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The Importance of Being Earnest

Everybody Loves Ernest... But Nobody's Quite Sure Who He Really Is.

6.8
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Two young gentlemen living in 1890s England use the same pseudonym ('Ernest') on the sly, which is fine until they both fall in love with women using that name, which leads to a comedy of mistaken identities.

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DirectorOliver Parker

Keywords

new lovebeguilementcountry housecountry estatefake identityrelativesvictorian englandpleasure
Budget$15M
Box Office$17M

Cast

Rupert Everett as Algernon “Algy” Moncrieff

Rupert Everett

Algernon “Algy” Moncrieff

Colin Firth as John “Jack” Worthing

Colin Firth

John “Jack” Worthing

Reese Witherspoon as Cecily Cardew

Reese Witherspoon

Cecily Cardew

Judi Dench as Lady Bracknell

Judi Dench

Lady Bracknell

Tom Wilkinson as Dr. Chasuble

Tom Wilkinson

Dr. Chasuble

Frances O'Connor as Gwendolen Fairfax

Frances O'Connor

Gwendolen Fairfax

Anna Massey as Miss Laetitia Prism

Anna Massey

Miss Laetitia Prism

Edward Fox as Lane

Edward Fox

Lane

Patrick Godfrey as Merriman

Patrick Godfrey

Merriman

Charles Kay as Gribsby

Charles Kay

Gribsby