The importance of being Earnest
(2011, original release: 2002)

Fiction

DVD

Call Numbers:
DVD/COMEDY/IMPORTANCE

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Movies DVD/COMEDY/IMPORTANCE Available

Details

PUBLISHED
[United States] : Miramax Home Entertainment ; [Santa Monica, Calif.] : Lionsgate [distributor], [2011]
DESCRIPTION

1 videodisc (approximately 94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in

ISBN/ISSN
9786314218515 30467, 6314218519 :, 031398137610
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Based on the play by Oscar Wilde

Algernon is a gentleman 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, Cicely has developed an infatuation with the rogue, and Algernon's impersonation of him works famously on Cicely. 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?

DVD release of the motion picture originally produced in 2002

Special features: feature commentary; the making-of "The importance of being Earnest"; behind the scenes

Director of photography, Tony Pierce-Roberts ; editor, Guy Bensley ; music, Charlie Mole ; costume designer, Maurizio Millenotti ; production designer, Luciana Arrighi

Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Frances O'Connor, Reese Witherspoon, Judi Dench, Tom Wilkinson, Anna Massey, Edward Fox

MPAA rating: PG; for mild sensuality

DVD; NTSC, region 1, aspect ratio: 2.35:1, widescreen; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound

In English or dubbed French, with optional English subtitles ; closed-captioned

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