Directed by George CukorStarring Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Gladys Cooper, Jeremy Brett, Theodore Bikel, Mona Washbourne, Isobel Elsom, and John Holland
The movie and its star have a bad reputation for what they aren't, rather than what they are. Some filmgoers resent the movie for winning this award for movies like Dr. Strangelove, and some resent Audrey Hepburn for not being Julie Andrews, the star of the Broadway version. The Academy seemed to be among them, not even nominating Hepburn for her wonderful performance, while Andrews won the Oscar for Best Actress the same year for Mary Poppins. When looked at inpendent of other films or alternate stars, however, this film is a very good adaptation of a wonderful Broadway musical. The excellent Lerner and Loewe score supports the familiar Pygmalion story, and the performances from Harrison, Hepburn, and Holloway are all wonderful. It's a classic of the musical genre.
Other nominees: Becket (Peter Glenville), Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Stanley Kubrick), Mary Poppins (Robert Stevenson), and Zorba the Greek (Mihalis Kakogiannis)
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