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The Importance of Being Earnest

In 1890s London, two friends use the same pseudonym ("Ernest") for their on-the-sly activities. Hilarity ensues.

Director

Oliver Parker

Year

Genre

comedy, drama, romance

Box Office

$8,384,929

Production

Ealing Studios,Miramax,Film Council,Fragile Films

Awards

2 wins & 2 nominations

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Algy

Jack

Gwendolen

Frances O'Connor

Cecily

Reese Witherspoon

Lady Bracknell

Dr. Chasuble

Miss Prism

Lane

Merriman

Patrick Godfrey

Gribsby

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Marsha Fitzalan

Young Lady Bracknell

Young Lord Bracknell

Duchess of Devonshire

Christina Robert

Girl in Gambling Club

Girl in Gambling Club

Dancer

Dancer

Dancer

Bernadette Iglich

Dancer

Dancer

Elaine Tyler-Hall

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Dancer

Dancer

Dancer

Musical Butler

Musical Butler

Musical Butler

Musical Butler

Gentleman

Jenkins the Gamekeeper

Gambler

Lady at the Savoy

Sonja Morgenstern

Lady at the savoy

Louise Rhian Poole

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Algy Lady Bracknell Jack Miss Prism Cecily Gwendolyn Lane

Did you hear what I was playing Lane - The Importance of Being Earnest

Did you hear what I was playing Lane

I really don't see what there is romantic about proposing - The Importance of Being Earnest

I really don't see what there is romantic about...

Yes but why does your aunt call you her uncle - The Importance of Being Earnest

Yes but why does your aunt call you her uncle

Indeed you are one of the most advanced - The Importance of Being Earnest

Indeed you are one of the most advanced

I'm sorry if we're a little late Algy - The Importance of Being Earnest

I'm sorry if we're a little late Algy

I must say Algy I think it is high time - The Importance of Being Earnest

I must say Algy I think it is high time

I adore you - The Importance of Being Earnest

Mr Worthing - The Importance of Being Earnest

The only way to behave to a woman - The Importance of Being Earnest

The only way to behave to a woman

The good ended happily and the bad unhappily - The Importance of Being Earnest

The good ended happily and the bad unhappily

Do you smoke - The Importance of Being Earnest

I've always been of opinion - The Importance of Being Earnest

I've always been of opinion

I do not approve of anything that tampers - The Importance of Being Earnest

I do not approve of anything that tampers

The unfashionable side I thought there was something - The Importance of Being Earnest

The unfashionable side I thought there was something

To lose one parent Mr Worthing - The Importance of Being Earnest

To lose one parent Mr Worthing

The fact is Lady Bracknell I said I had lost my parents - The Importance of Being Earnest

The fact is Lady Bracknell I said I had lost my parents

You don't think there's any chance of Gwendolen becoming - The Importance of Being Earnest

You don't think there's any chance of Gwendolen...

I bet you anything half an hour after they've met - The Importance of Being Earnest

I bet you anything half an hour after they've met

By the first train on Monday morning - The Importance of Being Earnest

By the first train on Monday morning

What a lesson for him I trust he will profit by it - The Importance of Being Earnest

What a lesson for him I trust he will profit by it

I thought you'd like my little joke - The Importance of Being Earnest

I thought you'd like my little joke

I don't seem to care about anything anymore - The Importance of Being Earnest

I don't seem to care about anything anymore

You mustn't laugh at me darling - The Importance of Being Earnest

You mustn't laugh at me darling

My own dear joy do you mean to say you couldn't love me - The Importance of Being Earnest

My own dear joy do you mean to say you couldn't love me

Oh what a charming boy - The Importance of Being Earnest

Oh what a charming boy

How you can sit there calmly eating muffins - The Importance of Being Earnest

How you can sit there calmly eating muffins

Good heavens I suppose a man - The Importance of Being Earnest

Good heavens I suppose a man

This dignified silence seems to have produced - The Importance of Being Earnest

This dignified silence seems to have produced

True In matters of grave importance - The Importance of Being Earnest

True In matters of grave importance

Your Christian names are still an insuperable barrier - The Importance of Being Earnest

Your Christian names are still an insuperable barrier

Where questions of self sacrifice are concerned - The Importance of Being Earnest

Where questions of self sacrifice are concerned

Bunbury - The Importance of Being Earnest

I do not know whether there's anything - The Importance of Being Earnest

I do not know whether there's anything

Thirty five is a very attractive age - The Importance of Being Earnest

Thirty five is a very attractive age

Then a passionate celibacy - The Importance of Being Earnest

Then a passionate celibacy

We've already missed five if not six trains - The Importance of Being Earnest

We've already missed five if not six trains

Lady Bracknell I hate to seem inquisitive - The Importance of Being Earnest

Lady Bracknell I hate to seem inquisitive

The general was essentially a man of peace - The Importance of Being Earnest

The general was essentially a man of peace

You seem to be displaying signs of triviality - The Importance of Being Earnest

You seem to be displaying signs of triviality

I think your high notes - The Importance of Being Earnest

I think your high notes

Algy you're always talking nonsense - The Importance of Being Earnest

Algy you're always talking nonsense

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In 1890s London, two friends use the same pseudonym ("Ernest") for their on-the-sly activities. Hilarity ensues.

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Director: Oliver Parker

Writer: Oscar Wilde, Oliver Parker

Production: Ealing Studios,Miramax,Film Council,Fragile Films

Genre: comedy, drama, romance

Year: 2002

MetaScore: 60/100

ImdbRating: 6.8

BoxOffice: $8,384,929

Released: 21 Jun 2002

Awards: 2 wins & 2 nominations

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