Title: "My Fair Lady"
Director: George Cukor
Screenwriter: George Bernard Shaw< /p>
Alan Jay Lerner
Main actors: Audrey Hepburn... Eliza Doolittle
Rex Harrison...Professor Henry Higgins
Stanley Holloway...Alfred P. Doolittle
Country/Region: United States/
Genre: Comedy/Family/Music/Romance/
Plot Summary: Henry Higgins is a stubborn and arrogant man of language. Study professor. One day he met the vulgar flower seller Eliza Doolittle and told her that a person's pronunciation marked the person's social status and that if she improved her pronunciation, she might have a decent job. After the professor returned home, he met his colleague Colonel Pickering. He told the colonel that he could train a lower-class woman to become an upper-class lady within six months. The colonel made a bet with the professor that this was impossible. Eliza happened to come the next day, and with the help of the colonel, she became the professor's student. After studying hard, she made great progress and became elegant in conversation and dignified in manners. Finally, at a large ball, she was introduced to the upper class, won praise from everyone, and was considered a princess of a certain country by the royal voice expert. After the professor returned home, he happily asked the colonel for the gambling money, completely ignoring Eliza. Eliza left in anger. At this time, the professor felt a sense of loss and felt that Eliza had become a part of his life.
Evaluation: "My Fair Lady" received 13 nominations for Best Picture at the 37th Academy Awards (1964), winning Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Color Cinematography, and Best Cinematography. Eight awards including Best Artwork for a Color Film, Best Costume Design for a Color Film, Best Sound, and Best Music Adaptation.
"My Fair Lady" was originally a musical musical adapted from the play "Pygmalion" by British playwright Bernard Shaw. The role of Eliza is played by Julie Andrews. Julie has a beautiful soprano voice, and at only 18 years old, she has a beautiful face and figure. This musical was a great success on Broadway and was called "the best musical of this century" by Brooks. It won the Tony Award and was named the best musical of 1956 by the New York Theater Critics Circle and external critics. In New York and London, attendances were consistently better than any other Broadway play of the time. The play has been translated into 11 languages ??in 21 countries. From the stage play, 5 million copies were sold.
Warner Bros. Pictures decided to make "My Fair Lady" into a movie. In terms of casting, they decided to let Rex Harrison, who played the male protagonist Professor Higgins in the stage play, continue to play Higgins, but they were hesitant about the choice of the heroine Elisa. As early as when she was filming "Breakfast at Tiffany's," Audrey told reporters that her biggest wish was to play the role of Eliza in "My Fair Lady," and she got this role as she wished. Warner hired George Guco, a well-known director in the film and television industry who directed dramas dominated by actresses, to guide Audrey so that Audrey could have the best performance and the company's investment would be more guaranteed.
The film was a huge success and won eight Oscars. Audrey Hepburn's performance gave the film wings, but she was not nominated for an Academy Award because her singing skills were not good enough to support the role. Academy Award voters believed that using someone else's singing voice would be enough. Dubbing yourself is cheating. The lyrics and music of the film are very beautifully written. However, the fun of playing with English accents and the elegance of British aristocrats seem to be far away from modern Chinese audiences. There are a lot of classic songs in the film, which are full of humor and elegance from beginning to end and can make people smile.