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As some have already pointed out, it was in fact Marni Nixon - not Marni Dixon - who provided the voice for Audrey Hepburn's songs. It seems I managed to misread this from my own script...
Great review! Based on 'Pygmalion' the story of the caterpillar that turns into a butterfly is always successful⛪️I was reading that 'My fair lady' was a musical with Julie Andrews' performance was decisive huge success on Broadway🎵 🎶In 1963 Warner Bros. decided to make the movie BUT, they despised Julie Andrews and instead put Audrey Hepburn🌷🌹who was the highest grossing movie star!🍰Hepburn was not a singer and her voice was dubbed by a professional soprano.
@@becom2625 Warner Brothers did not despite Julie Andrews. Don’t know where you got that. Ms Andrew’s simply did not covey the cinematic magic that Hepburn did. The camera loved Hepburn and designer Cecil Beaton was delighted to dress her magnificently. Can there be a more magical scene in cinema than when Eliza descends the staircase ready for the ball.
I want to correct your statement that the movie "in 1964 it won the Oscar for Best Picture." (9:29) It actually won the Oscar in April 1965 for being the best picture of 1964. I would also like to point out that six singing words in the film were NOT dubbed by Marni Nixon, and they were, "Sleep, sleep, I couldn't sleep tonight." Listen very carefully to the first 30 seconds of this video and you will hear the difference: ua-cam.com/video/hA9bEKKxTNU/v-deo.html
It is memorable because it is bluntly terrible, but it goes perfectly well with the musical's hideous ending that burns Shaw's play to the ground. Sadly the last line is not: Eliza - "Prof. Higgins, Fuck off, eat shit and die in a fire!!"
The review made me feel all warm and fuzzy, a very welcome soft spot amongst the war films and negativity in the world. You did such a fantastic job you convinced me and I'm going to watch it again now. I've grown accustomed to this film and I have one enormous chair to watch it from.
Actually, as Ms. Andrews herself would always relate, she was an unproven commodity when it came to box office,, and Ms. Hepburn was, many times over. Andrews made three films, Poppins, The Americanization of Emily, and The Sound of Music, which had yet to be released. Once released, she quite rightly became a national treasure for all to enjoy. On a side note, check out the late Dame Wendy Hiller's performance in the 1938 film, "Pygmalion," opposite Leslie Howard as Professor Higgins. She is absolutely bloomin' good.
Ok, where to begin... Yes, it's a very fine film in all the ways you described it - and here comes the inevitable "but" - Shaw has a definite mindset about class and society which was much clearer in Pygmalion than in MFL, but one little bit crept into the film somewhat unscathed, which I think bears mentioning. The father being swept up as some kind of popular moralist was to me very interesting even when I saw the movie at a very young age. There was a depth to the father's character that was more interesting to me than the more traditional fairy-tale like elements of the movie. It was a concept that stuck with me, leading to a lot of other reading and great discussions.
I watched the movie Pygmalion and liked it better than this film version of it..or were they trying to do a version of the Broadway play? I've heard the recording of the Broadway play with the impeccable the extraordinary JULIE ANDREWS and from just listening and seeing her reenact the parts from Ed Sullivan this lady owned ELIZA DOOLITTLE!. You say Rex Harrison owned HIGGINS, ELIZA was brought to life by the best....JULIE ANDREWS! I only wish I could have seen the Broadway play....I was born in 1956.
As for Julie Andrews not to be in the cast, Warner did not plan to have Rex Harrison in the musical either. He had offered it first to Garry Grant, but to the honor of the GG, he refused saying the part of Pr. Higgins belongs to Rex H.
I had to check, and I was right. This review is 5 years old. It doesn't suffer from the new attitude that this film's ending is somehow cringe. Apparently modern sensibilities are offended that Eliza came back at the end, where upon Higgins commands her to fetch his slippers. Honestly, it's sickening how our young people have been brainwashed into thinking every story that doesn't feature a girl boss is hopelessly dated. Your review was spot on! And I'm glad to see it. Eliza forced Higgins to see her as a person, and not only a person, but one he had to respect! We all know Eliza got her own back in the end, even if today's audiences are too dumb to see it. Bravo!
An ending in which Eliza doesn't return to Higgins is what Bernard Shaw wrote himself, not some new 'woke' generation. Go back to school and learn something.
@@janetkizer5956 You're right of course. It's not Shaw's ending. It's the ending that audiences have loved for generations. I don't need to go back to school to appreciate it. But you could learn some manners. Although where you could learn that these days is questionable. Certainly not at school, where they only teach how to take offense and be offensive.
Poor ending. The original story and previous versions end with Eliza being a fully developed individual and absolutely not with him. He would never see her as an equal and she has stepped into her own and deserves someone who sees her as she is now, not what she was or as someone who owes him.
I absolutely agree. The best musical ever! And Audrey is magnificent as Eliza, from beginning to end. She should have been Oscar nominated. Deborah Kerr was for The King and I and didn't sing her part either. It's an acting not a singing award. Dubbing is perfectly legitimate. All film is imaginative illusion and whatever contributes to the best is best
If you haven't already, have a listen to Lena Horne's version of "I've grown accustomed to her [his] face". A brilliant piece of music made wonderful by interpretation. Well reviewed Britisher.
Rex Harrison was not the first or second choice for Higgins. Cary Grant was first choice but Alan Jay Lerner told Jack Warner that his English had s as touch of cockney. Second choice after LAWRENCE OF ARABIS was Peter O’Toole who was offered n $450,000 but he wanted a box office percentage. No one was going to get a percentage, so he was out. For $200,000, because there really wasn’t anyone else, was Rex Harrison. Audrey Hepburn was first choice for Eliza and she received $1 mil. Julie Andrews was not considered because she had zero box office recognition and this would be an expensive film. Second choice after Hepburn was Elizabeth Taylor who would have been better since she had more fire. James Cagney was sought for Eliza’s father but he had retired so Stanley Holloway from the stage production was used. The dubbing of Hepburn was poorly done and it shows. Because Vincent Minnelli wanted a percentage, he was passed over for George Cukor.
Thanks for this review. My Fair Lady is one of my all-time favorites. And it also gave me one useful line for use in real life. Wording may be slightly off: The question is not if I treat you badly, but whether you've seen me treat anyone else better!
I used to watch this movie wen I was a kid . haven't thought about it in years . I have to rewatch it again .. you have peeked my nostalgia .. I can still remember most of the songs its been at least 20 years
The reviewer gets many things wrong ; Walt Disney assured Julie he would postpone the start of “Mary Poppins” if she was cast as Eliza. Robert Wise was also prepared to wait for Julie if necessary ; there could be no other Maria in “The Sound of Music” for him.
I adore this film, it's thanks to it I was introduced to Stan Holloway. I grew up in a town full of Southern US Posh who would be in what we called "The Inner Circle" at steeplechase and Liza sticking out like a gorgeous sore thumb she is has to be the funniest line ever uttered by "cousin" (however distant, but Audrey and I share a 16 French great grandfather) Audrey
I often wonder what George Shaw would have made of the film. Given that he intended his play (his ply?) to be a biting social commentary and the film was deliberately made as a pure comedy, I suspect he would have hated it. One thing that astonished me when I heard it was the identity of the actor who played Freddy Eynsford-Hill, the thwarted love interest of Eliza Doolittle. It's Jeremy Brett, later to play one of the most convincing versions of Sherlock Holmes. I kid you not! We in the MGTOW community tend to regard Professor Higgins as something of a hero in our cause, as someone who sees relationships with women for exactly what they are, and the song "Let a Woman in Your Life" that he sings is something of an unofficial anthem for us.
richardkbowles. I read Michael Holroyd's biography of Shaw several years ago. Holroyd says Shaw was approached several times by producers who wanted to make a musical comedy out of Pygmalion. He refused them all. They had to wait until after he died in 1950. In spite of that, "My Fair Lady" is such a great movie Shaw probably would've secretly admired it very much.
Jeff Smith: What exactly is the bump up? I upgraded from vinyl records to CDs and to 24 bit remastering. I just can’t afford to upgrade from DVD to Blu-Ray.
@@johnpickford4222 It more about the restoration than the media. If you google "My Fair lady restoration" there are many videos showing side by sides. The Blu-ray is currently £7.99 /$9.99
I have to say I had never considered this as such a great musical, I will use my kids as a barometer for confirmation. I still and will always prefer the blues brothers as the best ever musical, a combination of incredible blues and soul singers from James Brown to Ray Charles, and comedy performance from John Belushi. two very different musicals but my interest has been reignited to watch my fair lady once more. Thanks Britisher
The best of acting-vocals-costumes! Marni Nixon has done an beautiful job of Eliza's vocals, Audrey Hepburn the most beautiful and nuanced acting and Lerner & Lowe's most accomplished musicals. All the actors cast are just delightful. And thanks for not denigrating the use of Marni Nixon's lovely voice and interpretive musical acting! I hope reviewers and critics can finally come to appreciate all these incomparable elements and not keep repeating the same old points that Audrey did not sing her own vocals. 60+ years is quite long enough to perpetuate these ridiculous statements. Having a musical background, I lament the (now) customary use of actor's voices used when they are, shall we say, vocally challenged. In a musical, the music should be respected, appreciated, and performed by the best musicians. (Recent case in point, "Les Miserable's" the movie. How's that for an embarrassment?!)
It's reviews like this that get people to watch a body of work, and in turn, in most cases, restarts the revenue stream to the copyright holder. I'd think that that was a good thing.
The best musical ever?! I guess I will have to bring him somewhere that`s green. Will change his mind. But I will do it tomorrow. First I have a date with Roxie Heart. Her husband isn`t home. HE HE HE!
I completely agree.......i think this film was the pinnacle of all the musicals that came before .....the perfect marriage of story and music...where the songs are an integral part and not just ancillary....Dirk Bogarde tells a wonderful story in his autobiography of how Lerner and Loewe conned there way (with Dirks help) into a party just to play the score to try and entice Rex to take on the part....thank god they were successful!!..
Excellent review of a legendary classic , hope it remains popular for ever, not only as entertainment but as a peek into the social condition of England before the first world war.
I heard that Ron Howard acquired the rights to My Fair Lady, and that he is removing the music and lyrics, making it back into Pygmalion. (credit to Woody Allen )
I hope not Pygmalion’s awful it makes Higgins out to be cruel monster, and removes all Romance, My Fair Lady Greatly expands greatly on the depths of the play, allowing Higgins to be a flawed but good hearted human, it also added Alysa’s Dad, the Ball, and of Course the Beautiful Ending
Don’t call this a review. This is a summary with a little history thrown in at the end. Why is the film funny? Why is the film good? You need to expand your explanation and do a less amount of time summarizing
Great review and I agree wholeheartedly with all but one statement. Julie should have played Eliza. She created the part and could sing even better than Marni. Disney was going to delay Poppins when he heard that MFL was going to be made so that Julie could do MFL if she was cast in it. Julie’s star turn in Poppins was never in jeopardy. I love Audrey in everything she has ever done, including MFL in which she is absolutely loverly. However, she simply could not sing. (check out the recordings of her vocals for the film edited into it, on UA-cam) The very few things they permitted her to sing got by, but she really needed to be dubbed by Marni.
Have you, my fine sir, perhaps been taken with a lady of the lower classes? Love seems to shower the landscape of this video as thoroughly as an English rain.
Boy watching this really shows how degenerate and cheap movies have become. There was something very wholesome and moral about movies like this, a very positive and uplifting social force. A commemoration to a truly wonderful bygone age where the Anglo-American civilisation stood for courage, morality and virtue.
Favorite film. Looked at it on VHS tape every opportunity as a child. However, the ending caused some controversy, the likes of which will become increasingly glaring In today's environment of female empowerment.
The Ending is Beautifully Nuanced, I’m sorry some Pinked Haired Feminist doesn’t get subtlety, one of the central themes of the play is Higgins struggle to express emotion, hence his final line is really him saying I love you, in his own way
Audrey Hepburn is bad in this film apart from the fact she doesn't sing, her cockney accent is appalling. She doesn't cope with the transition as her performance in the early part of the film is dreadful. Its only the excellent performances by the rest of the cast that carry her through the film. Shaw wrote a play about the hypocrisy of the British class system, which was lost in Miss Hepburn's performance.
Britisher im a subscriber. Im 44 years old, i can see where your coming from. But please this is gay as fuck!! Why not a review of lets say 633 squadron, The great escape, Dambusters, Charge of the light brigade, The eagle has landed,Das boot, and A BRIDGE TO FAR! Come on man there's only you can do it. Yeeesss!
Best filmed musical? Sorry, it's an often leaden slog, in which even the best moments, brilliant on stage, get buried or passed by. Disastrous to have Hepburn's numbers dubbed; they seem disembodied. The décor and costumes, so close, loose their witty charm and become self-conscious. Not a total failure, but not a success either. Grade: B.
It would have been more disastrous had we been forced to listen to Audrey’s flat singing voice ; the part demands a soprano. In other words , Audrey was miscast and not casting Julie Andrews is a travesty.
The ending, and this is very important, is not faithful to the book. If you have not read the book, you really shouldn't review this--though I liked the review. Still.
As some have already pointed out, it was in fact Marni Nixon - not Marni Dixon - who provided the voice for Audrey Hepburn's songs. It seems I managed to misread this from my own script...
Great review!
Based on 'Pygmalion' the story of the caterpillar that turns into a butterfly is always successful⛪️I was reading that 'My fair lady' was a musical with Julie Andrews' performance was decisive huge success on Broadway🎵 🎶In 1963 Warner Bros. decided to make the movie BUT, they despised Julie Andrews and instead put Audrey Hepburn🌷🌹who was the highest grossing movie star!🍰Hepburn was not a singer and her voice was dubbed by a professional soprano.
@@becom2625 Warner Brothers did not despite Julie Andrews. Don’t know where you got that. Ms Andrew’s simply did not covey the cinematic magic that Hepburn did. The camera loved Hepburn and designer Cecil Beaton was delighted to dress her magnificently. Can there be a more magical scene in cinema than when Eliza descends the staircase ready for the ball.
@@williamgardiner2010 ... Can there be...
Julie Andrews flying in to Cherry Tree Lane by umbrella 😏
I want to correct your statement that the movie "in 1964 it won the Oscar for Best Picture." (9:29) It actually won the Oscar in April 1965 for being the best picture of 1964. I would also like to point out that six singing words in the film were NOT dubbed by Marni Nixon, and they were, "Sleep, sleep, I couldn't sleep tonight." Listen very carefully to the first 30 seconds of this video and you will hear the difference: ua-cam.com/video/hA9bEKKxTNU/v-deo.html
"It has one of the most memorable closing lines of any movie."
*proceeds to omit the line*
Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.
I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship
"And in case I don't see ya.... Good Afternoon, Good Evening and Good Night!"
"Eliza, I am your father."
It is memorable because it is bluntly terrible, but it goes perfectly well with the musical's hideous ending that burns Shaw's play to the ground.
Sadly the last line is not:
Eliza - "Prof. Higgins, Fuck off, eat shit and die in a fire!!"
The review made me feel all warm and fuzzy, a very welcome soft spot amongst the war films and negativity in the world. You did such a fantastic job you convinced me and I'm going to watch it again now. I've grown accustomed to this film and I have one enormous chair to watch it from.
Love this musical so much. I am going to enjoy this review.
Edit: I agree with your conclusion that this is the best film musical ever.
You forgot to mention, Audrey Hepburn being one of the most beautiful looking women to have ever existed. 😠
Hi. I don’t think that Eliza should have gone back to Higgins.
Why? There Romance is the beauty of the play
I totally agree with you. This is the best musical ever made into a movie. And Audrey should have had at least an Oscar nomination.
Grumpy curmudgeons are what made this country great in the first place, I'll have you know.
Grumpy curmudgeons are two-a-penny nowadays. The great, unwashed, stubborn, Luddites keep them in check.
Audrey Hepburn was an elegant lady.
Actually, as Ms. Andrews herself would always relate, she was an unproven commodity when it came to box office,, and Ms. Hepburn was, many times over. Andrews made three films, Poppins, The Americanization of Emily, and The Sound of Music, which had yet to be released. Once released, she quite rightly became a national treasure for all to enjoy. On a side note, check out the late Dame Wendy Hiller's performance in the 1938 film, "Pygmalion," opposite Leslie Howard as Professor Higgins. She is absolutely bloomin' good.
Not seen this in at least 20 years but it will be interesting to see it again to see how I perceive it with a lot more maturity
I truly loved the movie. Although I hope Mr Higgins was kinder to her after the ending :)
I don’t think that Eliza needed to go back to Higgins. She could have dated Freddy for a bit.
In the original play the film was based on, she ends up marrying Freddy
Ok, where to begin... Yes, it's a very fine film in all the ways you described it - and here comes the inevitable "but" - Shaw has a definite mindset about class and society which was much clearer in Pygmalion than in MFL, but one little bit crept into the film somewhat unscathed, which I think bears mentioning. The father being swept up as some kind of popular moralist was to me very interesting even when I saw the movie at a very young age. There was a depth to the father's character that was more interesting to me than the more traditional fairy-tale like elements of the movie. It was a concept that stuck with me, leading to a lot of other reading and great discussions.
The Father wasn’t in Shaws play I believe, I think he was an edition for My Fair Lady, correct me if I’m wrong
@@alcarbo8613 He's prominently featured in Shaw's play.
The Queen of film musicals ! Hear, Hear ! Loverly all the way !
I watched the movie Pygmalion and liked it better than this film version of it..or were they trying to do a version of the Broadway play? I've heard the recording of the Broadway play with the impeccable the extraordinary JULIE ANDREWS and from just listening and seeing her reenact the parts from Ed Sullivan this lady owned ELIZA DOOLITTLE!.
You say Rex Harrison owned HIGGINS, ELIZA was brought to life by the best....JULIE ANDREWS!
I only wish I could have seen the Broadway play....I was born in 1956.
As for Julie Andrews not to be in the cast, Warner did not plan to have Rex Harrison in the musical either. He had offered it first to Garry Grant, but to the honor of the GG, he refused saying the part of Pr. Higgins belongs to Rex H.
Garry Grant? :)
I had to check, and I was right. This review is 5 years old. It doesn't suffer from the new attitude that this film's ending is somehow cringe. Apparently modern sensibilities are offended that Eliza came back at the end, where upon Higgins commands her to fetch his slippers. Honestly, it's sickening how our young people have been brainwashed into thinking every story that doesn't feature a girl boss is hopelessly dated. Your review was spot on! And I'm glad to see it. Eliza forced Higgins to see her as a person, and not only a person, but one he had to respect! We all know Eliza got her own back in the end, even if today's audiences are too dumb to see it. Bravo!
An ending in which Eliza doesn't return to Higgins is what Bernard Shaw wrote himself, not some new 'woke' generation. Go back to school and learn something.
@@janetkizer5956 You're right of course. It's not Shaw's ending. It's the ending that audiences have loved for generations. I don't need to go back to school to appreciate it. But you could learn some manners. Although where you could learn that these days is questionable. Certainly not at school, where they only teach how to take offense and be offensive.
Poor ending. The original story and previous versions end with Eliza being a fully developed individual and absolutely not with him. He would never see her as an equal and she has stepped into her own and deserves someone who sees her as she is now, not what she was or as someone who owes him.
I absolutely agree. The best musical ever! And Audrey is magnificent as Eliza, from beginning to end. She should have been Oscar nominated. Deborah Kerr was for The King and I and didn't sing her part either. It's an acting not a singing award. Dubbing is perfectly legitimate. All film is imaginative illusion and whatever contributes to the best is best
Excellent review (as always) of a genuine classic. I like these vids very much.
Props to Marni Nixon.
If you haven't already, have a listen to Lena Horne's version of "I've grown accustomed to her [his] face". A brilliant piece of music made wonderful by interpretation. Well reviewed Britisher.
Rex Harrison was not the first or second choice for Higgins. Cary Grant was first choice but Alan Jay Lerner told Jack Warner that his English had s as touch of cockney. Second choice after LAWRENCE OF ARABIS was Peter O’Toole who was offered n $450,000 but he wanted a box office percentage. No one was going to get a percentage, so he was out. For $200,000, because there really wasn’t anyone else, was Rex Harrison. Audrey Hepburn was first choice for Eliza and she received $1 mil. Julie Andrews was not considered because she had zero box office recognition and this would be an expensive film. Second choice after Hepburn was Elizabeth Taylor who would have been better since she had more fire. James Cagney was sought for Eliza’s father but he had retired so Stanley Holloway from the stage production was used. The dubbing of Hepburn was poorly done and it shows. Because Vincent Minnelli wanted a percentage, he was passed over for George Cukor.
Thanks for this review. My Fair Lady is one of my all-time favorites. And it also gave me one useful line for use in real life. Wording may be slightly off:
The question is not if I treat you badly, but whether you've seen me treat anyone else better!
I couldn't agree more. You can say all that again. The best musical ever. A classic and a jewel.
I used to watch this movie wen I was a kid . haven't thought about it in years . I have to rewatch it again .. you have peeked my nostalgia .. I can still remember most of the songs its been at least 20 years
I'll hazard a guess that one reason you're so complimentary of this film is that you're a beneficiary of professor Higgins' education.
One of my Top 5 movies of all time.
The songs are the best EVER.
The reviewer gets many things wrong ; Walt Disney assured Julie he would postpone the start of “Mary Poppins” if she was cast as Eliza.
Robert Wise was also prepared to wait for Julie if necessary ; there could be no other Maria in “The Sound of Music” for him.
The best film musical ever imo is the first of the “transmuted” musicals, “Cabaret”.
I adore this film, it's thanks to it I was introduced to Stan Holloway. I grew up in a town full of Southern US Posh who would be in what we called "The Inner Circle" at steeplechase and Liza sticking out like a gorgeous sore thumb she is has to be the funniest line ever uttered by "cousin" (however distant, but Audrey and I share a 16 French great grandfather) Audrey
I often wonder what George Shaw would have made of the film. Given that he intended his play (his ply?) to be a biting social commentary and the film was deliberately made as a pure comedy, I suspect he would have hated it.
One thing that astonished me when I heard it was the identity of the actor who played Freddy Eynsford-Hill, the thwarted love interest of Eliza Doolittle. It's Jeremy Brett, later to play one of the most convincing versions of Sherlock Holmes. I kid you not!
We in the MGTOW community tend to regard Professor Higgins as something of a hero in our cause, as someone who sees relationships with women for exactly what they are, and the song "Let a Woman in Your Life" that he sings is something of an unofficial anthem for us.
richardkbowles. I read Michael Holroyd's biography of Shaw several years ago. Holroyd says Shaw was approached several times by producers who wanted to make a musical comedy out of Pygmalion. He refused them all. They had to wait until after he died in 1950.
In spite of that, "My Fair Lady" is such a great movie Shaw probably would've secretly admired it very much.
@@peteredwards8737 I'm quite sure he would have admired the money it made.
This picture is one of my favorites. I enjoyed the modern take on Pygmalion.
The 50th Anniversary Restoration Blu-ray is well worth picking up. The quality bump compared to DVD is fantastic.
Jeff Smith: What exactly is the bump up? I upgraded from vinyl records to CDs and to 24 bit remastering. I just can’t afford to upgrade from DVD to Blu-Ray.
@@johnpickford4222 It more about the restoration than the media. If you google "My Fair lady restoration" there are many videos showing side by sides. The Blu-ray is currently £7.99 /$9.99
Lovely film. Particularly nice looking and sounding blu-ray as well.
I have to say I had never considered this as such a great musical, I will use my kids as a barometer for confirmation. I still and will always prefer the blues brothers as the best ever musical, a combination of incredible blues and soul singers from James Brown to Ray Charles, and comedy performance from John Belushi. two very different musicals but my interest has been reignited to watch my fair lady once more. Thanks Britisher
I'm with you 100% on this being the best musical ever. KBO.
Watched it last night - I was born in 1991 and I live and appreciate this movie more than my partner who was born in 1983
Life is Cruisey: You need a younger partner to appreciate this film.
So Rocky Horror doesn't get a look in!
And now another challenge: to pass a beautiful actress as a singer...
The original Broadway production was from 1956.
The best of acting-vocals-costumes! Marni Nixon has done an beautiful job of Eliza's vocals, Audrey Hepburn the most beautiful and nuanced acting and Lerner & Lowe's most accomplished musicals. All the actors cast are just delightful. And thanks for not denigrating the use of Marni Nixon's lovely voice and interpretive musical acting! I hope reviewers and critics can finally come to appreciate all these incomparable elements and not keep repeating the same old points that Audrey did not sing her own vocals. 60+ years is quite long enough to perpetuate these ridiculous statements. Having a musical background, I lament the (now) customary use of actor's voices used when they are, shall we say, vocally challenged. In a musical, the music should be respected, appreciated, and performed by the best musicians. (Recent case in point, "Les Miserable's" the movie. How's that for an embarrassment?!)
Thank you for not ruining my favorite musical!
Thank you for the lovely review. This is also one of my most favourite films.
It's reviews like this that get people to watch a body of work, and in turn, in most cases, restarts the revenue stream to the copyright holder. I'd think that that was a good thing.
The best musical ever?!
I guess I will have to bring him somewhere that`s green. Will change his mind.
But I will do it tomorrow. First I have a date with Roxie Heart. Her husband isn`t home. HE HE HE!
I forgot how good this movie is.
I'm not particularly fond of musicals, but there are a few I like well enough, this being one.
Pahh, not a single explosion, no lens flares and believe or not, not a single dinosaur! No, leave the film production to the colonies dear old chap.
I completely agree.......i think this film was the pinnacle of all the musicals that came before .....the perfect marriage of story and music...where the songs are an integral part and not just ancillary....Dirk Bogarde tells a wonderful story in his autobiography of how Lerner and Loewe conned there way (with Dirks help) into a party just to play the score to try and entice Rex to take on the part....thank god they were successful!!..
BRItihser I would recommend the film swiss family robinson, an absoloute classic
Audrey ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I say whats all this. Best musical? Top ten definitely, but best. Ah well to each their own.
Excellent review of a legendary classic , hope it remains popular for ever, not only as entertainment but as a peek into the social condition of England before the first world war.
How about the battle of Britain?
I believe this movie lead me to a love of musicals; sadly, musicals are not made as well as they once were nor do people have an interest in them.
Gonna download it now - thanks for the tip!
This film was played in an English lit lesson. I was the only one who enjoyed it. Well worth watching.
I heard that Ron Howard acquired the rights to My Fair Lady, and that he is removing the music and lyrics, making it back into Pygmalion. (credit to Woody Allen )
I hope not Pygmalion’s awful it makes Higgins out to be cruel monster, and removes all Romance, My Fair Lady Greatly expands greatly on the depths of the play, allowing Higgins to be a flawed but good hearted human, it also added Alysa’s Dad, the Ball, and of Course the Beautiful Ending
Excellent review but her name was Marni Nixon.
Excellent review of a great film. Watched it many times and it never fails to be enjoyable.
I saw it in theater and it was brilliant.
*Cough cough* West Side Story rocks *cough*
A great film, but steady on! ...Sound of Music is overall the best.
Don’t call this a review. This is a summary with a little history thrown in at the end. Why is the film funny? Why is the film good? You need to expand your explanation and do a less amount of time summarizing
Audrey Hepburn is one of the most beautiful women ever.
Come on! I can't be the only one who read the title (contains slippers) hhaa I truly did think it was!
Thank you for your good information
Great review and I agree wholeheartedly with all but one statement. Julie should have played Eliza. She created the part and could sing even better than Marni. Disney was going to delay Poppins when he heard that MFL was going to be made so that Julie could do MFL if she was cast in it. Julie’s star turn in Poppins was never in jeopardy.
I love Audrey in everything she has ever done, including MFL in which she is absolutely loverly. However, she simply could not sing. (check out the recordings of her vocals for the film edited into it, on UA-cam) The very few things they permitted her to sing got by, but she really needed to be dubbed by Marni.
This is a good film but I think Pygmalion with Leslie Howard was better.
One if my favorites as well! ❤️
Oh look, it's the show that Britain's youth watched because of Kingsman
I watched it because it because of doctor dolittle
I’m an American and I watched this movie once in middle school because we had a substitute teacher one day
im Australian .. good movie hay
Eggsy said: Oh, like in my fair lady? 😍
Have you, my fine sir, perhaps been taken with a lady of the lower classes? Love seems to shower the landscape of this video as thoroughly as an English rain.
Great review, I enjoyed it.
Apology! I meant my fair lady 😤😤😤
Its good but its no "Paint Your Wagon"
Please review the sound of music.
Great review. I personally think that Carousel is the best, but hey ho.
My fav movie. :P
Boy watching this really shows how degenerate and cheap movies have become. There was something very wholesome and moral about movies like this, a very positive and uplifting social force.
A commemoration to a truly wonderful bygone age where the Anglo-American civilisation stood for courage, morality and virtue.
I loved this movie so much i could die
With a little bit of luck
i preferred the remake with keanu reeves. ;P
Favorite film. Looked at it on VHS tape every opportunity as a child.
However, the ending caused some controversy, the likes of which will become increasingly glaring In today's environment of female empowerment.
The Ending is Beautifully Nuanced, I’m sorry some Pinked Haired Feminist doesn’t get subtlety, one of the central themes of the play is Higgins struggle to express emotion, hence his final line is really him saying I love you, in his own way
Audrey Hepburn is bad in this film apart from the fact she doesn't sing, her cockney accent is appalling. She doesn't cope with the transition as her performance in the early part of the film is dreadful. Its only the excellent performances by the rest of the cast that carry her through the film.
Shaw wrote a play about the hypocrisy of the British class system, which was lost in Miss Hepburn's performance.
I need it on Tamil please
Yes I also need
Хотелось бы очень посмотреть этот прекрасный фильм на русском языке.
This reviewer is a bit wishy washy about wether he likes this musical.
Great songs horrible script. Storyline made no sense. I’m a lover of musicals but I will never watch this one again.
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Britisher im a subscriber. Im 44 years old, i can see where your coming from. But please this is gay as fuck!! Why not a review of lets say 633 squadron, The great escape, Dambusters, Charge of the light brigade, The eagle has landed,Das boot, and A BRIDGE TO FAR! Come on man there's only you can do it. Yeeesss!
Best filmed musical? Sorry, it's an often leaden slog, in which even the best moments, brilliant on stage, get buried or passed by. Disastrous to have Hepburn's numbers dubbed; they seem disembodied. The décor and costumes, so close, loose their witty charm and become self-conscious. Not a total failure, but not a success either. Grade: B.
It would have been more disastrous had we been forced to listen to Audrey’s flat singing voice ; the part demands a soprano.
In other words , Audrey was miscast and not casting Julie Andrews is a travesty.
The ending, and this is very important, is not faithful to the book. If you have not read the book, you really shouldn't review this--though I liked the review.
Still.
Mary Poppins sucked, and the best musical ever made was _The Sound of Music_. They should have cast Julie Andrews.
Not a Audrey Hepburn fan.
Hepburn sucks, the public demands more Bacall.
Grant Mathieson quiet, you villianous guttersnipe.
David Green never!
Grant Mathieson 😁. Lauren Bacall was awesome, though.
Hush, you insolent rogue.
A great film, but steady on! ...Sound of Music is overall the best.