Stars: Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Wilfrid Hyde White, Gladys Cooper, Stanley Holloway, Theodore Bikel, Jeremy Brett, Henry Daniell, Mona Washbourne, Isobel Elsom

Director: George Cukor

Summary: The story of a flower girl who becomes part of an experiment performed by Professor Henry Higgins as he sets out to prove that with elocution any woman may become a lady.

A priceless classic, MY FAIR LADY has become one of the most popular musicals of all time. Based on George Bernard Shaw's 1913 play PYGMALION, the film swept the Academy Awards. Cecil Beaton's lavish sets and costumes and Lerner and Loewe's winning score became the background for George Cukor's striking mix of styles that ranged from the fantastic to the abstract in his telling of the tale of a waif who's educated into being a lady. Egotistical linguist Professor Henry Higgins (Oscar-winning Rex Harrison) bets his friend, Colonel Hugh Pickering (Wilfrid Hyde-White), that he can transform Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle (Audrey Hepburn) in time for an important society ball. His gamble could pay off--but the spirited Eliza is more of a handful than the Professor could have predicted. As she slowly becomes more refined, and less reliant upon him, Higgins realizes, to his confusion, that he can't live without her. The film was nominated for 12 Oscars and won eight, including Best Picture and Director.

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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 Ladystars 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.

Star wattage 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

Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Special Edition, Making-of documentary, Audio commentary, Featurette: The Fairest Fair Lady, Alternative vocals for 'Wouldn't It Be Loverly' and 'Show Me' by Audrey Hepburn, Archive footage, Comments from Martin Scorsese and Andrew Lloyd Webber, Production still
Year:	1964
Release Date:	April 5, 2004
Runtime:	163 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	D 028885
Keywords:	Lady, Music, Fair, English, Films, My, Performing, Musicals, Arts
Genre:	Music/Performing Arts