ProduktrezensionenMy Fair Lady (DVD, 1998)

An accurate description of what the audience can expect to see.

This is the musical version of one of my favorite movies...Pygmalia. The cast in this movie were
very believable in their roles and was a sneaky way of telling audiences that a lack of education and/or training does not have to be permanent. If you desire to rise to a higher level in life...just work at it.Vollständige Rezension lesen...

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Grace and humor

"My Fair Lady" is based on a play "Pygmalion" by George Bernard Shaw. It translated very well into this Broadway worthy production for which Audrey Hepburn is forever an act to follow in her graceful and humorous interpretation of the plight of social class stigmas.
The DVD came unopened and in very good condition. However, do not be surprised by the older menu format; it is not a reflection of the quality of the video or audio.Vollständige Rezension lesen...

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An everlasting work of total genius

Saw this on the big screen in 1965, and didn't fully appreciate the wit of the script, the subtle humor, the impeccable delivery by the actors, the choreography, the irony, the enduring music, the psychological undertones. The humor passed over me like a wave, were I ten feet underwater. Now, 55 years later, with a lifetime of ups and downs to compare it to, I think this is one of the most brilliant pieces of art ever created.Vollständige Rezension lesen...

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My Fair Lady...the dream of many young women

Excellent movie. One of the first musicals I viewed as a young girl. It's old fashioned and some today would take exception to some of the style. My generation (Baby Boomers) love it. The costumes are magnificent, the music exceptional, the story fantastic.Vollständige Rezension lesen...

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My fair lady and Audrey sure was a fair lady!!

Haven't watched it yet but I've seen bits and pieces of it and I know I like the characters and how they will interact. So when I watch it probably this winter I'm sure I will love it.

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FROM 1912-A PLAY TO 1938-1ST FILMED TO 1964-8 OSCARS

"My Fair Lady" (1964) was director George Cukor's film musical adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's (1912) play "Pygmalion." Cukor's movie won no less than 12 Academy Award nominations & ultimately 8 Oscars: Best Actor (Rex Harrison), Best Director (Cukor's only Oscar), Best Color Art Direction/Set Decoration, Best Color Costume Design (Cecil Beaton), Best Color Cinematography (in widescreen 70 mm), Best Picture, Best Score (Andre Previn), and Best Sound.

In 1964, the competition was quite stiff since the Beatles' "Help" was a best picture nominee, & Julie Andrews was nominated Best Actress for her great leading performance in Disney's classic, "Mary Poppins." Andrews won the Oscar instead of Audrey Hepburn.

"Pygmalion" was a Broadway success from 1956-1962. Shaw's plot wasn't exactly original! Ovid's "Metamorphoses" preceded Shaw's adaptation. Ovid's is about a man named Pygmalion who falls for an ivory statue of a beautiful woman.

The non-musical form of the play from Shaw's screenplay was filmed in Britain in 1938 by co-directors Anthony Asquith & Leslie Howard. In one sentence, Shaw's story is about a Cockney flower vendor, Eliza Doolittle (Audrey Hepburn), who is trained by a sexist bachelor linguistics professor, Henry Higgins (Rex Harrison), to speak proper Queen's English within six months.

Higgins is challenged to undertake Doolittle's transformation by accepting a bet by Colonel Pickering (Wilfrid Hyde-White). During Doolittle'speech lessons her drunkard father, a delightful character Alfred or Alfie to his friends (Stanley Holloway), repeatedly shows up looking for money & even tries to sell Higgins his daughter for 50 pounds!

Higgins & Pickering hastily force Doolittle's first public appearance at the opening day Ascot Races. Even though she makes a miserable presentation, Doolittle gains the attention of an upper class born but poor, dashingly handsome young man, Freddie Eynsford-Hill (Jeremy Brett). Their distant romance begins.

Doolittle, Higgins & Pickering wind up triumphant in high society after Doolittle's successful appearance where she is mistaken for a Hungarian Princess at the Embassy Ball. In brief, as the two sexist male gamblers congratulate each other for "their" success, Doolittle is so hurt she leaves in hurried anger after being changed.

Again, not being a spoiler, I wouldn't dare reveal the ending.

Lerner & Lowe's remarkably memorable tunes & (Rex Harrison spoken) lyrics consist of: "An Ordinary Man," "I Could Have Danced All Night," "Get Me to the Church on Time," "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face," "Just You Wait," "On the Street Where You Live," "Show Me," "The Rain in Spain," "Why Can't A Woman," "Why Can't the English Learn to Speak?," "With a Little Bit of Luck," "Without You," "Wouldn't It Be Loverly?," and "You Did It, You Did It."

Any feminist could ask the question of the film's ending, however, "Isn't Professor Henry Higgins the one who needs to be transformed?"Vollständige Rezension lesen...

Fantastic, engaging, movie.

I love the dresses she wears, Rex Harrison does a great job as does Audrey in their roles. It's awesome movie, so good in fact I ordered one, loved it and ordered another.

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Good quality classic movie

Very good movie overall. Clean and funny! There were some parts that were a bit silly or unrealistic. But all movies have flaws. What we paid for the movie was about what we would have paid to rent another. But now we can watch this as often as we like with no additional cost. :)Vollständige Rezension lesen...

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Delightful!

A favorite film! A perfect evening would be a double feature beginning with "Pygmalion" and followed by "My Fair Lady."

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FANTASTIC MOVIE!!! ONE OF HEPBURN'S SUPERB ROLES!!!

I THOUGHT SO MUCH OF THIS MOVIE,THAT I DECEIDED TO PURCHASE THIS MOVIE FOR MY MOTHER! SHE WAS ELATED TO HAVE FOUND THIS IN HER MAILBOX A FEW DAYS AGO!I HAVE BEEN A MOVIE FANATIC FOR YEARS,AND FELT THAT SHE WOULD ENJOY IT. ALSO...CONSIDERING THAT I ALREADY OWN THIS ON A VHS TAPE...AND HAVE WATCHED IT NUMEROUS TIMES...I STRONGLY RECOMMEND THIS FOR OUR YOUNGER GENERATION,AFTER ALL THESE MOTION-PICTURES ARE OUR HERITAGE!Vollständige Rezension lesen...