An Ideal Husband (1999 film)
| An Ideal Husband | |
|---|---|
 UK Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Oliver Parker |
| Written by | Oliver Parker |
| Produced by | Barnaby Thompson Bruce Davey Uri Fruchtmann |
| Starring | Cate Blanchett Minnie Driver Rupert Everett Julianne Moore Jeremy Northam |
| Cinematography | David Johnson |
| Edited by | Guy Bensley |
| Music by | Charlie Mole |
| Distributed by | Miramax Films |
Release dates |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | ₤6,350,000[1] |
| Box office | ₤2,891,515 (in UK)[1] $18,542,974 (total) |
An Ideal Husband is a 1999 film based on the play An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde. The film stars Jeremy Northam, Rupert Everett, Julianne Moore, Minnie Driver and Cate Blanchett. It was directed by Oliver Parker.
It was selected as the 1999 Cannes Film Festival's closing film.[2]
Synopsis
Sir Robert Chiltern is a successful Government minister, well-off and with a loving wife. All this is threatened when Mrs. Cheveley appears in London with damning evidence of a past misdeed. Sir Robert turns for help to his friend Lord Goring, an apparently idle philanderer and the despair of his father. Goring knows the lady of old and the plot to help his friend has unintended consequences.
Cast
- Cate Blanchett – Lady Gertrude Chiltern
- Minnie Driver – Miss Mabel Chiltern
- Rupert Everett – Lord Arthur Goring
- Julianne Moore – Mrs. Laura Cheveley
- Jeremy Northam – Sir Robert Chiltern
- John Wood – Lord Caversham
- Peter Vaughan – Phipps
- Ben Pullen – Tommy Trafford
- Marsha Fitzalan – Countess
- Lindsay Duncan – Lady Markby
- Neville Phillips – Mason
- Nickolas Grace – Vicomte de Nanjac
- Simon Russell Beale – Sir Edward
- Anna Patrick – Miss Danvers
- Delia Lindsay – Lady Basildon
Stage production of The Importance of Being Earnest[citation needed][relevant?]
- Denise Stephenson – Gwendolen
- Charles Edwards – Jack
- Nancy Carroll – Cecily
- Andy Harrison – Algernon
- Jill Balcon – Lady Bracknell
- Janet Henfrey – Miss Prism
- Toby Robertson – Canon Chasuble
- Michael Culkin – Oscar Wilde
- Oliver Parker – Bunbury
- Douglas Bradley – Brackpool
- Stephen May – Burlington
- Jeroen Krabbé – Baron Arnheim
- Susannah Wise – Young Mother
- Peter Parker – M.P. No. 1
- Oliver Ford Davies – Sir Hugo Danforth
- Neil Mendoza – M.P. No. 2
- John Thompson – The Speaker
Reception
The film received positive reviews from critics. Paper Magazine called it a "witty comedy". It received a positive review from Roger Ebert. Entertainment Weekly called it "delightful". The New York Observer said it was "immensely entertaining". On RottenTomatoes.com it has a positive review rating of 86% Fresh.[3]
Awards
Julianne Moore was nominated for the Chicago Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress, a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical, and a Golden Satellite Award for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical. Moore won the National Board of Review award for Supporting Actress for her performances.
References
- ^ a b Alexander Walker, Icons in the Fire: The Rise and Fall of Practically Everyone in the British Film Industry 1984-2000, Orion Books, 2005 p273
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: An Ideal Husband". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 11 October 2009.
- ^ http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1091577-ideal_husband/
