My Fair Lady (1964)
Genre:
Comedy / Family / Musical / Romance / Drama (more)
Tagline: The loverliest motion picture of them all! (more)
Plot Outline: A misogynistic and snobbish phonetics professor agrees to a wager that he can take a flower girl and make her presentable in high society. (more) (view trailer)
User Comments:
The character of Henry Higgins is greatly misunderstood by many and so is the film.
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User Rating:
 
7.8/10 (14,997 votes)
Runtime:
170 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Sound Mix:
4-Track Stereo (35 mm magnetic prints) / 70 mm 6-Track (RCA Sound System) (70 mm prints) / DTS (re-release) / Dolby Digital (re-release) / Mono (16 mm prints) / Mono (35 mm optical prints)
Certification:
Argentina:Atp / Australia:G / Chile:TE / Finland:S / Sweden:Btl / UK:U / USA:G / West Germany:12
Trivia:
Rex Harrison wanted Julie Andrews for the role of Eliza, since they had played together in the Broadway version.
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Goofs:
Continuity: When Higgins comes home after the Grand Ball he takes off his shoes and holds a cigar in one hand which repeatedly changes direction between shots.
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Quotes:
Professor Henry Higgins:
Now, try it again.
Eliza Doolittle:
The rine in spine sties minely in the pline.
Professor Henry Higgins:
The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain.
Eliza Doolittle:
Didn't I sy that?
Professor Henry Higgins:
No, Eliza, you didn't "sy" that, you didn't even "say" that, now every night before you get into bed, where you used to say your prayers, I want you to say "The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain" fifty times. You'll learn to get much further with the Lord if you learn not to offend His ears.
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Awards:
Won 8 Oscars.
Another 12 wins
&
10 nominations
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User Comments:
60 out of 80 people found the following comment useful:-
The character of Henry Higgins is greatly misunderstood by many and so is the film., 28 December 2003
Author:
Robert Reynolds ([email protected]) from Tucson AZ
I have read in a great many places (including the IMDb) that Henry Higgins
is a misogynist. It has also been said that the film is a misogynist's
fairy tale. Anyone saying this has clearly not watched this film too
closely.
First, Higgins is not a misogynist. A misogynist hates women. What Higgins
is, in reality, is a misanthrope. A misanthrope basically dislikes and
distrusts everyone! Watch the film and you'll notice that Higgins treats
everyone with the same disregard-Col. Pickering, Eliza's father, his own
mother-everyone receives his rather cynical disdain. Some of the minor
characters come off being treated worse than the principals do. It's simply
more noticeable with Eliza because it's more frequent, it's newer with Eliza
because the other principal characters have known Higgins longer and thus
take it in stride. The myth that Higgins is a misogynist is perpetuated by
the song, "Why Can't A Woman Be More Like a Man?".
Second, it can hardly be called a misogynist's fairy tale. If that were the
case, I doubt Alfred Doolittle would have cause to sing, "Get Me To the
Church On Time", as he'd hardly be getting married. His life is just as
"ruined" as Eliza's by his encounters with Higgins, just as altered as her
life has been.
This is a great musical, a good movie and it was even better as the original
play by Shaw. Well worth seeing. Recommended.
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