My fair lady

Author

Audrey Hepburn

Call Number

• DVD MUSICAL (CEN)

Edition

Two-disc special ed.

Performers

Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Gladys Cooper, Jeremy Brett, Theodore Bikel.

Publication Information

Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c2004.

Physical Description

2 videodiscs (173 min) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

A cockney waif is transformed by linguistics professor Henry Higgins into an elegant lady.

Notes

DVD format, Region 1 ; Dolby digital 5.1 surround sound.

Videodisc release of the 1964 motion picture.

Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.

Based on the stage musical by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe from the play Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw.

Winner of eight Academy Awards in 1964, including Best picture.

Rated G.

In English with optional French language soundtrack ; optional subtitles in English, French and Spanish.

Special features include: Commentary by art director Gene Allen, singer Marni Nixon and restorers Robert A. Harris and James C. Katz ; "More loverly than ever: My fair lady then and now" documentary about the musical's evolution, transition from stage to screen and the 30th anniversary restoration ; scene index ; vintage 1963/1964 featurettes, footage and audio: 1963 kickoff dinner, George Cukor directs Baroness Bina Rothschild, the fairest fair lady, Los Angeles premiere (10/28/64), Rex Harrison Golden Globe acceptance speech, Academy Awards ceremony highlights (4/4/65) ; alternate Audrey Hepburn vocals ; "Show me" galleries: sketches, b&w production stills, color production stills, documents and publicity, posters and lobby cards with Rex Harrison, radio interview ; comments on a lady: Andrew Lloyd Webber and Martin Scorsese ; Lerner and Loewe musicals trailer gallery: Brigadoon, Camelot, Gigi, My fair lady (1964 original and 1994 30th anniversary).

Presented in a letterbox widescreen format which preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio ; enhanced for widescreen TVs.