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Summary: A wonderful film
Review: I would like to say very clearly that this film was wonderful. Even though many customers have mentioned that Audrey Hepburn couldn't sing in the film, I believe that Hepburn was a suitable actress for her part. Julie Andrews may be a talented singer as well as an actress, but Hepburn is a very talented actress and matched her part better. My Fair Lady is a recommended film to watch. The film is funny, romantic, interesting, and filled with entertaining music. I admit I cannot actually explain how well directed this film is, but why don't you just see it and find out.
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Summary: Stunning--a treasure!
Review: My Fair Lady is a feast for the eyes! I've just seen it for the first time (it wasn't my kind of movie when it was originally in theaters--I was into Bond then). The restoration is magnificent. This film has the eye appeal of a huge banquet table covered with sumptious desserts--you just don't know where to start. The color, the definition, the depth is startling--you have to remind yourself that it was made in '64. The credits read like a list of Who's Who in film history--George Cukor, Jack Warner, Andre Previn, Lerner & Lowe. Rex Harrison's effortless performance is brilliant, no doubt due to his refinement of the role from the show's long stage run. Audrey Hepburn is precious as Eliza Dolittle who's character wins our hearts and truly transforms as she learns to be a "lady". Miss Hepburn clinches the deal in the race track scene where she ventures outside the boundary of conversation and vexes members of London's high society with tales of her ailing relatives--she endears herself to viewers for all time! This is a must-have for my film library where it will reside next to such rough and tumble DVDs as Hard Times, Das Boot, Black Rain, Goldeneye and Unforgiven!
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Summary: informative, provocative,creative but boring as hell
Review: the movie was so boring i had to look at other aspects of this film in order to prevent myself from shutting off this tape. the story covers alot of contemporary subjucts concerning gender roles in our modern culture.
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Summary: Audrey is exquisitely beautiful,the music was might fine!!!!
Review: Well i would say i loved the movie.Quite not my generation but thats why i love classics,because its something that i cannot say mmm..i was there when it came out.I loved audrey hepburn. if they think of re-making it again i recommend gywneth paltrow,to play audrey.She has a strikingly resenblance.Also i happen to love gywneth too!!!
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Summary: "The Fairest Fair Lady"
Review: Only "West Side Story" and "The Sound of Music" can compare with this lavishly designed, profoundly well-acted rendering of the Broadway smash hit that people still love today. Although Audrey Hepburn is my favorite actress (along with Ingrid Bergman, Grace Kelly, Kate Winslet and Marissa Tomei) I still think Julie Andrews should have had the role of Eliza Doolittle for the film version. It has been said by many (including Audrey) that although she wanted the part and was grateful for it she did feel that Julie should have had the part especially after it was revealed that Audrey would be performing a small part of the singing and the rest of it would be dubbed by Marni Nixon (the famous "ghost singer" who had also dubbed Deborah Kerr in 1956 for "The King and I" and Natalie Wood in 1961 for "West Side Story" and a year after "Fair Lady" came out in the movies she would be playing as well as singing the part of Sister Sophia in the film version of "The Sound of Music" (which was her first on screen performance). Rex Harrison in the role of his career won the Best Actor Oscar to no suprise that year for his brilliant portrayal of Professor Henry Higgins. The previous year's best actress winner Patricia Neil (winner of 1963's "Hud") had just had a life-altering stroke and was too ill to attend the '64 Oscars and announce the year's best actor. So, at the last minute, Audrey was asked to present the award. When Harrison won he asked Audrey to stand next to him on the podium to thank her as well as Julie Andrews (who was in the audience and who ironically won the best actress Oscar that same year for "Mary Poppins" while Audrey was not even nominated for "Fair Lady"-due to the fact that the Academy wanted to "punish" her for stealing the part from Julie) for allowing him to work with the two of them and expressed his "deep love for...well two fair ladys". Audrey and Julie were all smiles backstage for publicity pictures with Harrison, best director winner George Cukor (who had won his 1st Oscar [for director of "Fair Lady"] after at five nominations) and Jack L. Warner (who won the best picture Oscar for "Fair Lady"). This film is really a milestone in the history of musical films. See it if you havn't already and see it again if you have. It's always worth another look.
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Summary: It's a classic!
Review: Audrey Hepburn, is "Eliza" who plays a character from the lower classes of English social status who mets Rex Harrison who plays"Henry Higgins" a "supposed" gentleman of the finest quality. Eliza wants to learn gow to speak Engish "proper like", Henry takes her on, to mold her in his higher ways and has a bet with his friend that he can make people believe she is a countess. The costumes by Givenchy are superb, and the acting by Miss Hepburn is fantastic. It will make you laugh, cry, and is a joy to watch over and over again, a classic!
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Summary: Also Playing in Satan's Multiplex---
Review: One of the most sprightly and effervescent of all Broadway Musicals becomes one of the most leaden and boring of Movie Musicals. Director George Cukor steadfastly refuses to do anything that might have made this project live on film. His direction is stagy, his pacing is elephantine, and the entire film becomes a suffocating bore. The film might have had some value as a record of Julie Andrews' performance as Eliza. But Jack Warner put a stop to that by hiring Audrey Hepburn, who couldn't even do her own singing. Hollywood decision-making at its worst.
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Summary: DVD Heaven!
Review: Not only is 'My Fair Lady' one of Audrey Hepburn's best movies, but this DVD is rich with DVD features. I have a modest collection of about 20 DVD movies, and none of them has as many features as this one. It includes the trailer, a 'Behind-the-Scenes' documentary, a commentary track that you can listen to while the movie plays (which is like pop-up video without the bubble sound), and best of all, it includes Audrey Hepburn's original singing of 'Show Me' and 'Wouldn't it Be Loverly?' (Which, for those of you who don't know, was dubbed out and replaced with someone else's singing in the movie, which I think cost her the Oscar) I would have bought this DVD for the features alone, in hopes that this would get other DVD production companies to include this many features in their DVD's. Bravo to the cast and crew for a wonderful movie, and another Bravo to Warner Brothers for a wonderful DVD!
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Summary: Good enough
Review: I can't fault the musical itself at all; it is perhaps the greatest ever written. However, I fear this film version sometimes seems a bit leaden, despite its lavish production. Old greats Rex Harrison and Stanley Holloway, having done it to death on Broadway for years, sometimes seem to be going through the paces, and Audrey Hepburn, alas, is no Julie Andrews in this role. (Though at least Julie got to go and make "Mary Poppins" while this was being filmed.) Some musical numbers are dragged out too long by Hollywood's attempt to turn them into big dazzling numbers. Of course it's hard to ruin this great show, and it's always fun.
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Summary: Great Film Made Even Greater
Review: This is certainly a classic film that has been acclaimed and enjoyed for many years, but I think that the DVD version is wihtout a doubt the greatest presentation that I have ever seen of this "Best Picture" winner. From the very beginning, the clarity and purity of the colors and images are really stunning. You are able to examine even the smallest details of the sets and costumes. The commentary track is another plus, as well as the bonus Audrey Hepburn vocal takes. This is the disc that convinced me that older movies can really benefit from the DVD treatment (I bought it even though I already had the widescreen tape, and it was worth it). I would say that this is a great addition to a home video library.
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