My Fair Lady is a 1964 American musical comedy-drama film adapted from the 1956 Lerner and Loewe stage musical based on George Bernard Shaw's 1913 stage play Pygmalion. With a screenplay by Alan Jay Lerner and directed by George Cukor, the film depicts a poor Cockney flower-seller named Eliza Doolittle who overhears an arrogant phonetics professor, Henry Higgins, as he casually wagers that he could teach her to speak "proper" English, thereby making her presentable in the high society of Edwardian London.
The film stars Audrey Hepburn as Eliza Doolittle—and Rex Harrison as Henry Higgins—reprising his role from the stage musical—
it was a critical and commercial success, it became the highest-grossing film of 1964 and won eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor. In 1998, the American Film Institute named it the 91st greatest American film of all time. In 2006, it was ranked eighth in the AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals list.
My Fair Lady is a classic musical film that is still enjoyed by audiences today. It is a story about transformation, class, and the power of language. The film is beautifully shot and features some of the most iconic songs in musical theater history, such as "I Could Have Danced All Night" and "The Rain in Spain." If you haven't seen My Fair Lady, I highly recommend it. It is a timeless film that will stay with you long after you watch it.
I loved how Eliza Doolittle came to stand up to Professor Higgins.
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