DVD : My Fair Lady (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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Aspect Ratio: 2.20:1
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9780790785349
Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 079078534X
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 03, 2004
Running Time: 173 minutes
Sales Rank: 373
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: December 25, 1964
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Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 11/11/2008
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Hollywood's legendary "woman's director," George Cukor (The Women, The Philadelphia Story), transformed Audrey Hepburn into street-urchin-turned-proper-lady Eliza Doolittle in this film version of the Lerner and Loewe musical. Based on George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion, My Fair Lady stars Rex Harrison as linguist Henry Higgins (Harrison also played the role, opposite Julie Andrews, on stage), who draws Eliza into a social experiment that works almost too well. The letterbox edition of this film on video certainly pays tribute to the pageantry of Cukor's set, but it also underscores a certain visual stiffness that can slow viewer enthusiasm just a tad. But it's really star wattage that keeps this film exciting, that and such great songs as "On the Street Where You Live" and "I Could Have Danced All Night." Actor Jeremy Brett, who gained a huge following later in life portraying Sherlock Holmes, is quite electric as Eliza's determined suitor. --Tom Keogh
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Although My Fair Lady continues to please people, it does not please me at all. I must say that I am in the minority. I saw the film when it first came out, and just a few days ago screened it again.
I want to make it very clear that I love cinema and that I love film musicals. I say this because I want to assure readers concerning my devotion to the film musical form. My criticism is that My Fair Lady as a film just doesn't live up to what it could have been. To me, it is a tragedy that so many lives and dollars were expended to make a film that seems to lacks enthusiasm, warmth, and musicianship.
I find the film version gorgeous to look-at, but that is about all. The performances and the music interpretation I find to be lacking, even to the instrumentation. The whole film seems like it is being played as if fulfilling a formula. Even Rex Harrison seems rather uninterested at times.
And, I will honestly say, that despite all the beautiful costumes and the spectacle, most of the film dramatically is just plain boring. For someone like myself who loves art films that can move very slowly, this is quite an indicator of how My Fair Lady tragically doesn't inspire or move me.
Last, not using Julie Andrews (who originated the Eliza role on Broadway) was criminal and was quite a scandal at the time of the film's being made. Only Ms. Andrews could have brought some life to the Eliza role. While Audrey Hepburn was a great ... Read More
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The only problem I have with this DVD of "My Fair Lady" is that it is in letter-box format & it's too scrunched down for me to read the lips. Good thing I know the movie by heart PLUS it has "closed captioning". Other than that, my friend & I completely enjoyed the movie. It arrived SO QUICKLY & the price was SO affordable! I'll do all my Christmas shopping at Amazon!
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this was shipped to me in a very timely manner. it is in great condition and a joy to watch.
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The product was in the condition stated (brand new). Very cheap price and very fast shipping. I was very satisfied and might purchase more products from Amazon.
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How can anybody not like "My Fair Lady"? It is a wonderful story, and film, and the music is just fantastic! I have seen it several times and have not yet grown weary of it.
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starring: Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Gladys Cooper
directed by: George Cukor, Suzie Galler
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Aspect Ratio: 2.20:1
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9780790785349
Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 079078534X
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 03, 2004
Running Time: 173 minutes
Sales Rank: 373
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: December 25, 1964
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