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Actors: Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Frances O'Connor, Reese Witherspoon, Judi Dench
Directors: Oliver Parker
Writers: Oliver Parker, Oscar Wilde
Producers: Barnaby Thompson, David Brown, Uri Fruchtmann
Format: PAL, Widescreen
Language English
Subtitles: English
Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number of discs: 1
Classification: U
Studio: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm
DVD Release Date: 21 Jul 2003
Run Time: 90 minutes

Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (18 customer reviews)

ASIN: B000063W2L
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 3,183 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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DVD Special Features:

Audio commentary with Director Oliver Parker
The making of The Importance of Being Earnest
Behind the Scenes

DVD Technical Information:

Closed captioned
Running time: 90 minutes

The Importance of Being Earnest is a comedy masterpiece set during the Victorian era. The film concerns a pair of flamboyant bachelors called Algy (Rupert Everett) and Jack (Colin Firth) who secretly lead double lives. Using aliases and false alibis, the pair woo respectable ladies by day and cavort in music halls at night. Through countless blunders and haphazard tomfoolery, it is only a matter of time before they are caught out by their own lies. Sparkling dialogue, razor-sharp wit and electric performances make The Importance of Being Earnest unforgettably funny, whilst the grandiose sets and fabulous period costumes add romance and charm. Reese Witherspoon is radiant as Cecily, an alluring English rose, and Judi Dench puts in a fantastic performance as Lady Bracknell.

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Audio Commentary with Director

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Handbag?!, 9 Jan 2005

By	Azlak (Scotland) - See all my reviews

Wilde's fantastic play could have not asked for a better adaptation than this. The characters have a fantastic chemisty on screen and fit into their own personal roles wonderfully. Firth and Everett are the perfect orphan boy and playboy turned earnest. I don't image many will be unfamiliar with the plot but here's a quick summary:

Firth plays Jack, who lives in the country and heads to the city under the name of Earnst. Everett plays Algernon who lives in the town but heads out to the country under the name of earnst. Why? Well, Jack is in love with Lady bracknell's daughter who dreams of marrying a man named earnest. Algernon inteneds to marry Jack's ward, Cecily, by going to Jack's house (while Jack is in town) posing as Jack's fictitious brother Earnst. (Jack say's to his country folk he's off to town to visit his brother earnst) Cecily also wants to marry a man named earnst. Confused yet...I am!!

Annnyyyway, Jack comes back from town only to find Algernon flirting with Cecily and pretending to be jack's fake brother. Jack is astonished but doesn't blow his cover because Algie knows he's pretending his name is also earnst so he can marry Gwendoline Bracknell (algie's cousin). And so ensues a hilarious tale of thse two men attempting to explain who they really are and what they're up to to their adoring fiances.

As is expected of Wilde, this story is full of quirky one liners;

"Are your parents living?"

"My parents are both dead."

"To lose one parent in unfortunate. To lose two could be considered careless."

The cast are excellent so I honestly can't say who my favourite is. Jst know that this adaptation is first class and a bargain at the price being offered. Enjoy.

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5.0 out of 5 stars a gem, 17 Oct 2005

By	Klaus van Amelrode "kmcva" - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

For me "The Importance of Being Earnest" is properly one of the greatest plays ever written. The comedy is a full blown satire of Victorian society. Ocar Wilde had the very great pleasure of flattering and making fun of the audience while being applauded for doing so. So the question is not whether the play is excellent but whether this movie is.

And I have no doubts in stating yes it is.

The cast, in particular, is inspired. Rupert Everett and Dame Jude Dench are clearly born to deliver this kind of aristocratic banter. Judi Dench - one of my favorite or better just my favorite actress - as Lady Bracknell is the real star, and when she enters a scene, she steals it. I just loved every second of the audience Lady Bracknell gave to the "first fake Ernest". Hillarious!

All in all we enjoyed every minute of the movie and can greatly recommend it. 5 stars!!!!

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5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful story, 10 Dec 2003

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This is one film that I would love to keep on DVD to watch over and over. It has such a feel good factor I can't imagine anyone not liking it. The casting i feel could not have been better, with Colin Firth having a real 'wow' factor. But you really feel that they all belong, to the time , to each other. I rarely watch a film and feel completely enveloped even when at the cinema. I was oblivious to my surroundings at the time and I so wished to be there. A must as a Christmas present I want everyone to see this film.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing
In Victorian England, two young ladies are convinced they can only fall in love with men named "Earnest," so wealthy Jack (Colin Firth) and his scoundrel friend Algernon (Rupert... Read more

Published 2 months ago by Kona

4.0 out of 5 stars Very light-hearted and some laugh out loud moments.
A nice change from the usual heaviness of period drama's, I really enjoyed this.

Very light-hearted and some laugh out loud moments. Read more

Published on 17 April 2007 by Rhi Wheeler

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant
I was not looking forward to this when it arrived. But wow! What a brilliant, clever, funny movie it is. Read more

Published on 11 Sep 2006 by Dodster

4.0 out of 5 stars An entertaining romp faithful to Wilde's play
Merchant-Ivory-ish type period comedy starring Rupert Everett and Colin Firth as two young scoundrels who invent alter-egos to give them separate identities in London and the... Read more

Published on 31 Jul 2006 by Greg Farefield-Rose

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent adaptation
This is a brilliant, witty satire of the superficiality of Victorian society, presented with a great deal of irony and humour. Read more

Published on 5 Jul 2006 by Catfish

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply brilliant
This is a first-rate adaptation of this well-known Oscar Wilde play. All the leading roles are perfectly filled (well done to Reece Witherspoon - a much more convincing and less... Read more

Published on 23 April 2006 by jerseyporter

5.0 out of 5 stars "Oh what a tangled web we weave..."
First there was the Oscar Wilde play. Then there was the (1937), (1952), (1974), (1985), (1986), (1992), and now (2002) movie. Read more

Published on 20 Jul 2005 by bernie

5.0 out of 5 stars The Importance of Being Earnest
I thoroughly enjoyed this retelling of Oscar Wilde's play. All the main actors played their characters convincingly and seemed to be as amused by their roles as I was as a... Read more

Published on 2 Mar 2005 by James Carney

3.0 out of 5 stars Earnestly flippant
This updated version of an old classic tries too hard to better Wilde's own impeccable script by trying to appeal to more modern tastes. Read more

Published on 9 Nov 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars The importance of being bananas
Fantastic film! - it has everything a film should have - imagination, comedy, romance, a happy ending, men in top hats, london, English country houses, Rupert Everett and, of... Read more

Published on 9 Nov 2003 by H. Proudfoot

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