119. My Fair Lady (1964)

Stars:  Audrey Hepburn (Eliza Doolittle), Rex Harrison (Henry Higgins), Wilfrid Hyde-White (Colonel Hugh Pickering), Stanley Holloway (Alfred P. Doolittle), Gladys Cooper (Mrs. Higgins)

Director:  George Cukor 

 

Awards / Honors

• 8 Oscar wins - Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Rex Harrison), Best Cinematography, Best Sound, Best Music (Orginal Score), Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design
• 4 Additional Nominations - Best Supporting Actor (Stanley Holloway), Best Supporting Actress (Gladys Cooper), Best Writing (Adpated Screenplay), Best Film Editing
• #91 on AFI's 100 Years...  100 Movies list (1997)
• #12 on AFI's 100 Years...  100 Pasions list (2002)
• #17 on AFI's 100 Years...  100 Songs list -"I Could Have Danced All Night" (2004)
• #  8 on AFI's 100 Years of Musicals list (2006)

Genre:  Musical

Running Time:  2 Hours, 51 minutes

Format:  DVD (Not yet available on Blu-ray)

Odyssey Rating:  4 1/2 Stars (John - 4 Stars, Beth - 5 Stars)

 

John's Take

I am staging a little protest this post. As Official Friends of Beth and John’s Odyssey might be able to tell, I have been doing most of the blogging so far.  In fact, Beth has hardly been doing any blogging at all.  What you all may not realize, however, is that this blog is in fact Beth’s idea – and so far I have been doing all the heavy lifting.

So, since Beth LOVES this movie, I am going to forego my usual 1,000+ words post in a sign of protest.  If you want to read something meaningful and witty or at least something that the blogger in question thinks is meaningful and witty, about My Fair Lady you will all just have to wait for Beth to write it. I am simply saying the following:

1. It is a good movie.

2. It is way, way, way too long

3. I give it 4 Stars

I will be back for the next post.

John