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Directed by | Oliver Parker |
Produced by | Barnaby Thompson Bruce Davey Uri Fruchtmann |
Written by | Oliver Parker |
Based on | An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde |
Starring | Cate Blanchett Minnie Driver Rupert Everett Julianne Moore Jeremy Northam |
Music by | Charlie Mole |
Cinematography | David Johnson |
Editing by | Guy Bensley |
Distributed by | Miramax Films |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
An Ideal Husband is a 1999 film based on the play of the same name by Oscar Wilde. The film stars Jeremy Northam, Rupert Everett, Julianne Moore, Minnie Driver and Oscar winning actress Cate Blanchett. It was directed by Oliver Parker.
It was selected as the 1999 Cannes Film Festival's closing film.[1]
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Sir Robert Chiltern is a successful Government minister, well-off and with a loving wife. All this is threatened when Mrs. Cheveley appears in London with damning evidence of a past misdeed. Sir Robert turns for help to his friend Lord Goring, an apparently idle philanderer and the despair of his father. Goring knows the lady of old and the plot to help his friend has unintended consequences.
Stage production of The Importance of Being Earnest
Paper Magazine called it a "witty comedy". It received a positive review from Roger Ebert. Entertainment Weekly called it "delightful". The New York Observer said it was "immensely entertaining". On RottenTomatoes.com it has a positive review rating of 86% Fresh. [2]
Julianne Moore was nominated for the Chicago Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress, A Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical, A Chlotrudis award for Best Actress, and A Golden Satellite Award for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical. Moore won the National Board of Review award for Supporting Actress for her performances.
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An Ideal Husband is an 1895 comedic stage play by Oscar Wilde which revolves around blackmail and political corruption, and touches on the themes of public and private honour. The action is set in London, in "the present", and takes place over the course of twenty-four hours. "Sooner or later," Wilde notes, "we shall all have to pay for what we do." But he adds that, "No one should be entirely judged by their past." Together with The Importance of Being Earnest, it is often considered Wilde's dramatic masterpiece. After Earnest, it is his most popularly produced play.
In the summer of 1893, Oscar Wilde began writing An Ideal Husband, and he completed it later that winter. His work began at Goring-on-Thames, after which he named the character Lord Goring, and concluded at St. James Place. He initially sent the completed play to the Garrick Theatre, where the manager rejected it, but it was soon accepted by the Haymarket Theatre, where Lewis Waller had temporarily taken control. Waller was an excellent actor and cast himself as Sir Robert Chiltern. The play gave the Haymarket the success it desperately needed.
An Ideal Husband is an 1895 comedic stage play by Oscar Wilde.
An Ideal Husband may also refer to the following adaptations:
An Ideal Husband, also known as Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband, is a 1947 film Technicolor adaptation of the play by Oscar Wilde. It was made by London Film Productions and distributed by British Lion Films (UK) and Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (USA). It was produced and directed by Alexander Korda from a screenplay by Lajos Bíró from Wilde's play. The music score was by Arthur Benjamin, the cinematography by Georges Périnal, the editing by Oswald Hafenrichter and the costume design by Cecil Beaton.
The film stars Paulette Goddard, Michael Wilding, Diana Wynyard, Hugh Williams, C. Aubrey Smith, Glynis Johns and Constance Collier.
A mysterious lady attempts to blackmail a respected politician into giving a speech in parliament that supports her interests.