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Warner Bros. Pictures
details
Studio: Miramax Films
Studio: Ealing Studios
Release Date: May 22, 2002
Running Time: 97 mins. (V)
Country Of Origin: United Kingdom
Country Of Origin: United States
synopsis
Two young gentlemen living in 1890's England use the same pseudonym on the sly, which is fine until they fall in love with women using that name, which leads to a comedy of mistaken identities.
cast + crew
Director
Algernon Moncrieff, 'Algy'
Lady Bracknell
Jack Worthing, 'Ernest'
Gwendolyn Fairfax
Cecily Cardew
Dr. Chasuble
Miss Prism
Lane
Merriman
Gribsby
Screenplay
Play as Source Material
Producer
Co-Producer
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
reviews
May 8, 2002
For a playwright who was imprisoned for two years for the "gross indecency" of being homosexual, Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was a pretty funny guy. Earnest is rightly considered to be the peak of Wilde's wit, and the 1952 film version, with an indelible performance by Dame Edith Evans as Lady Bracknell, deserves landmark status. So why remake it? From the looks of this freewheeling, loose-limbed take on Earnest, writer-director Oliver Parker, who also filmed Wilde's An Ideal Husband, wanted to blow…
Truthful revelations finally save two eligible London bachelors, who get tripped up by lies and upper-class superficialities in the late 19th century at a lavish country cottage where the young society ladies they hope to marry and the insufferably snobbish mother they hope to avoid have also convened. Story London bachelor John (Jack) Worthing, who has a murky background, and his roguish, spendthrift friend Algernon (Algy) Moncrieff pursue romance but are each deceitful in their own ways. Jack,… |
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