The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)

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Directed by

Oliver Parker

Starring (View all)

Rupert Everett
Algy

Colin Firth
Jack

Frances O'Connor
Gwendolen

Reese Witherspoon
Cecily

Judi Dench
Lady Bracknell

Tom Wilkinson
Dr. Chasuble

Anna Massey
Miss Prism

Edward Fox
Lane

Written by

Oscar Wilde

Oliver Parker
(screenplay)

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A good movie

10 years, 7 months ago at Sep 26 20:35

johanlefourbe

As may you have noticed, I’m not a huge fan of costume dramas. Indeed, I always have a hard time to care about the love life of the Victorian upper-class. I mean, come on, ‘I’m filthy rich, I don’t do anything to make a living but it’s so hard to end up with the person you really love…’ just stop whining already. On the other hand, I always had a weak spot for Oscar Wilde because the... read more

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Description: Whenever Jack Worthing slips away to London from his Hertfordshire estate he says he is going to see his (fictitious) wayward brother Ernest. Once there he keeps his privacy by calling himself Ernest - luckily so as his beloved Gwendolen declares she could only love an Ernest. Her cousin Algy is the one person who knows Jack's secret and one day he travels down to the estate, announcing himself to Jack's attractive ward Cecily as bad brother Ernest. Cecily is much taken with him and with his name, so on Jack's return home and Gwendoen's unexpectedly arrival it becomes clear there are both too many and too few Ernests earnestly c ... (more)

Release date: 21 June 2002
UPC: 786936199291

Tags: Romance (14), Comedy (13), Drama (8), Oscar Wilde (7), Remake (7), 2000s (6), Literature (5), 2002 (5), Infidelity (5), Train (4), Based On Play (3), Historical (3), Comedy Of Errors (3), Love Story (3), Brother (2), Aristocrats (2), Eccentric (2), Happy Ending (2), Engagement (2), Family Without Blood Ties (2)

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" TITLE OF WRITTEN WORK: The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People PUBLISHED FORMAT: play AUTHOR/CREATOR: Oscar Wilde ORIGINAL PUBLICATION YEAR: 1895 HAVE I READ: No NOTES: N/A "