list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around My Fair Lady on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/My_Fair_Lady/23757/default.aspx Title: My Fair Lady
Year: 1964
Director: George Cukor
Plot: At one time the longest-running Broadway musical, My Fair Lady was adapted by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe from the George Bernard Shaw comedy Pygmalion. 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. This is one of the all-time great movie musicals, featuring classic songs and the legendary performances of Harrison, repeating his stage role after Cary Grant wisely turned down the movie job, and Stanley Holloway as Eliza's dustman father. Julie Andrews originated the role of Eliza on Broadway but producer Jack Warner felt that Andrews, at the time unknown beyond Broadway, wasn't bankable; Hepburn's singing was dubbed by Marni Nixon, who also dubbed Natalie Wood in West Side Story (1961). Andrews instead made Mary Poppins, for which she was given the Best Actress Oscar, beating out Hepburn. The movie, however, won Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor for Harrison, and five other Oscars, and it remains one of the all-time best movie musicals. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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]]>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 23:02:17 GMTMy Fair Lady1964George CukorAt one time the longest-running Broadway musical, My Fair Lady was adapted by <a href="/players/P____99402/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Alan Jay Lerner</a> and <a href="/players/P___100027/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Frederick Loewe</a> from the George Bernard Shaw comedy Pygmalion. Outside Covent Garden on a rainy evening in 1912, dishevelled cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle (<a href="/players/P____31869/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Audrey Hepburn</a>) meets linguistic expert Henry Higgins (<a href="/players/P____30718/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Rex Harrison</a>). 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. This is one of the all-time great movie musicals, featuring classic songs and the legendary performances of Harrison, repeating his stage role after <a href="/players/P____28204/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Cary Grant</a> wisely turned down the movie job, and <a href="/players/P____32937/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Stanley Holloway</a> as Eliza's dustman father. <a href="/players/P_____1721/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Julie Andrews</a> originated the role of Eliza on Broadway but producer <a href="/players/P___115981/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Jack Warner</a> felt that Andrews, at the time unknown beyond Broadway, wasn't bankable; Hepburn's singing was dubbed by Marni Nixon, who also dubbed <a href="/players/P____77340/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Natalie Wood</a> in <a href=/films/37844/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>West Side Story</a> (1961). Andrews instead made <a href=/films/22009/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>Mary Poppins</a>, for which she was given the Best Actress Oscar, beating out Hepburn. The movie, however, won Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor for Harrison, and five other Oscars, and it remains one of the all-time best movie musicals. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide61Tag Target (>10)4553http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t37891jnm8r.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/My_Fair_Lady/23757/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2009/2/27/40723.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Body: This has been a good week for remakes (or a bad week, depending on how you feel about them), but while announced redos of our beloved mystery comedies, sci-fi actioners and neverending fantasy flicks are shocking enough, there’s not a blogger in the world who saw a new “contemporized” version of Damn Yankees coming. Let alone one starring Jim Carrey and Jake Gyllenhaal as Mr. Applegate (aka Satan) and soul-selling baseballer Joe Hardy, respectively. Yet Hugh Jackman and the rest of the all-singing-all-dancing stars of Sunday’s Oscars telecast did tell us that the musical is back, so maybe we should be making bets on what classic songfest gets reworked next (I’m putting money on West Side Story). This isn’t even the first musical remake we’ll be seeing in the next few years. New films of My Fair Lady, Carousel, Bye Bye Birdie and Jesus Christ Superstar are apparently already on their way to theaters. Anyhoo, let’s see how the ol’ blogosphere reacted to the Damn Yankees news today: Alex Billington at FirstShowing.net appears to be the most eager musical-loving blogger out there: This just sounds amazing. It’s already got a stellar cast and I’m sure they’ll find a great director for it in the end. I’m already getting excited thinking about how awesome it will be seeing Jim Carrey play the devil in a musical comedy about baseball. Does it really get any better than that? Meanwhile, Jessica Barnes at Cinematical, who admits to a weird relationship with musicals, has doubts: “One classic musical I have always loved is Damn Yankees, so the announcement of an updated version has me a little nervous — throw in two untried singers and dancers and we just might be reaching panic.” And Jeff Wells at Hollywood Elsewhere totally disagrees with the idea, because the tunes from Damn Yankees are  “timepieces that have no connection to Obama America.” Here’s more from Wells: There’s absolutely no way to contemporize  Damn Yankees. It’s a very old-fashioned, 55 year-old musical that seethes with the mood and attitudes of Dwight D. Eisenhower’s America — a way of living and thinking and dreaming that is long gone, up in smoke and dead, dead, deader-than-dead. The Playlist is also not much looking forward to the film but was at least inspired to make one of the site’s greatest photoshop illustrations yet. Mark of I Watch Stuff somewhat looks forward to seeing the remake with his grandma, but is mostly tongue-in-cheek: Can we get some kind of assurance that Carrey will wear Grinch-like prosthetics for his part? I feel like that’s still needed to fully push this past the realm of good sense. Either that or the announcement that actual Yankee A-Rod will co-star as part of a rehabilitation agreement. No actress has yet been cast in the film’s other leading role, but Richard at Gawker has an idea: “There’s been nothing announced about the musical’s most important part, the sexy vamp Lola (she gets what she wants) that the Devil uses to tempt Joe. May we suggest not Anne Hathaway.” PopWatch’s Margaret Lyons has some real suggestions (and also says no Hathaway): “You guys, duh: Cast Scarlett Johansson. She’s far and away my first pick, but I could get on board for Beyonce, too…Evan Rachel Wood definitely rocks a smoky sexuality, but she strikes me as a little too young for the role.” Meanwhile commenters to Lyons’ post pick Catherine Zeta-Jones, Katy Perry, Jane Krakowski, Vanessa Hudgens, Christina Applegate, Amy Adams, Kristen Chenoweth, Audra McDonald, Heidi Montag, Christina Hendrick and Nicole Kidman. Elizabeth Snead at The Dish Rag (LA Times) adds to the list: Reese Witherspoon (also suggested by E!’s Marc Malkin), Charlize Theron and Jenny McCarthy but not Renee Zellweger. Helen O’Hara at Empire believes Gyllenhaal got the part thanks to a certain SNL performance. But then wouldn’t he have been cast as Lola? You can watch the performance below: Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 23:02:17 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com2/27/2009 6:02:17 PMThis has been a good week for remakes (or a bad week, depending on how you feel about them), but while announced redos of our beloved mystery comedies, sci-fi actioners and neverending fantasy flicks are shocking enough, there’s not a blogger in the world who saw a new “contemporized” version of Damn Yankees coming. Let alone one starring Jim Carrey and Jake Gyllenhaal as Mr. Applegate (aka Satan) and soul-selling baseballer Joe Hardy, respectively. Yet Hugh Jackman and the rest of the all-singing-all-dancing stars of Sunday’s Oscars telecast did tell us that the musical is back, so maybe we should be making bets on what classic songfest gets reworked next (I’m putting money on West Side Story). This isn’t even the first musical remake we’ll be seeing in the next few years. New films of My Fair Lady, Carousel, Bye Bye Birdie and Jesus Christ Superstar are apparently already on their way to theaters. Anyhoo, let’s see how the ol’ blogosphere reacted to the Damn Yankees news today: Alex Billington at FirstShowing.net appears to be the most eager musical-loving blogger out there: This just sounds amazing. It’s already got a stellar cast and I’m sure they’ll find a great director for it in the end. I’m already getting excited thinking about how awesome it will be seeing Jim Carrey play the devil in a musical comedy about baseball. Does it really get any better than that? Meanwhile, Jessica Barnes at Cinematical, who admits to a weird relationship with musicals, has doubts: “One classic musical I have always loved is Damn Yankees, so the announcement of an updated version has me a little nervous — throw in two untried singers and dancers and we just might be reaching panic.” And Jeff Wells at Hollywood Elsewhere totally disagrees with the idea, because the tunes from Damn Yankees are  “timepieces that have no connection to Obama America.” Here’s more from Wells: There’s absolutely no way to contemporize  Damn Yankees. It’s a very old-fashioned, 55 year-old musical that seethes with the mood and attitudes of Dwight D. Eisenhower’s America — a way of living and thinking and dreaming that is long gone, up in smoke and dead, dead, deader-than-dead. The Playlist is also not much looking forward to the film but was at least inspired to make one of the site’s greatest photoshop illustrations yet. Mark of I Watch Stuff somewhat looks forward to seeing the remake with his grandma, but is mostly tongue-in-cheek: Can we get some kind of assurance that Carrey will wear Grinch-like prosthetics for his part? I feel like that’s still needed to fully push this past the realm of good sense. Either that or the announcement that actual Yankee A-Rod will co-star as part of a rehabilitation agreement. No actress has yet been cast in the film’s other leading role, but Richard at Gawker has an idea: “There’s been nothing announced about the musical’s most important part, the sexy vamp Lola (she gets what she wants) that the Devil uses to tempt Joe. May we suggest not Anne Hathaway.” PopWatch’s Margaret Lyons has some real suggestions (and also says no Hathaway): “You guys, duh: Cast Scarlett Johansson. She’s far and away my first pick, but I could get on board for Beyonce, too…Evan Rachel Wood definitely rocks a smoky sexuality, but she strikes me as a little too young for the role.” Meanwhile commenters to Lyons’ post pick Catherine Zeta-Jones, Katy Perry, Jane Krakowski, Vanessa Hudgens, Christina Applegate, Amy Adams, Kristen Chenoweth, Audra McDonald, Heidi Montag, Christina Hendrick and Nicole Kidman. Elizabeth Snead at The Dish Rag (LA Times) adds to the list: Reese Witherspoon (also suggested by E!’s Marc Malkin), Charlize Theron and Jenny McCarthy but not Renee Zellweger. Helen O’Hara at Empire believes Gyllenhaal got the part thanks to a certain SNL performance. But then wouldn’t he have been cast as Lola? You can watch the performance below: Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/11/5/37003.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Post Date: 11/5/2008 5:00:44 PM
Body: When it was announced that David Wain would be directing Role Models — taking over from The Girl Next Door’s Luke Greenfield — there was room for disappointment. After all, for Wain to follow up his anarchic cult favorites Wet Hot American Summer and The Ten with a seemingly mainstream man-child comedy — one more suited to the talents of Todd Phillips or, well, Greenfield — was to crush his fans’ hopes for something more along the lines of his wacky web series, such as Wainy Days and Stella, or the old MTV sketch comedy show, The State. But Role Models does look funny, probably because Wain ended up rewriting (with Paul Rudd and Ken Marino) Timothy Dowling’s original script. And it’s not as if Wain has suddenly gone and sold out with a bunch of really broad family films, as did his former State mates Thomas Lennon and Ben Garant, the screenwriting duo behind The Pacifier, Night at the Museum and Taxi. Still, many of us are holding out for that rumored State movie, or even better, a big screen adaptation of any of the following State sketches: Louie (aka the “I wanna dip my balls in it” guy) The ensemble behind The State was never interested in recurring characters, but MTV supposedly pressured the show to be more like SNL, and so the ironic “Louie” was born. As little more than a joke on recurring characters and their catch-phrases, “Louie” may not seem the best character to mine for a feature-length movie. But considering Wain and the others were likely just as against sketches spinning off into movies as they were against recurring characters, it would be suitable for such a film, something to lampoon the Lorne Michaels tradition, if that’s at all possible. And I can already see the ad campaigns: posters with just a release date and the words “Dip Your Balls In It.” Lincoln Logs: The Unauthorized Biography of Honest Abe After the release of Oliver Stone’s W., something like this deserves to be made into a movie. Maybe Stone could even direct it from a script by some of the State writers. It could complete his evil Republican president trilogy. And if they act quick enough, it would be awesome if the movie could go up against Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln. The Bearded Men of Space Station 11 This skit really stretches a single joke really thin (like many State sketches), but the simple premise — a space station crew is illogically incarcerated for growing beards in space — could be a mere jumping ground for an hilarious sci-fi comedy. Sure, the genre has hardly been successful outside of Spaceballs and Galaxy Quest, but if anyone can give us another great parodic outer space movie, it’s Wain and friends. Think of Hitchcock’s wrong man scenario, multiply it times five, and throw in a lot of silly shenanigans. Porcupine Racetrack This simple cross between Guys and Dolls, Cats and the “Ascot Gavotte” scene from My Fair Lady is so, so stupid, yet so, so brilliant. And a feature-length version would be as surprisingly beloved as the skit was, especially if there’s some way of also slipping in some reference to the “Gang Fight” skit (that was the “Beat It” video meets West Side Story segment involving an Amish street gang), the “Super Robby” skit (turns out the orphanage that needs saving is cruelly convincing kids they can fly out windows) and the “Mind Match” skit (the orphans are ultimately given away as prizes on a game show). If anything, a silly song penned by Teddy Shapiro would have to receive an Oscar nomination, thereby elevating the Hollywood cred of the State ensemble enough for potentially more ridiculous films. The Inbred Brothers I’ve come to realize that most of these movie ideas come from skits likely conceived by Lennon and Garant. This only furthers the point that the pair NEEDS to work on something State-related before putting on the blindfold and writing Night at the Museum 3. And there’s really no better project than a movie based on their Inbred Brothers characters, Emmett and Lyle. Think of Step Brothers with an even dumber duo. How could this not be a success? The merchandising alone is worthy: t-shirts that say “Whaddamydoin?”; talking dolls that also hit themselves in the head with sticks; Halloween costumes (I actually was a non-specific “Inbred Brother” for Halloween back in the ’90s). To make the dream complete, though, Michael Ian Black has to appear as the French exchange student. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:00:44 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com11/5/2008 5:00:44 PMWhen it was announced that David Wain would be directing Role Models — taking over from The Girl Next Door’s Luke Greenfield — there was room for disappointment. After all, for Wain to follow up his anarchic cult favorites Wet Hot American Summer and The Ten with a seemingly mainstream man-child comedy — one more suited to the talents of Todd Phillips or, well, Greenfield — was to crush his fans’ hopes for something more along the lines of his wacky web series, such as Wainy Days and Stella, or the old MTV sketch comedy show, The State. But Role Models does look funny, probably because Wain ended up rewriting (with Paul Rudd and Ken Marino) Timothy Dowling’s original script. And it’s not as if Wain has suddenly gone and sold out with a bunch of really broad family films, as did his former State mates Thomas Lennon and Ben Garant, the screenwriting duo behind The Pacifier, Night at the Museum and Taxi. Still, many of us are holding out for that rumored State movie, or even better, a big screen adaptation of any of the following State sketches: Louie (aka the “I wanna dip my balls in it” guy) The ensemble behind The State was never interested in recurring characters, but MTV supposedly pressured the show to be more like SNL, and so the ironic “Louie” was born. As little more than a joke on recurring characters and their catch-phrases, “Louie” may not seem the best character to mine for a feature-length movie. But considering Wain and the others were likely just as against sketches spinning off into movies as they were against recurring characters, it would be suitable for such a film, something to lampoon the Lorne Michaels tradition, if that’s at all possible. And I can already see the ad campaigns: posters with just a release date and the words “Dip Your Balls In It.” Lincoln Logs: The Unauthorized Biography of Honest Abe After the release of Oliver Stone’s W., something like this deserves to be made into a movie. Maybe Stone could even direct it from a script by some of the State writers. It could complete his evil Republican president trilogy. And if they act quick enough, it would be awesome if the movie could go up against Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln. The Bearded Men of Space Station 11 This skit really stretches a single joke really thin (like many State sketches), but the simple premise — a space station crew is illogically incarcerated for growing beards in space — could be a mere jumping ground for an hilarious sci-fi comedy. Sure, the genre has hardly been successful outside of Spaceballs and Galaxy Quest, but if anyone can give us another great parodic outer space movie, it’s Wain and friends. Think of Hitchcock’s wrong man scenario, multiply it times five, and throw in a lot of silly shenanigans. Porcupine Racetrack This simple cross between Guys and Dolls, Cats and the “Ascot Gavotte” scene from My Fair Lady is so, so stupid, yet so, so brilliant. And a feature-length version would be as surprisingly beloved as the skit was, especially if there’s some way of also slipping in some reference to the “Gang Fight” skit (that was the “Beat It” video meets West Side Story segment involving an Amish street gang), the “Super Robby” skit (turns out the orphanage that needs saving is cruelly convincing kids they can fly out windows) and the “Mind Match” skit (the orphans are ultimately given away as prizes on a game show). If anything, a silly song penned by Teddy Shapiro would have to receive an Oscar nomination, thereby elevating the Hollywood cred of the State ensemble enough for potentially more ridiculous films. The Inbred Brothers I’ve come to realize that most of these movie ideas come from skits likely conceived by Lennon and Garant. This only furthers the point that the pair NEEDS to work on something State-related before putting on the blindfold and writing Night at the Museum 3. And there’s really no better project than a movie based on their Inbred Brothers characters, Emmett and Lyle. Think of Step Brothers with an even dumber duo. How could this not be a success? The merchandising alone is worthy: t-shirts that say “Whaddamydoin?”; talking dolls that also hit themselves in the head with sticks; Halloween costumes (I actually was a non-specific “Inbred Brother” for Halloween back in the ’90s). To make the dream complete, though, Michael Ian Black has to appear as the French exchange student. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/blogs/krishkmenon/archive/2008/10/10/36178.aspx Post By: krishkmenon
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Body: Pygmalion it is not but undoubtedly the similarities are wonderfully delivered to the audience. A wonderful adaptation of Pygmalion in musical form though the original with Leslie Howard & Wendy Hiller was known to be Bernard Shaws favorite. Audrey Hepburn as always comes out vivacious and appealing as Eliza and Rex Harrison is impeccable as Professor Higgins. The movie is long but you never feel the length as it moves. The songs are legendary and who can forget The Rain in Spain or All I want is a Room Somewhere. The ending probably as the audience wanted it is now folklore-"Eliza where the Devil are my Slippers?" but would evoke angry reactions from the feminist organisations of today. A movie for the entire family to watch over and over again. Krishna Kumar Menon Chennai(Madras), India
]]>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:39:50 GMTkrishkmenonkrishkmenon Blog10/10/2008 11:39:50 PMPygmalion it is not but undoubtedly the similarities are wonderfully delivered to the audience. A wonderful adaptation of Pygmalion in musical form though the original with Leslie Howard &amp; Wendy Hiller was known to be Bernard Shaws favorite. Audrey Hepburn as always comes out vivacious and appealing as Eliza and Rex Harrison is impeccable as Professor Higgins. The movie is long but you never feel the length as it moves. The songs are legendary and who can forget The Rain in Spain or All I want is a Room Somewhere. The ending probably as the audience wanted it is now folklore-"Eliza where the Devil are my Slippers?" but would evoke angry reactions from the feminist organisations of today. A movie for the entire family to watch over and over again. Krishna Kumar Menon Chennai(Madras), India http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/6/6/30642.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Post Date: 6/6/2008 2:00:31 PM
Body: You Don’t Mess with the Zohan opens today, and it’s apparently a terrible waste. Boy, do I miss the days when Adam Sandler played stupid and immature rather than skilled and pretending to be gay. At least then it seemed okay that he was possibly making everyone in the room dumber just for having watched his movie. I guess it’s fair that with everyone else doing man-boy comedy these days Sandler is trying to do something with a hint of a political message, but personally I liked it better when he was the least mannish, most boyish man-boy to hit the screen since Jerry Lewis. Making shampoo and conditioner fight? Comedic genius, in my opinion. Making a modern day Shampoo? Not genius at all. Looking back at Billy Madison, possibly his least mature but most consistently hilarious feature, it now seems as though Sandler has gone through a My Fair Lady sort of transition. And just as with that musical I prefer Eliza Doolittle with a Cockney accent, with Sandler I prefer the gibberish. I also like when he sings in his movies, as in this other favorite clip from Billy Madison. So here’s an idea: cast Sandler as Eliza’s father, Alfred, in the just-announced film adaptation of the musical. I’d love to hear him sing “Get Me to the Church on Time,” and Mr. Doolittle isn’t meant to be the brightest bulb, either. And yes, before you leave that comment, Sandler is actually old enough to be Keira Knightley’s dad. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:00:31 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com6/6/2008 2:00:31 PM You Don’t Mess with the Zohan opens today, and it’s apparently a terrible waste. Boy, do I miss the days when Adam Sandler played stupid and immature rather than skilled and pretending to be gay. At least then it seemed okay that he was possibly making everyone in the room dumber just for having watched his movie. I guess it’s fair that with everyone else doing man-boy comedy these days Sandler is trying to do something with a hint of a political message, but personally I liked it better when he was the least mannish, most boyish man-boy to hit the screen since Jerry Lewis. Making shampoo and conditioner fight? Comedic genius, in my opinion. Making a modern day Shampoo? Not genius at all. Looking back at Billy Madison, possibly his least mature but most consistently hilarious feature, it now seems as though Sandler has gone through a My Fair Lady sort of transition. And just as with that musical I prefer Eliza Doolittle with a Cockney accent, with Sandler I prefer the gibberish. I also like when he sings in his movies, as in this other favorite clip from Billy Madison. So here’s an idea: cast Sandler as Eliza’s father, Alfred, in the just-announced film adaptation of the musical. I’d love to hear him sing “Get Me to the Church on Time,” and Mr. Doolittle isn’t meant to be the brightest bulb, either. And yes, before you leave that comment, Sandler is actually old enough to be Keira Knightley’s dad. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/blogs/jakestevens/archive/2008/2/4/24696.aspx Post By: JakeStevens
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Body: You know the story, and you know the songs. If you somehow managed to avoid watching this film all your life, you've managed to avoid seeing one of the most enjoyable musicals ever produced. Audrey Hepburn is, as always, stunning to behold and Rex Harrison as Henry Higgins is a puffed up, reptilian, annoying codger who begins to melt for Audrey's Eliza Doolittle - and who wouldn't, really? My biggest grudge against this film is Rex Harrison robbing Anthony Quinn of the Best Actor Oscar for his performance in Zorba the Greek (I think Quinn should have picked up that award, personally), and a smaller grudge is being denied the pleasure of hearing Audrey's singing voice (the producers decided to have her singing parts overdubbed by actress Marni Nixon at the last minute, much to Audrey's dismay). Other than that, this is a film that I'm sure will endure many more decades thanks to the wonderful songs of Lerner & Loewe and the pastel cinematography of Harry Stradling. And, of course, Audrey Hepburn.
]]>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 07:06:53 GMTJakeStevensJakeStevens Blog2/4/2008 2:06:53 AMYou know the story, and you know the songs. If you somehow managed to avoid watching this film all your life, you&#39;ve managed to avoid seeing one of the most enjoyable musicals ever produced. Audrey Hepburn is, as always, stunning to behold and Rex Harrison as Henry Higgins is a puffed up, reptilian, annoying codger who begins to melt for Audrey&#39;s Eliza Doolittle - and who wouldn&#39;t, really? My biggest grudge against this film is Rex Harrison robbing Anthony Quinn of the Best Actor Oscar for his performance in Zorba the Greek (I think Quinn should have picked up that award, personally), and a smaller grudge is being denied the pleasure of hearing Audrey&#39;s singing voice (the producers decided to have her singing parts overdubbed by actress Marni Nixon at the last minute, much to Audrey&#39;s dismay). Other than that, this is a film that I&#39;m sure will endure many more decades thanks to the wonderful songs of Lerner &amp; Loewe and the pastel cinematography of Harry Stradling. And, of course, Audrey Hepburn. http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/love/MemberTagFilms.aspxlove
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