Other author/creator | Lerner, Alan Jay, 1918-1986 screenwriter, lyricist. |
Other author/creator | Loewe, Frederick, 1901-1988 composer. |
Other author/creator | Warner, Jack L., 1892-1978 producer. |
Other author/creator | Cukor, George, 1899-1983 director. |
Other author/creator | Hepburn, Audrey, 1929-1993, actor. |
Other author/creator | Harrison, Rex actor, singer. |
Other author/creator | Holloway, Stanley, actor, singer. |
Other author/creator | Hyde-White, Wilfrid, actor, singer. |
Other author/creator | Cooper, Gladys, 1888-1971 actor. |
Other author/creator | Brett, Jeremy, 1933-1995 actor. |
Other author/creator | Bikel, Theodore actor. |
Other author/creator | Washbourne, Mona, 1903-1988, actor. |
Other author/creator | Elsom, Isobel, 1893-1981 actor. |
Other author/creator | Holland, John actor. |
Other author/creator | Stradling, Harry, 1901-1970 cinematographer. |
Other author/creator | Allen, Gene, consultant. |
Other author/creator | Ziegler, William film editor. |
Other author/creator | Hopkins, George James, consultant. |
Other author/creator | Pan, Hermes, 1905-1990, choreographer. |
Other author/creator | Tucker, Robert (Arranger) arranger of music. |
Other author/creator | Beaton, Cecil, 1904-1980 costume designer, set designer. |
Other author/creator | Previn, André, 1929-2019 conductor, musical director. |
Included Work | Lerner, Alan Jay, 1918-1986 My fair lady. |
Included Work | Loewe, Frederick, 1901-1988. My fair lady. |
Included Work | Levin, Herman, 1907-1990, producer. |
Included Work | Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950. |
Other author/creator | Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967) |
Other author/creator | CBS Home Entertainment. |
Other author/creator | CBS DVD (Firm) |
Other author/creator | Paramount Pictures Corporation. |
Uniform title | My fair lady (Motion picture) |
Abstract |
Arrogant, irascible, and misogynistic professor of phonetics Henry Higgins believes that the accent and tone of one's voice determines a person's prospects in society. He boasts to a new acquaintance, Colonel Hugh Pickering--also an expert in phonetics--that he could teach any woman to speak so "properly" that he could pass her off as a duchess at an embassy ball. He chooses as an example a sassy, young working-class London flower seller from the slums, Eliza Doolittle, who has a strong Cockney accent. Can Higgins turn Eliza into a duchess? And will Eliza care to remain a lady for long? When the humble flower girl blossoms into the toast of London's elite, her teacher may have a lesson or two to learn himself. |
General note | Based upon the musical play produced on the stage by Herman Levin, book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, music by Frederick Loewe, from a play by Bernard Shaw. |
General note | Originally produced as a motion picture in 1964. |
General note | Special features: Audio commentary; Vintage featurettes: 1963 production kick-off dinner (b&w) (23 min.); George Cukor directs Baroness Bina Rothchild [audio with slide show] (3 min.); The fairest "Fair Lady" (10 min.); Los Angeles premiere (b&w) (5 min.); Rex Harrison Golden Globe acceptance speech (1 min.); Academy Awards ceremony highlights (b&w) ( 30 sec.); Alternate Audrey Hepburn vocals; Posters and lobby cards with Rex Harrison radio interview [slide show] (1 min.); Comments on a lady (2 min.); Trailers (9 min.). |
Credits | Director of photography, Harry Stradling ; art director, Gene Allen ; editor, William Ziegler ; set decorator, George James Hopkins ; choreographer, Hermes Pan ; additional music by Frederick Loewe ; vocal arrangements, Robert Tucker ; costumes, scenery, and production designed by Cecil Beaton ; music supervised and conducted by André Previn ; restored by Robert A. Harris and James C. Katz. |
Cast |
Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Gladys Cooper, Jeremy Brett, Theodore Bikel, Mona Washbourne, Isobel Elsom, John Holland. |
Audience |
MPAA rating: Rated G; Canadian Home Video rating: PG. |
Technical details | DVD; Region 1, NTSC; Dolby Digital stereo; widescreen presentation, enhanced for 16x9 televisions . |
Language | In English dialogue with optional subtitles in Brazilian Portuguese; closed captioned. |
Awards note | Winner, 1965 Academy Awards for Best Sound--George Groves; Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color--Gene Allen, Cecil Beaton, George James Hopkins; Best Costume Design, Color--Cecil Beaton; Best Cinematography, Color--Harry Stradling Sr.; Best Music, Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment--André Previn; Best Actor in a Leading Role--Rex Harrison; Best Director--George Cukor; Best Picture--Jack L. Warner. |
Genre/form | Musical films. |
Genre/form | Romance films. |
Genre/form | Feature films. |
Genre/form | Fiction films. |
Genre/form | Film adaptations. |
Genre/form | Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
ISBN | 1415751560 |
ISBN | 9781415751565 |
UPC |
097368719644 |
Publisher number | 87196 CBS Home Entertainment |
Stock number | Midwest Tape http://www.midwesttapes.com |