The Importance of Being Earnest
They don't come any wilder than Oscar Wilde's classic comedy of manners, morals and morality!
Overview
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.
- Production
- Javelin Films, British Film-Makers, J. Arthur Rank Organisation
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Cast
Crew
- Director
- Anthony Asquith
- Writers
- Anthony Asquith
- Producers
- Earl St. John,Teddy Baird
- Cinematography
- Desmond Dickinson
- Composer
- Benjamin Frankel
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CinemaSerf
September 9, 2022
There's little point in outlining the plot here - it's not what the film is about. It is the combination of characterisations and the wonderfully witty writing of Oscar Wilde that make this a thoroughly enjoyable film to watch. It makes no bones about it's theatrical origins - even featuring a curtain at the start and the finish, and that sets us up for a cracker of a comedy that swipes at snobbery, pomposity, crass stupidity, deception and offers us a tour de force effort from the inimitable Da…