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The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)
Directed by Oliver Parker
“Everybody Loves Ernest... But Nobody's Quite Sure Who He Really Is.”
Comedy, Drama, History, Romance · 1h 37m
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.
Cast
Rupert Everett
Algernon “Algy” Moncrieff
Colin Firth
John “Jack” Worthing
Reese Witherspoon
Cecily Cardew
Judi Dench
Lady Bracknell
Tom Wilkinson
Dr. Chasuble
Frances O'Connor
Gwendolen Fairfax
Anna Massey
Miss Laetitia Prism
Edward Fox
Lane
Patrick Godfrey
Merriman
Charles Kay
Gribsby
Marsha Fitzalan
Dowager
Cyril Shaps
Pew Opener
Crew
- Director
- Oliver Parker
- Screenplay
- Oliver Parker
- Director of Photography
- Tony Pierce-Roberts
- Original Music Composer
- Charlie Mole
- Editor
- Guy Bensley
- Producer
- Barnaby Thompson
Details
- Release date
- 2002-05-17
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, History, Romance
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- German, English
- Countries
- France, United Kingdom, United States of America
- Production
- Ealing Studios, Miramax, Fragile Films
- Budget
- $15,000,000
- Box office
- $17,300,000