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List Price: $19.98 | | Label: Warner Home Video
Salesrank: 3370
Released: December 8, 1998 |
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MPAA Rating: G (General Audience)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
A WIDESCREEN EDITION OF THE PERENNIAL FAMILY FAVORITE AS DR.HENRY HIGGINS MEETS HIS MATCH IN A FLOWER GIRL WHO BLOOMS INTOTHE BELLE OF HIGH SOCIETY.
Description of My Fair Lady:
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
My Fair Lady Reviews:
Rip Off 
2009-11-28 - DVD would not play on my DVD player nor on either of my laptops. Waste of money.
DVD do not work
2009-10-09 - 1 of the dvd do not play at all,i tried it in several dvd player and no success.
A great Classic 
2009-10-05 - Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn are fabulous in this movie. One of my absolute favorites.
My Pgymalion Unit
2009-09-15 - I can never resist using "My Fair Lady" to teach G.B. Shaw's Pygmalion. The contrast between the biting satire in the original version and the lavish Hollywood production provides a plethora of opportunities for discussion. Naturally, however, when one shows a dated Hollywood musical to a class of today's high school students, one runs the risk of yawns, boredom, and little naps during the movie. But the songs and sets and silly jokes seem to worm their way into students' brains despite their efforts to be blase, and it always turns out for the best. It's worth the (long) time spent.My Fair Lady
My Fair Lady
2009-08-28 - DVD was defective and would not play. Could not get e-mail response from independent supplier.
