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Academy Award®-Winning “My Fair Lady” is Newly Restored
for Theatrical Re-Release and Special Blu-ray™/DVD |
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Written by: Press
Release, Published: Sept 16, 2015 2:15 p.m. ET |
Date:
22.09.2015 |
Audrey
Hepburn/Rex Harrison Starrer Hits Select U.S. Cinemas Beginning October 18
NEW YORK & LOS ANGELES, Sep 16, 2015 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Iconic American film
"My Fair Lady",
starring Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison and directed by George Cukor, has
emerged from a $1 million restoration process in time for a limited
theatrical re-release with more than 800 screenings nationwide beginning
October 18.
CBS Home Entertainment and BY Experience have joined together to bring the
Academy Award-winning film back to cinema screens for a new generation of
‘Eliza Doolittle’ fans to experience. Tickets for “My Fair Lady” are
available now at participating theater box offices and online at
MyFairLady50.com
The limited theatrical engagement will be followed by the release of the
film on Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack “My Fair Lady: 50th Anniversary Edition”
from CBS Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Media Distribution, available
October 27.
“My Fair Lady” won a staggering eight Academy Awards® in 1964, including
Best Picture. Fifty years after its original release, audiences are still
enchanted by the musical that follows elitist linguistic professor Henry
Higgins (Harrison) as he makes a wager with his colleague that he can turn
sassy, cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle (Hepburn) into the toast of
English society. The film remains one of the most celebrated movie musicals
in film history, and includes such timeless songs as “The Rain in Spain,” “I
Could Have Danced All Night” and “Get Me to the Church on Time.”
Acclaimed film historian and preservationist
Robert
A. Harris painstakingly restored the film to its original beauty.
The 4K restoration comes from an 8K scan of the original negative and other
surviving 65mm elements. Harris has previously restored such film classics
as
"Lawrence of Arabia",
"Spartacus",
"Vertigo" “Rear Window” and “The
Godfather.”
“‘My Fair Lady’ is one of the crown jewels in our library,” said Ken Ross,
executive vice president and general manager, CBS Home Entertainment. “And
now this timeless masterpiece will be presented to a new generation of fans
in a quality never before seen or heard.”
“Movie musicals are such an important part of Hollywood and motion picture
history, and certainly ‘My Fair Lady’ is one of the most highly regarded by
critics and fans,” said Julie Borchard-Young, co-president of BY Experience.
“We are thrilled to work with CBS Home Entertainment and Paramount Home
Media Distribution to bring ‘My Fair Lady’ back to cinema screens across the
country for all ages to enjoy.”
“My Fair Lady: 50th Anniversary Edition” Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack comes in
collectible packaging with an entire Blu-ray disc dedicated to 90 minutes of
special features including a variety of original trailers and featurettes
that were used in theaters to promote the feature film, as well as footage
from the film’s Los Angeles and British premieres in 1964. The collection is
rated G and will be available for the suggested retail price of $42.99.
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More in 70mm reading:
MY FAIR LADY: 50th Anniversary Edition
Restoration of "My
Fair Lady"
Note from
Robert Harris and James Katz
Restoration of "Spartacus"
Restoration of
"Lawrence of Arabia"
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