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Dorian Gray
- Director: Oliver Parker
- Writer: Toby Finlay; Oscar Wilde
- Producer: Paul Brett; Simon Fawcett
CGiii Comment
Gray has been done to death...
So, it takes either arrogance or confidence (or both) to resurrect this vanity. And, Parker, manages to pull it off - a formidable task indeed.
It's a sexually charged and debauched piece - full of style and swagger.
Very well done.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
A naïve young man. A lovelorn artist. A corruptible Lord. A deal with the Devil. It all paints a dark picture of a Victorian London and how the rich and infamous party at their peril. Here, the telling of time and its consequence of experience for life's treasures' takes its toll on the body, mind and soul. The haunting and bleak tale of power, greed, vanity and inevitable self-destruction is ever present amongst the deceit, opium dens and sin.
Cast & Characters
Colin Firth as Lord Henry Wotton;
Ben Barnes as Dorian Gray;
Rachel Hurd-Wood as Sybil Vane;
Rebecca Hall as Emily Wotton;
Emilia Fox as Lady Victoria Wotton;
Ben Chaplin as Basil Hallward;
Caroline Goodall as Lady Radly;
Fiona Shaw as Agatha;
Daniel Newman as Michael Radly;
Maryam d'Abo as Gladys;
Douglas Henshall as Alan Campbell;
David Sterne as The Theatre Manager;
Johnny Harris as James Vane;
Michael Culkin as Lord Radley;
Jo Woodcock as Celia Radley