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The Importance of Being Earnest
Two young gentlemen living in 1890s England use the same pseudonym ('Ernest') on the sly, which is fine until they both fall in love with women using that name, which leads to a comedy of mistaken identities.
2002 · Directed by Oliver Parker · 97 min · Comedy · Drama · History · Romance · 10 frames
Tagline
Everybody Loves Ernest... But Nobody's Quite Sure Who He Really Is.
Crew
- Screenplay: Oliver Parker
- Cinematography: Tony Pierce-Roberts
- Edited by: Guy Bensley
- Music: Charlie Mole
- Production design: Luciana Arrighi
- Produced by: Barnaby Thompson
Cast
- Rupert Everett as Algernon “Algy” Moncrieff
- Colin Firth as John “Jack” Worthing
- Reese Witherspoon as Cecily Cardew
- Judi Dench as Lady Bracknell
- Tom Wilkinson as Dr. Chasuble
- Frances O'Connor as Gwendolen Fairfax
- Anna Massey as Miss Laetitia Prism
- Edward Fox as Lane
- Patrick Godfrey as Merriman
- Charles Kay as Gribsby
Production
- Country: France, United Kingdom, United States of America
- Language: German, English
- Studios: Ealing Studios, Miramax, Fragile Films
- Budget: $15,000,000
- Box office: $17,300,000
- Themes: new love, beguilement, country house, country estate, fake identity, relatives, victorian england, pleasure
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