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The Importance of Being Earnest (The Criterion Collection) DVD

Unrated :: Criterion :: Released: 2002-06-25

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The Importance of Being Earnest (The Criterion Collection) Summary A Lovestruck Suitor Is Put Off When His Fiancee Announces She Can Only Love A Man Named Earnest.
genre: feature Film-comedy
rating: un
release Date: 25-jun-2002
media Type: dvd

If you're looking for the definitive example of dry British wit, look no further than The Importance of Being Earnest. Of course, it helps to have Oscar Wilde's beloved play as source material, but this exquisite adaptation has a charmed life of its own, with a perfectly matched director (Anthony Asquith was raised in the rarified, upper-class atmosphere of Wilde's play) and a once-in-a-lifetime cast. Mix these ingredients with Wilde's inimitable repartee, and you've got a comedic soufflé that's been cooked to perfection. Opening with a proscenium nod to its theatrical origins, the film turns Wilde's comedy of clever deception and mixed identities into a cinematic treat, and while the 10-member cast is uniformly superb, special credit must be given to Dame Edith Evans, reprising her stage role as the imperiously stuffy Lady Bracknell. To hear her Wilde-ly hilarious inflections and elongated syllables is to witness British comedy in its purest form, fully deserving of the royal Criterion treatment. --Jeff Shannon

Importance of Being Earnest... DVD Techincal Details Cast: Michael Redgrave, Michael Denison, Walter Hudd, Edith Evans
Director: Anthony Asquith
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Rated: Unrated
Running Time: 95 mins
UPC: 037429165621
Binding: DVD
Studio: Criterion
Release Date: 2002-06-25
Region Code: 1
Specs: Color, NTSC

Language & Subtitles English (Unknown - Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), English (Subtitled), English (Original Language - Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono),