London 1895: Cabinet minister, Sir Chiltern, and bachelor, Lord Goring, are victims of scheming women.
Director:
Oliver Parker
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Peter Vaughan | ... | Phipps | |
| Rupert Everett | ... | Lord Goring | |
| Minnie Driver | ... | Mabel | |
| Cate Blanchett | ... | Gertrude | |
| Ben Pullen | ... | Tommy Trafford | |
| Marsha Fitzalan | ... | Countess | |
| Julianne Moore | ... | Mrs Cheveley | |
| Lindsay Duncan | ... | Lady Markby | |
| Neville Phillips | ... | Mason | |
| John Wood | ... | Lord Caversham | |
| Jeremy Northam | ... | Sir Robert | |
| Nickolas Grace | ... | Vicounte de Nanjac | |
| Simon Russell Beale | ... | Sir Edward | |
| Anna Patrick | ... | Miss Danvers | |
| Delia Lindsay | ... | Lady Basildon | |
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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 {J-26}
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blackmail | 1890s | marriage proposal | reconciliation | political speech |Taglines:
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When Mrs. Chevely discover's Gertrude's letter, it is laying atop a yellow book with an Aubrey Beardsley illustration on the cover. This is apparently a copy of The Yellow Book, which was a Victorian magazine of sorts. When Oscar Wilde was arrested on charges of sodomy in 1895, he was carrying what appeared to be The Yellow Book, and because of this association, the publication was ruined. See more »Goofs
Lord Goring is referred to at one point as "Lord Arthur Goring", not as "Arthur, Lord Goring", as would be correct, and when Mabel talks of getting married, he says "Who to?" - a Lord would surely be well-educated enough to know it should be "Whom to?" to be grammatically correct. See more »Crazy Credits
The credits list Oliver Parker, the director, as playing "Bunbury", one of 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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30 June 1999 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$14,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$192,802, 20 June 1999Gross USA:
$18,542,974Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
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How refreshing to find a movie for grown-ups! Did anyone else notice that Minnie Driver, in the role of Mabel, was doing a wonderful Audrey Hepburn impression throughout the movie? I think she is so underrated. She has such amazing range, whether playing poignant, comic, vulgar/comic, delicate,or tragic, she's always believable and fun/fascinating to watch. I also loved Rupert Everett, who struck just the right note. The cast must all have relished being able to speak such delicious dialogue. Of course the lush costumes and sets were impeccable, and created the perfect setting. The intricacies of the plot make a reviewing advisable and would certainly reward the viewer with lines of dialog and character interplay missed the first time around.