An Ideal Husband

Starring: Minnie Driver, Rupert Everett Director: Oliver Parker Original UK Premiere: 1999 Dvd Release: 10th April, 2000 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: PAL, Widescreen, Region 2 Encoding

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An Ideal Husband is a 1999 feature film based on the play by Oscar Wilde. It was directed by Oliver Parker. It starred Jeremy Northam, Rupert Everett, Julianne Moore & Minnie Driver. It also stars Oscar winning actress Cate Blanchett. Sir Robert Chiltern is a successful Government minister, well-off & 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 & the despair of his father. Goring knows the lady of old, and, takes the whole thing pretty seriously. Posters Of An Ideal Husband

For truly clever dialogue & a smartly structured plot, you cant go wrong with Oscar Wilde. Wildes play An Ideal Husband is not his best known, but this film adaptation has all the wit you could ask for & a cast with the chops to deliver it: Cate Blanchett , Julianne Moore , Minnie Driver , Jeremy Northam , & especially Rupert Everett , who tosses off perfect epigrams with unflappable aplomb. The plot hinges on Northam, a member of Parliament with a skeleton in his closet who is blackmailed into a shady business deal by a lady of mystery , who turns out to be a loathed school chum of the parliamentarians wife . Everything is resolved happily, but not until after some devious twists of fate, several mistaken identities, lots of comic banter, & much social skewering. Wilde, whose troubled life & public exposure of his homosexuality is chronicled in the movie Wilde , has a sharp eye for hypocrisy & the artificial poses demanded by society, but political commentary never gets in the way of a smart laugh. Visually sumptuous & briskly paced, An Ideal Husband will satisfy anyone looking for social satire or romantic comedy.

Minnie Driver is a British actress, born in London. She first came to broad public attention when she played the lead role in Circle of Friends. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the 1997 film Good Will Hunting. Prior to her success as an actress, Driver was a member of a band called Puff, Rocks & Brown; the band was signed to a development deal with Island Records, which ended without a release. She began a low-profile return to music in 2000 ; in 2004 she signed recording contracts with EMI & Rounder Records & performed at SXSW. The contract led to the release of Everything Ive Got in My Pocket, an album backed by a group that includes members of the Wallflowers & Pete Yorn ’s band. Driver wrote ten of the eleven songs on the album & also covered Hungry Heart from Bruce Springsteen s The River. She has been linked romantically with several of her films costars, including Matt Damon, John Cusack & Josh Brolin.   on W*USA 9 - Washington, DC website.   on Internet Movie Database website. Posters Of Minnie Driver

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Rupert James Hector Everett is a British actor. He was born in Norfolk, England & educated at Ampleforth College. His height is 1,93 m. He is gay ; though he has often been cast in gay roles, he has also played straight people. Before becoming an actor he worked as a prostitute in England His first major film role was in Another Country, as a gay schoolboy. Other movie appearances include Dance with a Stranger, Chronicle of a Death Foretold, The Madness of King George, My Best Friends Wedding, Shakespeare in Love, A Midsummer Nights Dream, The Next Best Thing & The Importance of Being Earnest. Besides his acting career, Everett has had some success as a novelist. The Chronicles of Narnia. The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe - Fox. A Different Loyalty - Leo Cauffield, Executive Producer. To Kill a King - King Charles I of Stuart. My Best Friends Wedding - George Downes. The Madness of King George - Prince of Wales. Remembrance of Things Fast. True Stories Visual Lies - Actor. The Right Hand Man - Lord Harry Ironminster. Cronaca di una morte annunciata - Bayardo San Roman. Posters Of The Next Best Thing

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