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18 articles from 2009
Exclusive! Joe Wright Is Not Directing My Fair Lady Remake
30 October 2009 4:53 AM, PDT | Screenrush | See recent Screenrush news »
When Screenrush grabbed two minutes with Joe Wright on the red carpet for the London Film Festival's Closing Gala film Nowhere Boy, there was really only one thing on our mind to ask him about - My Fair Lady.
Over the last few days the rumour mills have been churning out stories that the Atonement director and Keira Knightley will be reteaming on a remake of the classic George Bernard Shaw adaptation, which was released in 1964 starring Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison and has been delighting family audiences ever since.
So we were more than a little taken about when Wright flatly denied any involvement in the project, saying that he had mulled over the idea for a couple of days after the script was sent to him, as he would do with any other project, but decided to pass on the opportunity.
Unfortunately he could not tell us which »
[DVD Review] My Fair Lady
27 October 2009 9:00 PM, PDT | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »
The ever-loverly Audrey Hepburn is back as Eliza Doolittle in the latest release of My Fair Lady on DVD. I wasn't sure why — it had to have been put out on DVD at least once before. In fact, it was released by Warner Bros. in 1998 and then again as a "Two-Disc Special Edition" in 2004. Paramount obtained the rights last year and put out a new edition earlier this month, complete with its own set of special features.
My Fair Lady, the musical adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion, follows Ms. Doolittle, a poor flower girl with a strong Cockney accent which, due to the time period and setting, puts her at a strong social and vocational disadvantage. Looking to better her situation, she approaches Professor Henry Higgins (Rex Harrison), a phonetics expert, about speech lessons. Higgins, intrigued, bets his friend Colonel Pickering (Wilfrid Hyde-White) that he can pass »
- Jess Goodwin
By George, I think Keira Knightley's got "My Fair Lady"
27 October 2009 9:00 AM, PDT | AfterEllen.com | See recent AfterEllen.com news »
We all already know that Keira Knightley is a fair lady, but now she is the Fair Lady. The 24-year-old English actress has landed the role of Eliza Doolittle in the new remake of the Academy Award-winning 1964 musical, My Fair Lady.
The original film, based on the Broadways smash, starred Audrey Hepburn as Cockney flower girl Eliza and Rex Harrison as the prickly, precise professor Henry Higgins. Keira reportedly beat out Scarlett Johansson for the iconic role. Other than Natalie Portman, it’s hard to think of another young actress who could possibly attempt to take Audrey’s place.
And this news just keeps getting better. The script is being written by — get this — Oscar-winner Emma Thompson. Yes, that Emma Thompson. Directing will be Joe Wright, who grew accustomed to Keira’s face when he directed her in 2005 adaptation of Pride & Prejudice. And James Bond himself, Daniel Craig, is being »
- dorothy snarker
Is Keira Knightley My Fair Lady?
26 October 2009 3:43 AM, PDT | Screenrush | See recent Screenrush news »
Just you wait Henry Higgins, just you wait. Joe Wright, director of Pride And Prejudice and Atonement, is to remake the 1960's eight-time Oscar winning film My Fair Lady. After the cancellation of Indian Summer due to budget and plot conflicts, Wright is now free to take on the family favourite that originally starred Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison.
Additionally, it is looking more and more likely that Keira Knightley will play cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle after producer Duncan Kenworthy was cited saying "I think Keira would be absolutely fabulous in it". Knightley was allegedly in competition with the musically minded Scarlett Johansson.
So Knightley is looking more and more like the obvious choice for the role -a London girl, cheekbones galore and with a few singing lessons under her belt. If the casting goes ahead, let's just hope she can deliver a successful remake of a George Cukor classic. »
Keira Knightley to Dance All Night in 'My Fair Lady' Remake
25 October 2009 9:30 PM, PDT | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »
Producer Duncan Kenworthy has confirmed that Keira Knightley (Pirates of the Caribbean) has beaten Scarlett Johansson for the part of Eliza Doolittle in a new film adaptation of 'My Fair Lady', reports the UK's Telegraph.
Joe Wright will helm the remake and chose Knightly partially on account of their successful collaboration on Pride and Prejudice, which Wright also directed.
"Joe and Keira are looking forward to working together again immensely," a friend of Wright's was quoted by the Telegraph as saying.
Knightley had previously confirmed that she'd auditioned for the role last year and and already begun singing lessons.
Daniel Craig (Casino Royale) has been mentioned as a possible Professor Henry Higgins.
The script is being penned by Emma Thompson.
'My Fair Lady' is a musical based upon George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion" and with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. »
tMF Fast Forward: Keira Knightley is victorious! Will play Eliza Dolittle in My Fair Lady!
25 October 2009 3:48 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
Probably one of the most coveted roles in film, My Fair Lady's Eliza Dolittle already has a history of being a role most sought after by big stars in cinema - Audrey Hepburn, Julie Andrews and Elizabeth Taylor, among others. Just now, The Telegraph reported that in the latest film adaptation, Keira Knightley was cast as the ambitious, working class girl who started out as a flower seller and became the toast of high society.
Details as follows:
"Joe and Keira are looking forward to working together again immensely," says a friend of the 37-year-old director.
In August, I reported that Knightley had been forced to compete with Johansson, 24, for the role of the Cockney flower seller played by Audrey Hepburn in the 1964 film.
"I have two actresses as potential Elizas, one British, the other American," said Sir Cameron Mackintosh, who is producing the film with Duncan Kenworthy, at the time. »
- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
tMF Fast Forward: Keira Knightley is victorious! Will play Eliza Dolittle in My Fair Lady!
25 October 2009 3:48 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
Probably one of the most coveted roles in film, My Fair Lady's Eliza Dolittle already has a history of being a role most sought after by big stars in cinema - Audrey Hepburn, Julie Andrews and Elizabeth Taylor, among others. Just now, The Telegraph reported that in the latest film adaptation, Keira Knightley was cast as the ambitious, working class girl who started out as a flower seller and became the toast of high society.
Details as follows:
"Joe and Keira are looking forward to working together again immensely," says a friend of the 37-year-old director.
In August, I reported that Knightley had been forced to compete with Johansson, 24, for the role of the Cockney flower seller played by Audrey Hepburn in the 1964 film.
"I have two actresses as potential Elizas, one British, the other American," said Sir Cameron Mackintosh, who is producing the film with Duncan Kenworthy, at the time. »
- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
tMF Fast Forward: Keira Knightley is victorious! Will play Eliza Dolittle in My Fair Lady!
25 October 2009 3:48 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
Probably one of the most coveted roles in film, My Fair Lady's Eliza Dolittle already has a history of being a role most sought after by big stars in cinema - Audrey Hepburn, Julie Andrews and Elizabeth Taylor, among others. Just now, The Telegraph reported that in the latest film adaptation, Keira Knightley was cast as the ambitious, working class girl who started out as a flower seller and became the toast of high society.
Details as follows:
"Joe and Keira are looking forward to working together again immensely," says a friend of the 37-year-old director.
In August, I reported that Knightley had been forced to compete with Johansson, 24, for the role of the Cockney flower seller played by Audrey Hepburn in the 1964 film.
"I have two actresses as potential Elizas, one British, the other American," said Sir Cameron Mackintosh, who is producing the film with Duncan Kenworthy, at the time. »
- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
tMF Fast Forward: Keira Knightley is victorious! Will play Eliza Dolittle in My Fair Lady!
25 October 2009 3:48 AM, PDT | The Movie Fanatic | See recent The Movie Fanatic news »
Probably one of the most coveted roles in film, My Fair Lady's Eliza Dolittle already has a history of being a role most sought after by big stars in cinema - Audrey Hepburn, Julie Andrews and Elizabeth Taylor, among others. Just now, The Telegraph reported that in the latest film adaptation, Keira Knightley was cast as the ambitious, working class girl who started out as a flower seller and became the toast of high society.
Details as follows:
"Joe and Keira are looking forward to working together again immensely," says a friend of the 37-year-old director.
In August, I reported that Knightley had been forced to compete with Johansson, 24, for the role of the Cockney flower seller played by Audrey Hepburn in the 1964 film.
"I have two actresses as potential Elizas, one British, the other American," said Sir Cameron Mackintosh, who is producing the film with Duncan Kenworthy, at the time. »
- modelwatcher@gmail.com (Jed Medina)
DVD Review: Lackluster Edition of ‘My Fair Lady’ Disappoints
22 October 2009 10:28 PM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »
Chicago – Can anyone explain to me why there are lavish, bonus-laden, beautifully transferred versions of so-so musicals like “Gigi” and “South Pacific” on Blu-Ray but the beloved “My Fair Lady” languishes in standard definition? It’s completely illogical, a decision made even more frustrating by a grainy, flat picture and mediocre audio track. Eliza deserves an upgrade.
DVD Rating: 2.5/5.0
To be “fair” (slight pun intended), this multiple Oscar winner hasn’t exactly stood the test of time like I remembered. Many of the musical numbers still resonate like they did when I was a child (“On the Street Where You Live” is still one of my favorite movie musical songs of the era) but the film is undeniably bloated, running almost three hours long and dragging as often as it zips.
My Fair Lady was released on DVD on October 6th, 2009.
Photo credit: Paramount Home Video
But that’s not the point. »
- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
My Fair Lady - Clips from the classic on DVD.
30 September 2009 6:21 AM, PDT | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »
"My Fair Lady" is coming to DVD via Paramount Home Entertainment on October 6th. Now, see some wonderful clips including "Wouldn't It Be Loverly" and Eliza singing "The Rain in Spain." The George Cukor-directed film is a multiple Academy Award winner and stars Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Gladys Cooper, Jeremy Brett, Theodore Bikel, Mona Washbourne, Isobel Elsom and John Holland. Professor Henry Higgins (Rex Harrison) bets he can refine cockney Eliza Doolittle...an absolute classic. »
Three Fair Ladies In The Running
15 September 2009 4:08 AM, PDT | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »
Keira Knightley, Anne Hathaway and Scarlett Johansson are all being considered for the lead role in the big screen remake of My Fair Lady.
The starring role of Eliza Doolittle was originally made famous by screen legend Audrey Hepburn.
Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle is to direct the film, and is rumored to be favouring 24-year-old Knightley for the iconic part, reports Stv. An insider said:
“Keira and Scarlett are the only two real contenders and Keira’s the favourite. She’s the most natural choice for Eliza we have seen.”
“She has worked on her singing voice for a year and will get better and better.”
The story of My Fair Lady is set in London in 1912, and surrounds Professor Henry Higgins. He takes a bet from a friend called Colonel Pickering that he can transform an unrefined Cockney flower girl called Eliza Doolittle into a lady, and fool everyone »
- Rachael Church
NIght Train to Munich Movie Review
9 September 2009 8:00 PM, PDT | MoviesOnline.ca | See recent MoviesOnline news »
Rex Harrison stars as an English spy, out to capture a secret from the Nazi's in Czechlosavakia. Filmed in 1940, this movie was made in order to help boost morale as WW2 had just broken out less then a year earlier (makes for great nostalgia for nostagia and history buffs alike). Harrison dresses up as a Nazi officer in order to bord a train to Munich in order gain secrets from Nazi officers regarding Czechlosavakia. The movie is fascinating to look at from start to finish and as the war was going on, the public learned through this movie and the news what was really going on (educated and i... »
Ask the Flying Monkey! (June 1, 2009)
31 May 2009 9:41 PM, PDT | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »
Have a question about gay male entertainment? Ask the Monkey! (Please include your city and state and/or country.)
Q: Did I miss a meeting? When was it decided to change the commonly used reference “Glbt” to “Lgbt”? Every time I hear Lgbt used, it’s like the person slows down to deliberately not accidently say the long-used Glbt. -- Michael
Photo credit: Rainer Elstermann/Getty Images
A: It wasn’t a meeting; it was a memo. Check your inbox.
I’ve heard two theories on the acronym change: some say the change was deliberate, to give more prominence to lesbians who – let’s face it – are too often afforded second-class status in the Glbt community. Other people have told me that in certain parts of the country Lgbt has always been the accepted moniker, and the rest of us are just … wrong.
The Monkey is torn. On one hand, »
- dennis
May Flowers, My Fair Lady
5 May 2009 9:12 PM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »
May Flowers, weeknights @ 11:00
The very first images we see in the classic musical and Best Picture winner My Fair Lady, before during and immediately after the opening credits are shots of flowers. Why the extensive florals? Eliza Doolittle (Audrey Hepburn) is your main character is why. She's a flower girl. Not the kind what walks the aisle, mind you, but the kind what sells them on the street. Just so long as she stays off the curb. Almost as soon as we've seen her, dishevelled in the rain, she collides into dreamboat Freddy (it's still a mystery to me why she doesn't fall for him) and her wares go flying.
Look where you're going dear. Look where you're going. Two bunches of violets trod in the mud. A full day's wages.When Freddy apologizes and walks away she tries some recompense from his controlling mumOh, he's your son is he? »
- NATHANIEL R
Harrison Treated Butlers Badly
31 March 2009 12:26 AM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
British movie great Rex Harrison spent his life searching for the perfect butler - because he could never find one who would tolerate his outbursts.
The My Fair Lady star went through a succession of butlers and died fearing he'd never found the perfect right-hand man, according to his stepson, actor Jared Harris.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button star explains, "He could never find one who would stay, because he was so appalling.
"He used to send the wine back from his own cellar and then rip into the butler for serving it to him." »
Loews Jersey City Presents Classic Ghost Films This Weekend: "The Innocents", "The Ghost And Mrs. Muir" And "The Uninvited"
25 March 2009 3:46 AM, PDT | Cinemaretro.com | See recent CinemaRetro news »
Peter Wyngarde and Deborah Kerr in The Innocents.
Remember when ghost stories were created through use of imaginative techniques instead of the blood-soaked CGI special effects employed by today's filmmakers? The Loews Jersey City Theatre, a restored movie palace just minutes from Manhattan, will be presenting three classic ghost movies rarely seen on the big screen. On Friday, the festival kicks off with The Uninvited, a 1944 chiller with Ray Milland and Ruth Hussey as a brother and sister who move into an opulent British mansion - only to learn there are some unexpected and unwelcome spirits on the premises. On Saturday, a lighter view of the spiritual world is on display in the delightful comedy The Ghost and Mrs. Muir starring Gene Tierney and Rex Harrison. The hightlight of the festival is the presentation of a new Fox archival print of Jack Clayton's superb 1963 film The Innocents, which ranks »
- nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
The Best Best Actors
16 February 2009 6:55 PM, PST | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »
A list like this is highly subjective; there's no way around it. But I think we can all say that some bests are better than others. How many of us would argue that Rex Harrison gave one of the greatest performances ever in My Fair Lady? Exactly. Don't make me bring up Roberto Benigni...
So ranking the best Best Actors involves an awful lot of conjecture. There are a couple on our list that might not be as high on your list and vice versa, but the real question is how well this year's winner - whether it's Sean Penn or Mickey Rourke - stacks up against the others. On first glance, I've gotta say the advantage goes to history in this case.
1 - Robert De Niro - Raging Bull (1980)
Without a doubt, this is the most significant performance in one of the most significant acting careers of the 20th century. »
- Colin Boyd
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18 articles from 2009
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