My Fair Lady

– A snobbish phonetics professor agrees to a wager that he can take a flower girl and make her present..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.90 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 50 Minutes
Release Year:
1964
My Fair Lady (1964)

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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Producing Country:
USA
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My Fair Lady (1964) - Trailer

Release Date:

25 Dec 1964

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
G – General Audiences

All ages admitted. Nothing that would offend parents for viewing by children.

Director:

George Cukor

Writer:

Alan Jay Lerner (book), George Bernard Shaw (from a play by), Alan Jay Lerner (screenplay)

Main Actors:

Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway, Wilfrid Hyde-White

Plot:

Pompous phonetics professor Henry Higgins 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, who agrees to speech lessons to improve her job prospects. Higgins and Eliza clash, then form an unlikely bond -- one that is threatened by an aristocratic suitor.

Awards:

Won 8 Oscars. Another 16 wins & 13 nominations.

Production:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
96%
Metacritic:
95%