My Fair Lady
Directed by:
George CukorCinematography:
Harry Stradling Sr.Cast:
Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Gladys Cooper, Jeremy Brett, Theodore Bikel, Bill Shirley, Alan Napier, Monika Henreid (more)VOD (2)
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Outside Covent Garden on a rainy evening in 1912, dishevelled cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle (Audrey Hepburn) meets linguistic expert Henry Higgins (Rex Harrison). After delivering a musical tirade against "verbal class distinction," Higgins tells his companion Colonel Pickering (Wilfred Hyde-White) that, within six months, he could transform Eliza into a proper lady, simply by teaching her proper English. The next morning, face and hands freshly scrubbed, Eliza presents herself on Higgins' doorstep, offering to pay him to teach her to be a lady. "It's almost irresistable," clucks Higgins. "She's so deliciously low. So horribly dirty." He turns his mission into a sporting proposition, making a bet with Pickering that he can accomplish his six-month miracle to turn Eliza into a lady. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Academy Awards
- 1965 - Best Motion Picture of the Year
- 1965 - George Cukor (Best Achievement in Directing)
- 1965 - Rex Harrison (Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role)
- 1965 - Harry Stradling Sr. (Best Cinematography (Color))
- 1965 - André Previn (Best Scoring of Music - Adaptation or Treatment)
- 1965 - Best Achievement in Production Design
- 1965 - Best Achievement in Costume Design
- 1965 - Best Sound Mixing
- 1965 - Stanley Holloway (Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role)
- 1965 - Gladys Cooper (Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role)
- 1965 - Alan Jay Lerner (Best Adapted Screenplay)
- 1965 - Best Achievement in Film Editing
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- 1966 - George Cukor (Best Film)
- 1966 - Rex Harrison (Best British Actor)
Golden Globes
- 1965 - Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
- 1965 - George Cukor (Best Director)
- 1965 - Rex Harrison (Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy)
- 1965 - Audrey Hepburn (Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy)
- 1965 - Stanley Holloway (Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
- 1964 - Best Film
- 1964 - Rex Harrison (Best Actor)
- 1964 - George Cukor (Best Director)
- 1964 - Audrey Hepburn (Best Actress)