The Importance of Being Earnest
Everybody Loves Ernest... But Nobody's Quite Sure Who He Really Is.
2002 | 97m | English
Popularity: 4 (history)
| Director: | Oliver Parker |
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| Writer: | Oliver Parker |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | May 17, 2002 |
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| Director: | Oliver Parker |
| Writer: | Oliver Parker |
| Genres: | Comedy, Drama, Romance, History |
| Keywords | new love, country estate, country house, fake identity, beguilement, relatives, victorian england, pleasure |
| Production Companies | Miramax, Ealing Studios, Fragile Films |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $17,300,000
Budget: $15,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jul 29, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Rupert Everett | Algernon “Algy” Moncrieff |
| Colin Firth | John “Jack” Worthing |
| Reese Witherspoon | Cecily Cardew |
| Judi Dench | Lady Bracknell |
| Tom Wilkinson | Dr. Chasuble |
| Frances O'Connor | Gwendolen Fairfax |
| Anna Massey | Miss Laetitia Prism |
| Edward Fox | Lane |
| Patrick Godfrey | Merriman |
| Charles Kay | Gribsby |
| Marsha Fitzalan | Dowager |
| Cyril Shaps | Pew Opener |
| Finty Williams | Young Lady Bracknell |
| Guy Bensley | Young Lord Bracknell |
| Kiera Chaplin | Girl in Gambling Club |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Charlie Mole | Original Music Composer |
| Tony Pierce-Roberts | Director of Photography |
| Luciana Arrighi | Production Design |
| Ian Whittaker | Set Decoration |
| Maurizio Millenotti | Costume Design |
| Charmaine Fuller | Hairstylist |
| Renata Gilbert | Makeup & Hair |
| Pat Hay | Makeup Artist |
| Joe Hopker | Makeup Artist |
| Dianne Millar | Makeup & Hair |
| Susan Parkinson | Makeup & Hair |
| Paula Price | Hairstylist |
| Jamie Pritchard | Hairstylist |
| Barbara Taylor | Makeup & Hair |
| Ben Barker | Foley Editor |
| Matthew Gough | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Adrian Rhodes | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Colin Cooper | ADR Recordist |
| Celestia Fox | Casting |
| Oliver Parker | Screenplay, Director |
| Oscar Wilde | Theatre Play |
| Paul Ghirardani | Art Direction |
| Mark DeSimone | ADR Mixer |
| Guy Bensley | Editor |
| Peter Swords King | Makeup & Hair |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Uri Fruchtmann | Executive Producer |
| David Brown | Co-Producer |
| Barnaby Thompson | Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 10 |
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| 2024 | 7 | 16 | 27 | 9 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 13 | 22 | 10 |
| 2025 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 4 |
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