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| name = The Importance of Being Earnest | | name = The Importance of Being Earnest | | ||
| image = Importance earnest dvd.jpg| | image = Importance earnest dvd.jpg| | ||
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| released = {{flagicon|UK}} ] ]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} ] ] (]) |
released = {{flagicon|UK}} ] ]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} ] ] (])| distributor = ] (US) | | ||
| runtime = 95 min. | | runtime = 95 min. | | ||
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{{Infobox Film
name = The Importance of Being Earnest | image = Importance earnest dvd.jpg| writer = Oscar Wilde
Anthony Asquith | starring = Michael Redgrave
Michael Denison
Edith Evans
Joan Greenwood
Dorothy Tutin
Margaret Rutherford
Miles Malleson
| director = Anthony Asquith | producer = Teddy Baird
Earl St. John
| released =2 June 1952
22 December 1952 (NYC)| distributor = [[General Film Distributors (UK)
Universal Pictures (US) | runtime = 95 min. | country =
}} The Importance of Being Earnest (1952) is a British film adaptation of the play by Oscar Wilde. It was directed by Anthony Asquith, who also adapted the screenplay, and was produced by Teddy Baird.
Adaptation
The film is largely faithful to Wilde's text, although it divides some of the acts into shorter scenes in different locations. Edith Evans's outraged delivery of the line "A handbag?" has become legendary. As actor Ian McKellen has written, it is a performance "so acclaimed and strongly remembered that it inhibits audiences and actors years later" providing a challenge for any actress taking on the role of Lady Bracknell.
The film is noted for its acting, yet the parts played by Redgrave and Denison call for actors ten years younger.
The film stands as the most famous adaptation of an Oscar Wilde play.
Awards and nominations
The film received a BAFTA nomination for Dorothy Tutin as Most Promising Newcomer and a Golden Lion nomination for Anthony Asquith at the Venice Film Festival.
Cast
- Michael Redgrave as John Worthing
- Michael Denison as Algernon
- Edith Evans as Lady Bracknell
- Joan Greenwood as Gwendolen
- Margaret Rutherford as Miss Prism
- Miles Malleson as Canon Chasuble
- Dorothy Tutin as Cecily
Notes
- Ian McKellen, "Ian McKellen on The Test of Time", The Observer, 13 April 1975.
See also
External links
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