My Fair Lady

Media:	DVD
Directed by:	George Cukor
Starring:	Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison
Release date:	08 December, 1998
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My Fair Lady

Average rating: Stars

Pretty Good

Songs - Except for Mr. Doolittle's abnoxious tunes, I loved the songs! Especially The Rain in Spain and On the Street Where You Live. WHY, did they dub Jeremy Brett's singing voice?? It was by far the biggest mistake in the movie. As if he couldn't sing!!

Actors - Perfect. I haven't seen Julie Andrew's version, but Audrey Hepburn did a "loverly" job.

Plot - OK. The ending was horrible. No kissing or love scene between Eliza and Freddie or Higgins. Just "Where the devil are my slippers?" After all these years, I still wonder whether Eliza marries Freddie Eynsford-Hill or Professor Higgins. Personally, I hope the former because Professor Higgins was a "big bully." He said Eliza should be hanged and didn't have the right to live if she couldn't speak properly - no behavior for a gentleman!!! Not to mention the quantity of names he called her. He has a big ego and lies to himself that "a very gentle man am I." This is not a movie for little kids and they'll get bored anyway.

My Fair Lady - Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison

This is a classic for the family.

I miss these kinds of films. They are classics for the whole family. I put together a list to remind folks of some of the best ones out there that are family oriented interesting and full of great music. It blows me away when I meet a 10 year old who hasn't seen something like Sound of Music or Wizard of Oz. It's been a long time since Hollywood has come up with one of these!

Mary Poppins
Sound of Music
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
My Fair Lady
Wizard of OZ
Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Annie
Oliver

I am an advocate of good old fasion family fun. I try and take my kids to these and other live musicals as well. We even do voice lesson Cds: (I recommend them as well)
"Voice Lessons To Go" by Vaccarino, to prep before we sing through their sound tracks. It's just another alternative to regular television time. There is a wholesome quality to them that sadly is not very prevelent today.

Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison - My Fair Lady

Restored From 1964 In Full Widescreen Splendor

This great movie from 1964 is the winner of 8 Academy Awards including Best Picture Of The Year. Rex Harrison won the Academy Award for Best Actor. Audrey Hepburn, playing Eliza, was not even nominated for Best Actress once it was learned that her voice was dubbed over for some of the singing in the movie. This was not even mentioned in the credits and was a slap-in-the-face to movie-goers. In the 2-CD set some of Hepburn's dubbed over voice is restored for the viewer.