| Record Number |
876231 |
| Title |
The importance of being earnest [videorecording]. |
| Publisher/Date |
[Australia] : Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Australia, [2021] |
| Pagination etc. |
1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Contents note |
Based on the play by Oscar Wilde. |
| Originally produced as a motion picture in 2002. |
| Creation Note |
Producer, Barnaby Thompson ; screenplay writer, Oliver Parker ; director, Oliver Parker.Director of photography, Tony Pierce-Roberts ; editor, Guy Bensley ; music, Charlie Mole ; costume designer, Maurizio Millenotti ; production designer, Luciana Arrighi. |
| Performer note |
Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Frances O'Connor, Reese Witherspoon, Judi Dench, Tom Wilkinson, Anna Massey, Edward Fox. |
| Summary Note |
Algernon is a gentlemen from a wealthy family. Algernon's close friend Jack, has a ward, Cecily. Both Algernon and Jack have created alter egos to make life more interesting. Algernon arrives for a weekend visit in the country posing as Earnest. Having heard of Earnest's misadventures, Cecily has developed an infatuation with the rogue, and Algernon's impersonation of him works famously on Cecily. Meanwhile, Algernon's cousin, Gwendolyn, arrives for the weekend, and is startled to discover Jack is also there -- except that she knows him as bad-boy Earnest. So just who really is who? |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : G. |
| Language note |
English. [CC] English Captions (Descriptive subtitles for the hearing impaired) |
| Subject - Name |
Wilde, Oscar, -- 1854-1900 -- Film adaptations |
| Subject |
Aristocracy (Social class) -- England -- Drama |
| Man-woman relationships -- England -- Drama |
| Social norms -- Drama |
| Comedy films. |
| Feature films. |
| Films for the hearing impaired. |
| Film adaptations. |
| Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
| Added Author |
Parker, Oliver film director,
screenwriter. |
| Thompson, Barnaby film producer. |
| Everett, Rupert actor. |
| Firth, Colin, 1960- actor. |
| O'Connor, Frances, 1967- actor. |
| Witherspoon, Reese, 1976- actor. |
| Dench, Judi, 1934- actor. |
| Wilkinson, Tom, 1948- actor. |
| Massey, Anna actor. |
| Fox, Edward, 1937- actor. |
| Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900 Importance of being Earnest. |
| Shelf Location |
DVD F IMPO |
