My Fair Lady (Two-Disc Special Edition)
starring: Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Gladys Cooper
directed by: George Cukor, Suzie Galler
directed by: George Cukor, Suzie Galler
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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: NR
Release Date: 3-FEB-2004
Media Type: DVD
Amazon.com essential video:
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
Lerner and Loewe's musical version of 'Pygmalion' about a Covent Garden flower girl who becomes a lady.
Genre: Musicals
Rating: NR
Release Date: 3-FEB-2004
Media Type: DVD
Amazon.com essential video:
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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- Heart warming, entertaining and inspiring!
I was surprised by how much of the song lyrics I had remembered from watching this movie MANY years ago as a kid. Now I have "Wouldn't it be Loverly" running through my head, and I don't mind one bit. This is one of those movies you can watch again and again, and enjoy it every time. Good stuff!
Rating: - See It Before the Blossom in Your Cheeks Turns to Chalk!
In honor of what would have been Audrey Hepburn's 80th birthday, I take the opportunity to review what is perhaps her best-known role, and if not her best-known, definitely one of her most exquisite.
Replacing Broadway's Julie Andrews in the role of Cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, Hepburn brings her own essence to the part, with her shrill bellowing when a wealthy concert patron accidentally knocks her flowers into the mud outside Covent Garden, and when she first encounters the two ... Read More
Rating: - Excellent DVD
This My Fair Lady Special Edition DVD arrived in a very timely manner. Moreover, Amazon has the best price for this DVD out there. Highly recommended.
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- A fair movie
My Fair Lady is a good film and definitely worth watching. Storyline is good up until the ending. For some reason, the ending is flat for me. At that point, Hepburn becomes shrewish and Harrison becomes odious (it's hard to imagine a happy marriage blooming from this pair). But, the music is wonderful and Hepburn's gowns are exquisite. Excellent supporting cast.
Rating: - Fantastic all-time musical!
This is a classic musical that I recommend to everyone.It's my favorite musical.I'm very pleased with my DVD copy of it.My Fair Lady (Two-Disc Special Edition)
- Heart warming, entertaining and inspiring!I was surprised by how much of the song lyrics I had remembered from watching this movie MANY years ago as a kid. Now I have "Wouldn't it be Loverly" running through my head, and I don't mind one bit. This is one of those movies you can watch again and again, and enjoy it every time. Good stuff!
- See It Before the Blossom in Your Cheeks Turns to Chalk!In honor of what would have been Audrey Hepburn's 80th birthday, I take the opportunity to review what is perhaps her best-known role, and if not her best-known, definitely one of her most exquisite.
Replacing Broadway's Julie Andrews in the role of Cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle, Hepburn brings her own essence to the part, with her shrill bellowing when a wealthy concert patron accidentally knocks her flowers into the mud outside Covent Garden, and when she first encounters the two ... Read More
- Excellent DVDThis My Fair Lady Special Edition DVD arrived in a very timely manner. Moreover, Amazon has the best price for this DVD out there. Highly recommended.
- A fair movieMy Fair Lady is a good film and definitely worth watching. Storyline is good up until the ending. For some reason, the ending is flat for me. At that point, Hepburn becomes shrewish and Harrison becomes odious (it's hard to imagine a happy marriage blooming from this pair). But, the music is wonderful and Hepburn's gowns are exquisite. Excellent supporting cast.
- Fantastic all-time musical!This is a classic musical that I recommend to everyone.It's my favorite musical.I'm very pleased with my DVD copy of it.My Fair Lady (Two-Disc Special Edition)
