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The Importance Of Being Earnest (2002)

  • Director: Oliver Parker

  • Producers: Barnaby Thomson, David Brown, Uri Frutchmann

  • Writer: Oliver Parker based on the play by Oscar Wilde

  • Cast: Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Reese Witherspoon, Frances O’Connor & Judi Dench

  • Synopsis: In 1890s London, two young gentlemen have taken to bending the truth in order to put some excitement into their lives. Worthing (Colin Firth) has invented a brother, Earnest, whom he uses as an excuse to leave his dull life behind to visit Gwendolyn (Frances O'Connor). Montcrieff (Rupert Everett) decides to take the name Earnest when visiting Worthing's young and beautiful ward, Cecily (Reese Witherspoon). Things start to go awry when they end up together in the country and their deceptions are discovered.