The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)

Regisseur:

Oliver Parker

Drehbuchautoren:

Oscar Wilde (play)
Oliver Parker (screenplay)

Premierendatum:

4. Juli 2002 (Australia)

Genre:

Komödie | Drama | Romanze

Werbezeile:

Everybody Loves Ernest... But Nobody's Quite Sure Who He Really Is.

Plot:

In 1890s London, two friends use the same pseudonym ("Ernest") for their on-the-sly activities. Hilarity ensues.

Plot Keywords:

Remake | Mistaken Identity | Train | Aunt | Baby

Filmpreise:

1 win & 1 nomination

Nutzerkommentare:

Witty and fun

Besetzung

Rupert Everett	...	Algernon 'Algy' Moncrieff
Colin Firth	...	John 'Jack' Worthing
Frances O'Connor	...	Gwendolen Fairfax
Reese Witherspoon	...	Cecily Cardew
Judi Dench	...	Lady Augusta Bracknell
Tom Wilkinson	...	Dr. Frederick Chasuble
Anna Massey	...	Miss Laetitia Prism
Edward Fox	...	Lane, Algy's Butler
Patrick Godfrey	...	Merriman
Charles Kay	...	Gribsby
Cyril Shaps	...	Pew Opener
Marsha Fitzalan	...	Dowager
Finty Williams	...	Young Augusta Bracknell
Guy Bensley	...	Young Lord Bracknell
Christina Robert	...	Duchess of Devonshire

Alternativ:

Ernst sein ist alles (Österreich) (Deutschland) [de]

MPAA:

Rated PG for mild sensuality.

Länge:

97 Min

Produktionsland:

UK | USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe (Technicolor)

Seitenverhältnis:

2.35 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby Digital

Altersfreigabe:

Malaysia:U | Iceland:L | Australia:G | France:U | Germany:o.Al. | Singapore:PG | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:14 (canton of the Grisons) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:U | USA:PG | Canada:PG

Drehorte:

London, England, UK

Firma:

Miramax Films

Dies und das:

Though cut from the revised version the gardener Molton can be seen in the background of many scenes.

Pannen:

Audio-Visuelle Asynchronität: When Algy is playing the piano for the 'Lady come down' song his hands are moving but the keys of the piano don't move.

Dialogzitate:

Algy: Do you mean you couldn't love me if I had a different name?
Cecily: But what name?
Algy: Well... Algy, for instance.
Cecily: I might respect you, Earnest, I might admire your character, but I feel that I could never give you my undivided attention.

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Witty and fun

Films like this need to be more widely available. It was showing at one theater 45 miles from my house, but it was worth the drive to go and see it. The script was witty, and seemed to be fairly true to the Oscar Wilde play (at least a lot of the funniest lines were retained). What a great cast! Colin Firth and Rupert Evert were both wonderful as rogues. I loved the "fight" scene!! As did most of the others in the theater, as there was lots of laughter all around. Reese Witherspoon did a good job with her British accent, and she and Frances O'Connor were both a lot of fun to watch. Judi Dench was marvelous, as usual. I highly recommend this movie...it wasn't really deep or anything, just very funny!