This week we are learning how to speak properly, for episode thirty-four of season five, of Flicks XRayed because we are watching and reviewing My Fair Lady. Host, ‘orribly Dirty Tony is joined co-host Worth more than 5 pounds Sarah and guests Flower Girl Ryan, and Balls in the Mouth Phil. This week we play a game of Release Year for Movie Musicals, The Price is Right and The Flicks Awesome Lodge Word Game for the coveted pretty princess crown. So tune in as we discuss at length about Costumes, The Grossness of the Men’s Attitudes, Audrey Hepburn and sooo much more.
Our Ratings
Balls in the Mouth Phil 4
Flower Girl Ryan 4
Worth more than 5 pounds Sarah 3.5
‘orribly Dirty Tony 3.5
15/20 75%
Synopsis and Starring
Synopsis: In this beloved musical, pompous phonetics professor Henry Higgins is so sure of his abilities that he takes it upon himself to transform a Cockney working-class girl into someone who can pass for a cultured member of high society. His subject turns out to be the lovely Eliza Doolittle, who agrees to speech lessons to improve her job prospects. Higgins and Eliza clash, then form an unlikely bond — one that is threatened by an aristocratic suitor.
Directed by George Cukor
Starring
Audrey Hepburn as Eliza Doolittle
Rex Harrison as Henry Higgins
Stanley Holloway as Alfred P. Doolittle
Wilfrid Hyde-White as Colonel Hugh Pickering
Gladys Cooper as Mrs. Higgins
Mona Washbourne as Mrs. Pearce
Game 1
Release Year for Movie Musicals
My Fair Lady……….1964
- Grease.……….1978
- Mama Mia!.……….2008
- La La Land……….2016
- The Wizard of Oz.……….1939
- Singing in the Rain.……….1952
- All That Jazz……….1979
- West Side Story……….1961
- The Sound of Music.……….1965
- The Greatest Showman.……….2017
- Chicago……….2002
- The Phantom of the Opera.……….2004
Game 2
The Figures
| Budget | $17,000,000 |
| Domestic: | $72,000,000 |
| Foreign: | $NA |
| Bonus 1: Re-Rlease 2019 | $560,711 |
| Rotten Tomatoes Ratings Critic Ratings: Audience Ratings: | 95% 90% |
| IMDB Rating: | 78% (7.8) |
Game 3
The Awesome Lodge Word Game
Movies with Audrey Hepburn – Phil
- Breakfast at Tiffany’s
- Charade
- Roman Holiday
- Sabrina
- The Unforgiven
- The Nun’s Story
- Bloodline
- How to Steal a Million
- Two for the Road
- Love in the Afternoon
Rags to Riches Movies – Ryan
- Mr. Deeds
- Slumdog Millionaire
- Trading Places
- The Pursuit of Happiness
- Limitless
- Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
- The Social Network
- Wolf of Wall Street
- Scarface
- The Jerk
