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"Prick Up Your Ears" quotes

Prick Up Your Ears poster
Biographer John Lahr is writing a book about playwright Joe Orton. Joe and Kenneth meet at drama school and live together for ten years as lovers and collaborators. Both want to be writers, but only one of them is successful.

Director: Stephen Frears
Writer: John Lahr, Alan Bennett
Production: N/A
Genre: biography, drama
Year: 1987
MetaScore: 72/100
ImdbRating: 7.2
BoxOffice: $1,654,743
Released: 08 May 1987
Awards: Nominated for 3 BAFTA Film 5 wins & 8 nominations total

36 video clips

Joe OrtonKenneth HalliwellPeggy RamsayJohn LahrMrs. SugdenLeonie OrtonCounsilPolicemanBrian EpsteinPublisherChauffeurMr SugdenAnthea's MotherAnthea LahrWilliam OrtonGeorge Barnett
I can't just have a wank - Prick Up Your Ears 00:31 I can't just have a wank I can't remember when you last touched my cock - Prick Up Your Ears 00:28 I can't remember when you last touched my cock I always wanted to be an orphan - Prick Up Your Ears 00:07 I always wanted to be an orphan I just want to go to the awards - Prick Up Your Ears 00:16 I just want to go to the awards Ken was the first wife - Prick Up Your Ears 00:24 Ken was the first wife Can you spell Yes but not accurately - Prick Up Your Ears 00:05 Can you spell Yes but not accurately Prison gives a writer credentials - Prick Up Your Ears 00:07 Prison gives a writer credentials Do you notice I'm limping Spilled a hot drink down my dress - Prick Up Your Ears 00:09 Do you notice I'm limping Spilled a hot drink down my... Writing John is one tenth inspiration nine tenths - Prick Up Your Ears 00:07 Writing John is one tenth inspiration nine tenths The whole point about irrational behavior is that it is irrational - Prick Up Your Ears 00:05 The whole point about irrational behavior is that it is... I think I'm putting in more of Joe than I am of Kenneth - Prick Up Your Ears 00:11 I think I'm putting in more of Joe than I am of Kenneth At least you can say you sat in the same chair as T S Eliot - Prick Up Your Ears 00:08 At least you can say you sat in the same chair as T S Eliot At moments of triumph men can do without their wives - Prick Up Your Ears 00:10 At moments of triumph men can do without their wives My plays are about getting away with it - Prick Up Your Ears 00:21 My plays are about getting away with it This is the novel Clouds of Witness by the noted authoress Dorothy L Sayers - Prick Up Your Ears 00:36 This is the novel Clouds of Witness by the noted authoress... Second point If the boys are all in bed with Susan - Prick Up Your Ears 00:37 Second point If the boys are all in bed with Susan I don't understand my life - Prick Up Your Ears 00:36 I don't understand my life You are the owner thereof - Prick Up Your Ears 00:19 You are the owner thereof Thank you Cheap clothes suit you - Prick Up Your Ears 00:07 Thank you Cheap clothes suit you Have you been reading my diary - Prick Up Your Ears 00:07 Have you been reading my diary When I die I want people to say - Prick Up Your Ears 00:08 When I die I want people to say This is what it must be like when one is about to meet the Queen - Prick Up Your Ears 00:10 This is what it must be like when one is about to meet the... Can you break down this door - Prick Up Your Ears 00:15 Can you break down this door Read all morning - Prick Up Your Ears 00:27 Read all morning I've had a better time than they had - Prick Up Your Ears 00:26 I've had a better time than they had I should have used this - Prick Up Your Ears 00:11 I should have used this The Beatles are all pursuing the same girl right - Prick Up Your Ears 00:14 The Beatles are all pursuing the same girl right It's on Page 53 - Prick Up Your Ears 00:24 It's on Page 53 I don't know what to say about the end - Prick Up Your Ears 00:05 I don't know what to say about the end You want rice pudding with the sardines or separate - Prick Up Your Ears 00:05 You want rice pudding with the sardines or separate You know some of these people are - Prick Up Your Ears 00:12 You know some of these people are He's built like a brick shithouse - Prick Up Your Ears 00:09 He's built like a brick shithouse I think I'll retire - Prick Up Your Ears 00:08 I think I'll retire Then went into Mom's bedroom - Prick Up Your Ears 00:18 Then went into Mom's bedroom Has the other got a bald head - Prick Up Your Ears 00:07 Has the other got a bald head I loved him - Prick Up Your Ears 00:10 I loved him

Cast

Joe Orton - Gary Oldman
Kenneth Halliwell - Alfred Molina
Peggy Ramsay - Vanessa Redgrave
John Lahr - Wallace Shawn
Anthea Lahr - Lindsay Duncan
All Cast