My Fair Lady 1964 123movies

Watch: My Fair Lady 1964 123movies, Full Movie Online – Pompous phonetics Professor Henry Higgins (Sir Rex Harrison) is so sure of his abilities that he takes it upon himself to transform a Cockney working-class girl into someone who can pass for a cultured member of high society. His subject turns out to be the lovely Eliza Doolittle (Audrey Hepburn), who agrees to speech lessons to improve her job prospects. Higgins and Eliza clash, then form an unlikely bond, one that is threatened by aristocratic suitor Freddy Eynsford-Hill (Jeremy Brett)..
Plot: A snobbish phonetics professor agrees to a wager that he can take a flower girl and make her presentable in high society.
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Ratings:

	7.8/10 Votes: 96,103
	94% | RottenTomatoes
	95/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 1061 Popularity: 10.055 | TMDB

Reviews:

Almost Brilliant
During the first two hours of this movie, I had thought that it was the greatest musical ever brought to film. It’s only during the last hour that it begins to languish and plod. If the first two hours are a solid 10/10, then the last hour is about a 4/10. It brings the average to about 8/10, which is exactly what I gave the movie, but it’s fun to think about how great the movie could have been had the producers decided to find a better ending to an otherwise superb story.

It goes to show that film is a tricky medium, and regardless of how great musicals can be, live action simply isn’t as interesting when it’s recorded. ‘My Fair Lady’ could have used a bit of trimming, especially in Stanley Holloway’s pieces, WITH A BIT OF LUCK and GET ME TO THE CHURCH ON TIME. Although they may have been spectacular to see on stage, movie audiences will yearn to see more about Eliza and wonder why the director spends so much time on her father.

On the brighter side, I believe that I have never seen Audrey Hepburn in a more perfect role. Eliza Doolittle is a lot like she, in their rise from poverty. And watching Audrey is like being invited to see a person shine in their most perfect niche. She isn’t gorgeous in a modern sense, but even a decade after her death, her image still carries that immortal appeal. Some critics call it the “it” factor. We don’t know what “it” is but we know it’s there.

Billy Wilder once said, “God kissed her face, and there she was.” For me, I just like her smile, and my smile when I watch her exuberance in one of the defining roles in her career.

A Little Long for the Amount of Story
This movie easily could have been half the length that it was. It’s got a great story, great production values, phenomenal actors and actresses, and some good tunes. The problem is that there’s very little substance. The story itself is very heartwarming but it’s basic. Eliza Doolittle (Audrey Hepburn) is a working class flower girl who is derided by a snobby phoneticist and linguist, Henry Higgins (Rex Harrison) for her improper English. He makes a bet with his good friend, Colonel Pickering (Wilfrid Hyde-White), that he can teach her proper English and present her at high society events.

The problem is that the movie is way too long for that simple of a premise. Half the runtime (ninety minutes) has proven to be the perfect length for musicals, in my opinion. A lot of these musicals from the 60s have the problem of having ridiculously long runtimes. And even complete with opening overtures and intermissions. I liked quite a few of the musical numbers, my favorite being “Wouldn’t It Be Loverly.” They easily could have cut out a lot of the music, particularly the music sung by Eliza’s father Alfred (Stanley Holloway). He’s kind of a completely superfluous character, save for one scene in my mind.

Great performances by Hepburn and Harrison. They make for a really charming pair. Hepburn was especially terrific in this film. She’s hilarious when she’s in Cockney accent mode and gives a very convincing performance when she’s in high polished aristocrat mode.

Fans of these huge and lavish 60s musical productions will undoubtedly love this film. I give it a hearty recommendation.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 2 hr 50 min (170 min)
Budget 17000000
Revenue 72661442
Status Released
Rated G
Genre Drama, Family, Musical
Director George Cukor
Writer Alan Jay Lerner, George Bernard Shaw
Actors Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway
Country United States
Awards Won 8 Oscars. 25 wins & 13 nominations total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix 4-Track Stereo (35 mm magnetic prints), 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints), Dolby Stereo (70 mm prints) (1994 re-release), DTS (35 mm prints) (1994 re-release), Dolby Digital (35 mm prints) (1994 re-release), Dolby Surround 7.1
Aspect Ratio 2.20 : 1, 2.35 : 1 (35 mm version)
Camera Panavision Lenses
Laboratory DeLuxe, Hollywood (CA), USA (restored version), Technicolor, Hollywood (CA), USA
Film Length 7,360 m
Negative Format 65 mm (Eastman 50T 5251)
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (8K) (2015 remaster), Dolby Vision, Super Panavision 70 (source format)
Printed Film Format 35 mm (anamorphic), DCP Digital Cinema Package, 16 mm, 70 mm