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An Ideal Husband (1999)
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Ratings: 6.8/10 from 8,998 users
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Reviews: 129 user | 99 critic | 25 from Metacritic.com 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... See full summary » Director:Oliver Parker |
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Nominated for 2 Golden Globes.
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| Rupert Everett | ... | ||
| Minnie Driver | ... | ||
| Cate Blanchett | ... | ||
| Ben Pullen | ... | ||
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Marsha Fitzalan | ... | |
| Julianne Moore | ... | ||
| Lindsay Duncan | ... | ||
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Neville Phillips | ... | |
| John Wood | ... | ||
| Jeremy Northam | ... | ||
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Nickolas Grace | ... | |
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Simon Russell Beale | ... | |
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Anna Patrick | ... | |
| Delia Lindsay | ... | ||
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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, for him, takes the whole thing pretty seriously. Written by Jeremy Perkins <jwp@aber.ac.uk>
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
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Un mari idéal See more »Box Office
Budget:
$14,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
£492,309 (UK) (18 April 1999) (182 Screens)Gross:
$18,535,191 (USA) (3 October 1999)Company Credits
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Lord Arthur Goring: Rather than risk losing your love, he would do anything. Has he not been punished enough?
Gertrude: We've both been punished. I set him up too high.
Lord Arthur Goring: Do not set him down now too low.
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the gentlemen that is seen playing cards with Lord Goring in the Men's Club
when Lord Chiltern arrives. Bunbury is also a never-seen character in "The
Importance of Being Earnest", the play which is performed in the
background of several scenes of this film. See more »
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Trivia
The green carnation that Arthur selects for his buttonhole is a subtle homage to Oscar Wilde. Wilde and his "inner circle" of gay friends used to wear green carnations as a way of discreetly displaying their sexuality. See more »Goofs
Crew or equipment visible: When Arthur's father arrives just as he is leaving for the art exhibition, the camera hits a large vase of orange flowers as it moves to the right, causing them to flutter and move. See more »Quotes
Gertrude: Yes, Arthur, it is Robert himself who wishes to retire from public life.Lord Arthur Goring: Rather than risk losing your love, he would do anything. Has he not been punished enough?
Gertrude: We've both been punished. I set him up too high.
Lord Arthur Goring: Do not set him down now too low.
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Crazy Credits
The credits list Oliver Parker, the director, as playing "Bunbury", one ofthe gentlemen that is seen playing cards with Lord Goring in the Men's Club
when Lord Chiltern arrives. Bunbury is also a never-seen character in "The
Importance of Being Earnest", the play which is performed in the
background of several scenes of this film. See more »
Connections
Referenced in "Jeopardy!: 2005 College Championship Quarterfinal 5 (#22.45)" (2005) See more »
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