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My Fair Lady

My Fair Lady

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: really great but could have been better...
Review: The refurbishing job was superb but I believe it would have been MUCH, MUCH better had they incorporated the Audrey sung versions of 'Wouldn't It Be Lovely' and 'Show Me'. This is indeed a true Classic. The music of Fred. Lowe is fantastic with the recurring themes & counterpoint string lines. They do not make them like that anymore. Harrison is great and Hepburn is just a pleasure to watch on the screen.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: As close to perfect as it gets
Review: This is an incredible film. One of the best screenplays every written, this is a true classic. Everyone involved with it's production does a superb job, and the movie is a joy to watch again and again. (In fact I bought the DVD version because my VHS tape was starting to wear-out.)

To make things even better the DVD version is superbly done. Colors are vibrant, and the sound is terrific. WB finally did a DVD translation right with this disc and it shows. It's presented in full "letterbox" widescreen which captures all the elements missing from the VHS tape.

Best of all the disc is packed with extra features! You can watch and hear Audrey Hepburn do her own singing in two of the movies songs (Wouldn't It Be Loverly? and Show Me) and she does supprisingly well for someone who's not a singer. Running commentary is included, as well as the theatrical trailers. Amazon's price for this disc is a steal, so don't hesitate!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Audrey Hepburn shines in all the movies she stars in.
Review: Audrey was a true actress and brought every movie film to life. Her smile and attitude towards her acting help create a "lovery" life to watch for all ages. I still enjoy watching movies with Audrey in and it brings a great feeling inside to realize life was simple and "lovery" unlike the real world. Her acting captures audiences and holds them in for a great movie. Audrey is a beautiful person inside and out, and it shows in all she had accomplished, to her films, family, and her charities. This is and always will be a great family film for years to come.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: An Excellent Adaption of One of Broadway's Best
Review: One of the classics of the American musical theater, "My Fair Lady" is brought to us with amazing grace and sensitivity by legendary dirctor George Cukor. This musical has it all: a classic score by Lerner and Loewe (including "I Could have Danced All Night," "The Rain in Spain," and "Get me to the Church on Time"), an interesting story, and great characters. Rex Harrison proves to be nothing less then supurb as Henry Higgens, the speach teacher who vows to "never let a woman in my life," but finds himself falling for flower girl Eliza Dolittle. The supporting cast is in top form, with special mention going to the hysterical Stanley Halloway as Alfred P. Dolittle, the charming Wilfred Hyde-White as Pickering, and Jeremy Brett as Freddie. My on real complaint is Audrey Hepburn, who plays Eliza. While she is far from bad, Miss Hepburn has no voice, and I can't stand it when they use another actress to dub the voice of a star. Why can't they just hire a singer in the first place? The part should have gone to Julie Andrews (who originated it on Broadway). All in all, agreat film for the whole family. Check it out!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: If only she could have songe
Review: I t was the best of her movie there was only one down side that was that she was not alound to sing.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A magical movie
Review: Audrey Hepburn (Sabrina, Breakfast at Tiffany's) dazzles the audience in an unforgettable performance as the cockney guttersnipe Eliza Doolittle. She is taken on by thr arrogant eloclutionist Professor Henry Higgins (Rex Harrison) who bets to his friend Colonel pickering (Wilfrid Hyde-White) that he can perfect her speech and hence pass her off as a Duchess at the Embassy Ball. He is abdamant throughout the majority of the film that he will never let a woman in his life, but he gradually gives in to Eliza's charm and falls in love with her. The movie is one of the greatest of the 20th century and is one of Hepburn's greatest performances. Even if her voice was dubbed, her prescense on screen was enough to make her audience smile. Also stars Jeremy Brett, Stanley Holloway and Mona Washbourne.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: faboo
Review: One of the very first films I bought [I am not much of a movie person] was My Fair Lady. Much like with Annie, I get a sudden urge to watch this film. While I can handle watching most films once, maybe twice, My Fair Lady is one that will have much air time on my TV...

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The most amusing at its best.
Review: It is hard to believe that until now no feminist group, teacher association or any other activists tried to have this movie banned.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: My "Boring" Lady
Review: My Fair Lady has been the worst movie I ever saw. I regrett ever spending time watching it. There is basically no solid plot, and only one good song throught the 2-3 hour movie. I'd say it was a mix between a linguistic lecture on proper english, and sheer boredom

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The most delicious and sophisticated love story
Review: Although Julie Andrews was a better singer, Audrey Hepburn was a far much better actress with a wide range of acting abilities. Mrs. Hepburn was very funny as well as dramatic. Nobody could have portrayed the feelings and expressions of Eliza Doolitle with such a heart-felt emotion and honesty from beggining to end. Only a flower girl as portrayed by Mrs. Hepburn could have been the cause for Professor Higgins, a recalcitrant bachelor, to say "...I have grown accustomed to her..." at the possibility of a life without her.

My Fair Lady is one of the best movies ever made. It is better than West Side Story, and Sound of Music because of its extraordinary and unique storyline. It is a superb movie that happens to be a musical. Besides its beautiful music, lyrics, actors, costumes, period sets, and any other categories of production, the viewer is captivated because of the most exquisite romantic comedy story ever written, with its intricate and witty dialogue. Only after several viewing one may capture the delicacies and nuances of the story and its characters. Every single line is as valuable as any other, and it has a meaning as profound as any other, and they are so engaging that once the movie is over one would not believe that 3 hours has elapsed. Stage musicals brought into the silver screen should not be judged with an emphasis on their music and vocal abilities, but rather on their storylines, and the messages thus portayed.

I definitely recommend the reading of both reviews by James Berardinelli and Roger Ebert from the movie database here at amazon. They have it right on the money and so well written.

Here is a quote from James Berardinelli: "Consider this possibility: a romantic comedy with no nudity, no sex, and no kissing. In fact, there aren't even any declarations of love. The closest the female character comes to admitting her feelings is saying that she could have danced all night with the man; the closest he gets is remarking that he is grown accustomed to her face. Could such a project lift off the pad in today's cliamte?

One would be very cynical if he or she has not seen the movie before, as it happened to me until I saw it in this restored DVD.


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