films I do own breakfast at tiffany's roman holiday, sabrina, funny face, One that is vastly different is The nun's story. she truly was a talented beauty of her time AND YES, my fair lady made me laugh. I am a huge Hepburn fan, she has such a way when you are watching her you forget.everything else around you. she is quite deglamorized in that one.
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