The classic, multi Oscar-winning, Broadway adaptation about egotistical linguist Professor Henry Higgins (Rex Harrison) who bets his friend, Colonel Hugh Pickering (Wilfrid Hyde-White), that he can transform Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle (Audrey Hepburn) in time for an important society ball. His gamble could pay off--but the spirited Eliza is more of a handful than the Professor could have predicted. As she slowly becomes more refined, and less reliant upon him, Higgins realizes, to his confusion, that he can’t live without her.
Winner of 8 Academy Awards 1965, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor (Harrison), Best Costume Design. Winner of Best Musical/Comedy, Best Director, Best Actor, Golden Globes 1965. Best Film, BAFTA Awards 1965.
All things considered, it is the brilliance of Miss Hepburn as the Cockney waif who is transformed by Prof. Henry Higgins into an elegant female facade that gives an extra touch of subtle magic and individuality to the film...
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