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My Fair Lady (film)

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My Fair Lady is a 1964 American musical directed by George Cukor for Warner Bros., adapting the Lerner and Loewe stage musical in which a phonetics professor wagers he can transform a Cockney flower seller's speech enough to pass her off as a duchess at an embassy ball. The production, at the time the most expensive film shot in the United States, replaced Broadway's Julie Andrews with Audrey Hepburn in the lead role. It won eight Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director and was the second highest-grossing film of 1964.

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Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Color 1
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Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color 1
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Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Color 1
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Academy Award for Best Picture 1
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Academy Award for Best Sound 1
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National Film Registry 2
Release Year
1964 3
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1. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences: The 37th Academy Awards | 1965
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
  • Ceremony 1965: Art Direction (Color)
    Art Direction (Color) Winner My Fair Lady
  • Ceremony 1965: Cinematography (Color)
    Cinematography (Color) Winner My Fair Lady
  • Ceremony 1965: Costume Design (Color)
    Costume Design (Color) Winner My Fair Lady
  • Ceremony 1965: Best Picture
    Best Picture Winner My Fair Lady
  • Ceremony 1965: Sound
    Sound Winner My Fair Lady
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2. Library of Congress, National Film Preservation Board: Complete National Film Registry Listing
Library of Congress, National Film Preservation BoardNational Film Registry listing row: film released 1964, inducted 2018
Quote, National Film Registry listing row: film released 1964, inducted 2018
My Fair Lady 1964 2018
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3. My Fair Lady (film) (Wikipedia)
  • Article lead sentence
    My Fair Lady is a 1964 American musical comedy drama film adapted from Lerner and Loewe's 1956 stage musical based on George Bernard Shaw's 1913 stage play Pygmalion.
  • Created By: George Cukor, Infobox: director
    George Cukor
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