Margot Kidder is disappointing – needed a lot more voice coaching to pass as a cockney. Would have been better to use a British actress with the accent in her repertoire.
All due respect….Americans actors cannot do british accents….any of them….unfortunate casting….considering this is about how language can expose you….then Margot is exposed !!!!
Margot Kidder did a fantastic job of presenting a real human being in Eliza.
I never heard of this film until just now in youtube. I know Peter O'Toole was considered for the movie of My Fair Lady, so it makes sense to have him in it. It would have been nice to have the cast of My Fair Lady do the original play without the songs as written by Shaw, but this is pretty good too.
The cinematics are a little wack, it’s the epitome of the “camera man is drunk” meme. But I liked the acting. Can’t beat 1938 Pygmalion but a close one!
Какая гадость. Питеру эта роль как корове седло.
Sheesh, they treat Eliza so badly just because she's poor. Smh.
“A lady is not how she speaks , but how she is spoken to” thank you Mrs Pierce , my 10th grade English teacher.???
I saw this when it first came out on premium tv. I loved it. Margot Kidder may not be Audrey Hepburn and Wendy Hiller but she did a great job just the same. Peter O'Toole did a great job with Henry Higgins as did his predecessors Rex Harrison and Leslie Howard.
This remake doesn't come close to the brilliance of the 1938, Leslie Howard , Wendy Hiller version. The 1938 Howard,Hiller master piece is also available here on you tube. If you enjoy this classic, you won't regret it.
My fair lady was the best. This is bit too overplayed
I do like Leslie Howard's performance better, but this version is actually closer to Shaw's original play text.
It is a great treat to see very good actors doing their jobs well in a beautifully worded play, and it is a shame to compare the performances with previous productions. Each actor brings their own take on the character, Peter O'Toole represents a spoiled proud man who knows nothing about women and makes clumsy attempts to keep Eliza around. His violent outbursts are raw, showing just how tightly he usually controls his emotions. Margot Kidder bats his remarks well and at the end one feels she just may take on the challenge of this unruly man rather than a sedate and comfortable life with Freddy. Watching was a treat, almost like attending a live performance, thank you for posting this.
What kind of movie is this, specially made so Mr. O'toole can marvel with his talent as an actor? Shakespearingian style in modern form!?
Mr Doolittle 1984 = Nigel Farage 2019….!
Frances Hyland, who plays Mrs Higgins, was 5 years older than Peter O'Toole, but was cast as his mother. Good old Hollywood.
Margot Kidder was a terrible choice for the role of Eliza Doolittle. Her unconvincing Cockney accent a bad American imitation. They really should have chosen a London born actress for this part.
Margot Kidder was a terrible choice for the role of Eliza Doolittle. Her unconvincing Cockney accent a bad American imitation. They really should have chosen a London born actress for this part.
Margot Kidder was a terrible choice for the role of Eliza Doolittle. Her unconvincing Cockney accent a bad American imitation. They really should have chosen a London born actress for this part.
Margot Kidder was brilliant. What a surprise. She died too young. A loss.
The production is rather tedious. But O'Toole is a delight to watch. He elevates it all.
Thanks for uploading this! Honestly I don't like that they took out the ball, the Karpati guy, Freddy…Thank God, at least Eliza did not get back. The text is also quite different than the other Pygmalion ('38), and My Fair Lady.
I love him! One of the best actors ever! ❤
Never understood her talent until today. Of course Peter O'Toole; priceless as always. To top it all the language of Shaw…a good day !
Margot Kidder???? No, I don't thinks o. But Peter O'Toole? Puuuurfect. As always.
Kidder is exceptionally good here, and her desperate eyes and rather bony face make her a more convincing urchin than Hepburn, though she brushes up well and very fast.
Doolittle is so much more brilliantly disgusting in the play than in the musical. It's pretty amazing that Eliza has managed to stay a respectable girl with a character with a dad like that.
One is amazed to think that the word Mrs Pierce is so firm about is 'bloody.'
The cruelty of the role could be problematic in the hands of anybody less dashing than O'Toole but he brings the callous debonair off with incredible panache. One needs to be an actual prince to pull off being this much of a bastard and there are no princes left.
O'toole over acting.. Margo Kidder brilliant.
Outstanding!
Margot Kidder signed a multi-picture deal with Cable TVs HBO =HOME BOX OFFICE starring and co-producing 1982s teleplay version of BUS STOP, 1983s PYGMALION, 6 Hr 3 Part Mini-series LOUISIANA also Theatrical release as 2 hr film in 1984. Finally THE GLITTER DOME Based on author Joesph Wambpaugh's gritty hollywood cop-crime thriller starring James Garner, John Lithgow, Collen Dewhurst and Kidder as movie star "Willie". Featured on cable during premiere month of November 1984 and released later Theatrically year after.
Two minutes in and Kidder's accent — or lack of one — conquered me. ¡No max!
O' Toole's acting was awful here.
Love it ?
Margot Kidder was beautiful—and quite wonderful here.
Peter O'Toole is the only despicable Higgins, the others manage to keep something humane although they are also quite bad they way they behave, but he has outdone them in a quite outrageous way. His acting is brilliant and I always marvel at his diction, the Shakespearean actor keeps coming out, but I still despised him in this role. John Standing did a good job as Pickering and the housekeeper I really liked, I would say Margot Kidder also did her job well, it was simply personal that I did not like her too much. All in all, brilliant as it was it was still quite inferior to both Leslie Howard's and Rex Harrison's Higgins and I liked the girls better there as well. I believe they all made it their own, but there is nobody, who can be mentioned on the same day with Leslie Howard. No offence meant, if you loved this film the best, fine. I wish not receive deragatory remarks for my opinion, please.
aaaaargh,they are disgusting
I enjoyed this, thank you.
This is the version I know. I'm glad to see it again. It's by far better than the 1938 version in which Higgins is deplorable. I hated that version. He was common, no more than a "squashed cabbage leaf" or "gutter snipe" himself. In comparison, both the Pickering characters contrast sharply with the Higgins portrayals.
Margot Kidder is disappointing – needed a lot more voice coaching to pass as a cockney. Would have been better to use a British actress with the accent in her repertoire.
All due respect….Americans actors cannot do british accents….any of them….unfortunate casting….considering this is about how language can expose you….then Margot is exposed !!!!
Margot Kidder did a fantastic job of presenting a real human being in Eliza.
I never heard of this film until just now in youtube. I know Peter O'Toole was considered for the movie of My Fair Lady, so it makes sense to have him in it. It would have been nice to have the cast of My Fair Lady do the original play without the songs as written by Shaw, but this is pretty good too.
The cinematics are a little wack, it’s the epitome of the “camera man is drunk” meme. But I liked the acting. Can’t beat 1938 Pygmalion but a close one!
Какая гадость. Питеру эта роль как корове седло.
Sheesh, they treat Eliza so badly just because she's poor. Smh.
“A lady is not how she speaks , but how she is spoken to” thank you Mrs Pierce , my 10th grade English teacher.???
I saw this when it first came out on premium tv. I loved it. Margot Kidder may not be Audrey Hepburn and Wendy Hiller but she did a great job just the same. Peter O'Toole did a great job with Henry Higgins as did his predecessors Rex Harrison and Leslie Howard.
This remake doesn't come close to the brilliance of the 1938, Leslie Howard , Wendy Hiller version. The 1938 Howard,Hiller master piece is also available here on you tube. If you enjoy this classic, you won't regret it.
My fair lady was the best. This is bit too overplayed
I do like Leslie Howard's performance better, but this version is actually closer to Shaw's original play text.
It is a great treat to see very good actors doing their jobs well in a beautifully worded play, and it is a shame to compare the performances with previous productions. Each actor brings their own take on the character, Peter O'Toole represents a spoiled proud man who knows nothing about women and makes clumsy attempts to keep Eliza around. His violent outbursts are raw, showing just how tightly he usually controls his emotions. Margot Kidder bats his remarks well and at the end one feels she just may take on the challenge of this unruly man rather than a sedate and comfortable life with Freddy. Watching was a treat, almost like attending a live performance, thank you for posting this.
What kind of movie is this, specially made so Mr. O'toole can marvel with his talent as an actor? Shakespearingian style in modern form!?
Mr Doolittle 1984 = Nigel Farage 2019….!
Frances Hyland, who plays Mrs Higgins, was 5 years older than Peter O'Toole, but was cast as his mother. Good old Hollywood.
https://londontopia.net/londonism/fun-london/language-top-100-cockney-rhyming-slang-words-and-phrases/
Margot Kidder was a terrible choice for the role of Eliza Doolittle. Her unconvincing Cockney accent a bad American imitation. They really should have chosen a London born actress for this part.
Margot Kidder was a terrible choice for the role of Eliza Doolittle. Her unconvincing Cockney accent a bad American imitation. They really should have chosen a London born actress for this part.
Margot Kidder was a terrible choice for the role of Eliza Doolittle. Her unconvincing Cockney accent a bad American imitation. They really should have chosen a London born actress for this part.
Margot Kidder was brilliant. What a surprise. She died too young. A loss.
The production is rather tedious. But O'Toole is a delight to watch. He elevates it all.
Thanks for uploading this! Honestly I don't like that they took out the ball, the Karpati guy, Freddy…Thank God, at least Eliza did not get back. The text is also quite different than the other Pygmalion ('38), and My Fair Lady.
I love him! One of the best actors ever! ❤
Never understood her talent until today. Of course Peter O'Toole; priceless as always. To top it all the language of Shaw…a good day !
Margot Kidder???? No, I don't thinks o. But Peter O'Toole? Puuuurfect. As always.
Kidder is exceptionally good here, and her desperate eyes and rather bony face make her a more convincing urchin than Hepburn, though she brushes up well and very fast.
Doolittle is so much more brilliantly disgusting in the play than in the musical. It's pretty amazing that Eliza has managed to stay a respectable girl with a character with a dad like that.
One is amazed to think that the word Mrs Pierce is so firm about is 'bloody.'
The cruelty of the role could be problematic in the hands of anybody less dashing than O'Toole but he brings the callous debonair off with incredible panache. One needs to be an actual prince to pull off being this much of a bastard and there are no princes left.
O'toole over acting.. Margo Kidder brilliant.
Outstanding!
Margot Kidder signed a multi-picture deal with Cable TVs HBO =HOME BOX OFFICE starring and co-producing 1982s teleplay version of BUS STOP, 1983s PYGMALION, 6 Hr 3 Part Mini-series LOUISIANA also Theatrical release as 2 hr film in 1984. Finally THE GLITTER DOME Based on author Joesph Wambpaugh's gritty hollywood cop-crime thriller starring James Garner, John Lithgow, Collen Dewhurst and Kidder as movie star "Willie". Featured on cable during premiere month of November 1984 and released later Theatrically year after.
2019 :v
Please upload "Mrs. Warren's Profession" by Twiggy. I have been looking around on YouTube, eBay and Amazon but cannot find it. Please read this page to find out more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/threecounties/theatre/2003/07/mrs_warren_review.shtml
Two minutes in and Kidder's accent — or lack of one — conquered me. ¡No max!
O' Toole's acting was awful here.
Love it ?
Margot Kidder was beautiful—and quite wonderful here.
Peter O'Toole is the only despicable Higgins, the others manage to keep something humane although they are also quite bad they way they behave, but he has outdone them in a quite outrageous way. His acting is brilliant and I always marvel at his diction, the Shakespearean actor keeps coming out, but I still despised him in this role. John Standing did a good job as Pickering and the housekeeper I really liked, I would say Margot Kidder also did her job well, it was simply personal that I did not like her too much. All in all, brilliant as it was it was still quite inferior to both Leslie Howard's and Rex Harrison's Higgins and I liked the girls better there as well. I believe they all made it their own, but there is nobody, who can be mentioned on the same day with Leslie Howard. No offence meant, if you loved this film the best, fine. I wish not receive deragatory remarks for my opinion, please.
aaaaargh,they are disgusting
I enjoyed this, thank you.
This is the version I know. I'm glad to see it again. It's by far better than the 1938 version in which Higgins is deplorable. I hated that version. He was common, no more than a "squashed cabbage leaf" or "gutter snipe" himself. In comparison, both the Pickering characters contrast sharply with the Higgins portrayals.