The importance of being earnest
Record details
- ISBN: 0788839454
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Physical Description:
1 videodisc (approximately 94 min.) : sound, color ; 12 cm.
videodisc - Edition: Widescreen [edition].
- Publisher: [United States] : Miramax Home Entertainment, [2002]
- Distributor: Burbank, Calif. : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Based on the play by Oscar Wilde. DVD special features include: Audio commentary with director Oliver Parker, the making of The importance of being earnest, behind-the-scenes featurette. Special features: audio commentary with director Oliver Parker ; the making of "The importance of being Earnest" ; behind-the-scenes featurette. Originally released as a motion picture in 2002. |
Creation/Production Credits 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. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Frances O'Connor, Reese Witherspoon, Judi Dench, Tom Wilkinson, Anna Massey, Edward Fox. |
Target Audience Note: | Canadian Home Video rating PG. |
System Details Note: | DVD, Dolby digital 5.1 surround. |
Language Note: | Languages: English & French ; subtitles: English ; closed captioned. |
Search for related items by subject
Genre: | Romantic comedy films. Comedy films. Motion pictures. Feature films. Video recordings. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Camosun College Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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Lansdowne Library | PN 1997.2 I46 2001 (Text) | 26040003464902 | Media | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Video Librarian Reviews : Video Librarian Reviews
Director Oliver Parker, who is fond of controversial fiddling with established stage classics (such as Shakespeare's Othello [1995] and Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband [1999]), takes a second stab at Wilde here. While retaining the playwright's savory wit, Parker's plot-tweaking attempts to break out of the drawing room are unfortunately distractingly blunt and obvious (tattooed buttocks and unwanted pregnancy flashbacks?). Still, a talented cast with keen comic timing helps assuage many of the movie's misfires. Colin Firth (Bridget Jones's Diary) is nebbish Jack Worthington and Rupert Everett is ne'er-do-well Algy Moncrieff, a pair of turn-of-the-19th-century English gentlemen who both pretend to be a fictional man named Earnest in order to secretly romance each other's pretty relatives (Reese Witherspoon and Frances O'Connor). Of course, nothing goes according to plan. The film also stars Judi Dench, who is wonderfully stuffy as O'Connor's resolutely disapproving upper-crust mother. A strong optional purchase. (R. Blackwelder) Copyright 2003 Video Librarian Reviews