"My Fair Lady" -- any news of a Blu-Ray release??

[Robert Harris]

Originally Posted by in2video2

Unfortunately Mr Harris is currently occupied with the restoration of John Wayne's The Alamo - I'm sure he would want to become involved.

MFL needs some work to prepare it for Blu-ray, but nothing horribly extensive.

[in2video2]

Originally Posted by Robert Harris

MFL needs some work to prepare it for Blu-ray, but nothing horribly extensive.

Thank you very much for keeping us all informed.

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by Robert Harris

MFL needs some work to prepare it for Blu-ray, but nothing horribly extensive.

Thanks for the heads-up, glad to know it's at least on the agenda.

[Evra]

I am sorry for being a complete noob but who is Mr Robert Harris here? * embarrassed*

[in2video2]

Robert A. Harris is a film historian and preservationist who specializes in restoring the large-format widescreen films of the 1950s. Robert has restored and reconstructed a number of classic films including Lawrence of Arabia, Spartacus, My Fair Lady and Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo and Rear Window. He frequently collaborates with James C. Katz. Their pristine restorations of classic films have earned a great deal of respect from cinephiles and critics. Robert has recently finished restoration on The Godfather Triology for DVD and Blu-ray.

Mr Harris visits us here every now and then at the Forum. We are lucky to have his wealth of knowledge and inside information. Good to know that My Fair Lady is still in good condition when the time comes for its eventual debut to Blu.

[ScuseMe]

Originally Posted by Robert Harris

MFL needs some work to prepare it for Blu-ray, but nothing horribly extensive.

Here's hoping we see it soon on BD

[Pirate King]

Originally Posted by Robert Harris

MFL needs some work to prepare it for Blu-ray, but nothing horribly extensive.

Thank you Mr Harris. It is also wonderful to hear about "The Alamo".

[Musicguy]

Would Love to get this title on Blu-ray. The DVD looked good byt blu-ray should surpass it - the restoration looked great in 70MM - Wish Warner would get this back

[in2video2]

Am I the only one who can not fathom why Columbia Pictures would desire to remake a beloved motion picture which won eight Academy Awards in 1964 including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor, along with another thirteen wins and ten nominations from other sources?

Movies become classics for easily recognized reasons and some actually become popular as well. It seems that not a lot has happened since the announcement on June 6, 2008 apart from Keira Knightley being spoken of informally to play the role of Eliza Dolittle made famous by Audrey Hepburn and more recently on December 1, 2009 that John Madden was approached to direct the "remake" or, as is now in vogue the "reworking" or "revisionist" version of the Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe Broadway musical based on George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion.

Sorry for the "angry face" but aren't we all getting very tired and jaded with Hollywood resorting to remakes of classic movies. I feel My Fair Lady should be well left alone. How can you improve upon that classic 1964 treasure is something I cannot understand. It's like trying to remake West Side Story in contemporary New York City for a contemporary audience. Why even try? It would be laughed off the screen!

Lets get on with releasing this magnificent classic My Fair Lady in a brilliant Blu-Ray transfer , but please keep Robert A Harris involved in the project. His diligent work of film restoration should be reason enough to keep him on board as a valuable resource.

With so many worthwhile Broadway musicals screaming to be committed to film why try to revive a movie genre by looking backwards? Why not try a new approach and actually implement an original idea instead? I hope I am not alone in feeling this way. Please respond one way or another as to how you view the matter. I would be the first in line to applaud any movie studio willing to take risks in any movie genre - not just musicals.

Where do you stand?

[Musicguy]

Most musical remakes have been flops - Disney tried it on tv with the awful version of "The Music Man" (the 1962 films is near perfect - why try to improve it - you can't) I feel the same way with "My Fair Lady" but it will be interesting to see what they do with it.

Where is the Blu-ray?

[Pirate King]

With the wonderful announcement concerning the soon to be released "Network".... please allow me to use the famous quote from that movie re: Musical remakes....... "I'm mad as hell..... and I'm not gonna take it anymore"

Please do not remake "My Fair Lady". The original is perfection on film.

[in2video2]

+ 1

Thank you, my friend, for your support.

These insane practices of resorting to remakes almost always fall prey to the law of diminishing returns... and they are not restricted to the musical movie genre either. There are many wonderful musical scores never transferred from Broadway to Hollywood just waiting for a studio producer, a director with vision and both with the courage to commit it to film.

Think how interesting it would be to see some of our favorite modern day actors and actresses (who have kept their great singing voices a huge secret all these years) - suddenly break out into song. What a revelation that would be with a talented cast to carry it off in these challenging times.

In the performing arts, as in most artistic diciplines, nothing of real value happens without having the courage to take a risk. Trusting in the movie director for guidance and the production team to back those artistic choices, these types of projects could potentially give audiences a real reason to return in large numbers to the cinema... and on a regular basis, too. Why not try being original for a change... ?

Is it really worthwhile to reproduce another remake of the incomparable My Fair Lady? It simply was and is perfection. Is this the only way we might actually see the 1964 original movie brought to Blu-Ray: as a marketing tie-in with a new remake?

And if "original" becomes the new flavor of choice for a modern audience just what musicals would you want to see produced? We may never see another golden age of the Hollywood musical, but haven't you noticed for what it's worth - we sure miss them.