Rent My Fair Lady (1964)
3.8 of 5 from 239 ratings
2h 46min
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- Synopsis:
- Rex Harrison reprises his signature role of Henry Higgins, the supremely assured phoneticist who wagers that under his tutelage, cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle can pass for a duchess at the Embassy Ball. In one of her best-loved roles, Audrey Hepburn plays Eliza. If ever there were a face that the professor could grow accustomed to, it's hers. In Hartford, Heresford and Hampshire (and elsewhere) no one's fairer than 'My Fair Lady' on of the most irresistible musicals ever.
- Actors:
- Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Gladys Cooper, Jeremy Brett, Theodore Bikel, Mona Washbourne, Isobel Elsom, John Holland, Elizabeth Aimers, Helen Albrecht, John Alderson, Mary Alexander, LaWana Backer, Walter Bacon, Al Bain, Frank Baker, Lois Battle, Brittania Beatey
- Directors:
- George Cukor
- Producers:
- Jack L. Warner
- Writers:
- Alan Jay Lerner, George Bernard Shaw
- Others:
- André Previn, Cecil Beaton, Gene Allen, Harry Stradling, George James Hopkins, George R. Groves, William Ziegler
- Studio:
- Warner
- Genres:
- Children & Family, Classics, Drama, Music & Musicals, Romance
- Collections:
- A Brief History of Disney Heroines, Acting Up: British Actors at the Oscars, Acting Up: British Actresses at the Oscars, Award Winners, Films by Year, Films From: 1964, Getting to Know..., Getting to Know: Audrey Hepburn, Introducing the EGOT Crowd, Introducing the Thesping Olympians, Ireland At the Oscars, Oscar Nominations Competition 2024, The Biggest Oscar Snubs: Part 1, A Brief History of Film..., Top 10 Best Picture Follow-Ups, Top 100 AFI Passions, Top Films
- Awards:
1965 Oscar Best Cinematography Color
1965 Oscar Best Art Direction Color
1965 Oscar Best Costume Design Color
1965 Oscar Best Music Scoring of Music Adaptation or Treatment
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 11/07/2016
- Run Time:
- 173 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby TrueHD 7.1, French Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono, German Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono, Italian Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono, Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono, Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
- Subtitles:
- Danish, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.20:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 24/05/2021
- Run Time:
- 173 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby TrueHD 7.1, French Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono, German Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono, Italian Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono, Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono, Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
- Subtitles:
- Danish, Dutch, English, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
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Reviews (2) of My Fair Lady
My Fair Lady - My Fair Lady review by AH
Despite being more or less a translation of a Broadway musical, this is perfection despite the ending, which is the sole element of the thing that doesn't quite work.
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Musical Romance. - My Fair Lady review by Steve
Lerner and Loewe's stage sensation became the last great Hollywood musical. It's a Technicolor and Cinemascope epic which takes George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion and crams it full of amazing songs. It's a hugely ambitious production full of startling fashions and set decoration, and treasured performances from its stars. When it's good, it's fabulous.
But it's far from a perfect film. It seems disinterested in all of the philosophical themes that the narrative touches upon. It hardly acknowledges the profound misery of the poor or the entitlement of the wealthy. No one learns anything. Professor Higgins (Rex Harrison) ends up the same misanthrope and misogynist he was at the start, except he is in love (sort of). It doesn't climax, it just stops.
However, the songs are immortal. My personal favourite is the Cockney-blues of Wouldn't It Be Loverly. The lyrics are witty and intelligent. In terms of the usual standards, the dancing is no more than perfunctory. But... My Fair Lady ultimately triumphs because of the brilliant performance of Audrey Hepburn as Eliza Doolittle, the flower girl who becomes a phoney princess.
She gives the film its heart. Eliza is tied into a web of exploitation and cruelty, and Hepburn makes that pathos come live. Even when miming the songs. Harrison does well to make his curmudgeonly aristocrat just about tolerable. George Cukor keeps the musical romance light and entertaining over its long, long running time (plus interval).
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