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Summary: An Absolute Gem!
Review: This movie, especially on DVD is my favorite. I love all the Broadway musicals so I am now interested in purchasing more of them.
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Summary: I love this movie...
Review: At the risk of sounding unoriginal: I LOVE this movie. When I was a little kid, we had this movie on a video tape, and I must have seen it so many times, I have lost count. It was such a pleasure to see it again and in wide screen format (the original version vs. the tv formated video version). The quality of the video is simply astounding. I have no clue why the widescreen review gave the sound quality only 3.5, it lacks nothing. This is not your action/loud movie, maybe they were comparing it to top gun...This DVD also has a wonderfull special features section. They have included two songs as performed by Audry and not by Julia Andrews. Ok, Audry does not have the strongest voice but it was nonetheless great to hear her sing. Simply put, this movie is by far the best wonderfull movie your money can buy. Go get it.
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Summary: More than fair, it's luverly
Review: This is a extremely elegant and stylish movie - the kind of spectacle that you just don't see any more, in a certain type of Technicolour that just isn't duplicated these days. Extremely witty and classic songs, a swish script, and gorgeous costumes. Admittedly, it is eye candy, but what eye candy! George Cukor directs it with true aplomb, turning "Titanic-era" London into a stylised and colourful melée, bringing out the humour and joyfulness of the screenplay, and Cecil Beaton's extravagant and yet, somehow, chic costumes and sets form a perfect setting for the actors - and the actors themselves are superb. Rex Harrison is totally believable as Henry Higgins, mixing crustiness with a very dry humour, whereas Audrey Hepburn looks just right as Eliza Doolittle. One is forced to ponder what Julie Andrews would have done in the role, following her playing the part on stage, but I just can't see Eliza played by anyone other than Audrey Hepburn, who is, quite simply, delicious. From the mawkish, ramshackle flower-girl, to the rebellious pupil, to the cool and composed "lady" of the title, she is perfectly credible, whether throwing a Cockney temperament, or floating through the conservatory, calmly sending Professor Higgins about his business. I am told her Cockney accent is awful, but being deaf, I cannot comment; no more than I can comment upon the fact that apparently her recording of "Oh Wouldn't It Be Luverly" has been reinstated upon the soundtrack. The appeal for this film lies in its spectacle - I saw it at the cinema once, in an arthouse revival, and it was utterly amazing - and in the speech therapy storyline, which has a lot of relevance to me. "My Fair Lady" is simply... a cinematic glory of a particular type that would be impossible to duplicate ever again. The Ascot scene is worth the money alone, a refreshing, gliding harmony of black and white, choreographed and stylised escapism, totally summing up the essence of a musical. Ah, it's lu-ver-ly - Lu-ver-ly - Lovely!
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Summary: The Rain in Spain
Review: A colourful production of Lerner and Loewe's musical version of "Pygmalion" about an ill-mannered cockney girl who is plucked from her job as a flower girl by Professor Henry Higgins; he makes a bet with a colleague that he can turn this rough diamond into a "lady" . Winner of 8 AA; Hepburn's singing was dubbed by the prolific Marnie Nixon (she was responsible for singing in "West Side Story" and "The King and I". Harrison is perfect as the crusty, eccentric Higgins. I have often wondered how Julie Andrews would be in comparison (she, of course, played Eliza on Broadway. A timeless classic.
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Summary: Simply superb.
Review: There was no question whether I would love this film. I knew I would. Its one of my five favorite films of all time (the other four are not out on DVD yet). No, the question was whether the DVD would deliver. And deliver it did. The transfer is superb. The colors are vivid and the images are crisp. Just as I remember seeing it in the theater. The only medium that will top this is HDTV.
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Summary: A cinematic treat for just about anyone
Review: The long-running broadway musical was finally brought to the screen in glorious fashion. Based on George Bernard Shaw's play "Pygmalion", this film is chock-full of immortal musical numbers and contains perhaps the best acting performances of both Rex Harrison (Henry Higgins) and Audrey Hepburn (Eliza Doolittle). It's a bit longer than the average picture, but every minute is wonderfully entertaining.
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Summary: My fair lady
Review: I think my fair lady is very good. It is about a flower girl thay wants to be some one better,work in a shop, but she turns out something better. Between Higgins and Pickering this is done. with many fantabuols songs this musical is superb
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Summary: THE BEST MUSICAL OF ALL-TIME
Review: This is my all-time favourite movie. If you love musicals, then this is for you! It is not-to-be-missed and a MUST for musical lovers. Audrey Hepburn was BORN to play Eliza and Rex Harrison was born to play Henry Higgins. The story is based on Prof. Henry Higgins trying to teach a poor flower-girl called Eliza Doolittle to become a noble young lady. They share a love/hate relationship. The script could NOT have been better, and the songs/lyrics/runes are THEE BEST! Marni Nixon does an EXCELLENT job dubbing Audrey's singing voice.....and even Freddie Eyensford-Hill's singing voice is soo romantic, since he sings a love song for Eliza. Overall, this is a timeless masterpiece, and I cannot imagine ANYONE not liking it...... My favourite songs are 'I Could Have Danced All Night' and 'Without You'. I also love 'The Rain in Spain.' Overall, this musical movie deserves more than TEN stars!
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Summary: DVD offers much less quality than the restored Laser/VHS
Review: This DVD is a poor substitute for the magnificent Laser or even VHS restored versions. The DVD is NOT THX and it SHOWS. The carefully restored opening titles are fuzzy with Frequent color correction going on during the floral sequence. The Sound is even Worse, with people muffled and tinny. Keep your laser. Don't do what I did!- Assume the DVD would be an improvement! Warner's never returned my call!
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Summary: really great but could have been better...
Review: the refurbishing job was superb but i believe it would have been SO 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 & counterpnt. string lines.Don't make em like that anymore.
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