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Dorian Gray

  • 20092009
  • RR
  • 1h 52m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
65K
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349
Ben Barnes in Dorian Gray (2009)
A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty eternally, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.
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A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty eternally, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty eternally, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty eternally, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
65K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
3,584
349
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    • Director
      • Oliver Parker
    • Writers
      • Toby Finlay
      • Oscar Wilde(novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray")
    • Stars
      • Ben Barnes
      • Colin Firth
      • Rebecca Hall
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Oliver Parker
    • Writers
      • Toby Finlay
      • Oscar Wilde(novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray")
    • Stars
      • Ben Barnes
      • Colin Firth
      • Rebecca Hall
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 176User reviews
    • 88Critic reviews
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Colin Firth, Rebecca Hall, and Ben Barnes in Dorian Gray (2009)
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    Ben Barnes in Dorian Gray (2009)
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    Ben Barnes
    Ben Barnes
    • Dorian Gray
    Colin Firth
    Colin Firth
    • Henry Wotton
    Rebecca Hall
    Rebecca Hall
    • Emily Wotton
    John Hollingworth
    John Hollingworth
    • Patrol Policeman
    Cato Sandford
    • Rent Boy
    Pip Torrens
    Pip Torrens
    • Victor
    Fiona Shaw
    Fiona Shaw
    • Agatha
    Ben Chaplin
    Ben Chaplin
    • Basil Hallward
    Caroline Goodall
    Caroline Goodall
    • Lady Radley
    Maryam d'Abo
    Maryam d'Abo
    • Gladys
    Michael Culkin
    Michael Culkin
    • Lord Radley
    Emilia Fox
    Emilia Fox
    • Lady Victoria Wotton
    Nathan Rosen
    • Young Dorian
    Jeff Lipman
    Jeff Lipman
    • Lord Kelso
    • (as Jeffrey Lipman Snr)
    Louise Kempton
    Louise Kempton
    • Prostitute
    Douglas Henshall
    Douglas Henshall
    • Alan Campbell
    Rachel Hurd-Wood
    Rachel Hurd-Wood
    • Sibyl Vane
    Johnny Harris
    Johnny Harris
    • James Vane
    • Director
      • Oliver Parker
    • Writers
      • Toby Finlay
      • Oscar Wilde(novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray")
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The original Dorian Gray has blond curly hair and blue eyes.
    • Goofs
      When Dorian is fighting Jim in the train station tunnel, the sleepers and spikes are visible. The spikes seen were not in use in 1890 when the novel was written, nor the era when the film is set.
    • Quotes

      Lord Henry Wotton: There's no shame in pleasure. Man just wants to be happy. But society wants him to be good. And when he's good, he's rarely happy. But when he's happy, he's always good.

    • Crazy credits
      In the closing credits, one of the pieces of music played is listed as Haydn's "Sting Quartet" Op 76 No 4.
    • Alternate versions
      During post-production, the film was tailored for a '15' certificate in the UK. According to the BBFC, the filmmaker cuts were as follows:
      • A scene in which a tea party is inter-cut with shots showing Dorian's sadomasochistic excesses was toned down to remove or reduce the more explicit moments (explicit sight of a fingernail being pulled off, explicit sight of a chest being cut with a razor in a sexual context, explicit sight of blood being sucked from a woman's breasts and sight of a restrained man being beaten).
      • Additionally, a murder scene was toned down to remove the sense of dwelling on the infliction of pain and injury (reduction in the number of stabbings, removal of a blood spurt from man's neck, reduction in sight of victim choking on his blood).
      The subsequent version was then formally passed '15' by the BBFC without cuts, and released on DVD and Blu-ray.
    • Connections
      Referenced in The Punisher: Kandahar (2017)
    • Soundtracks
      A Perfect Picture
      Written by Flipper Dalton

      Performed by Flipper Dalton

    User reviews176

    Review
    Top review
    5/10
    Really troubling version of the story
    When a young aristocrat arrives in London and begins to indulge in a life of hedonism and excess, he finds he doesn't age physically despite trying to harbor a deadly secret that will shatter his image forever.

    This was a dull, utterly horror-less Horror/Drama that, once again, falls victim to that one singular, nearly inescapable aspect of recent British horror films, a dreary pace that drags stuff out far longer than it should by showcasing scenes that have no horror in them yet are supposed to be presented as such. Watching a person drink, smoke, do drugs and engage in orgies with highly unattractive women while everyone around him wonders why he still looks the same isn't horrific, yet that seems to be the entire crux of what passes as horror in the film. That the mystical painting isn't shown at all until the end might have something to do with that, and the total lack of explanation for such an event is also glossed over, and it's not until the final ten minutes that something starts happening, and while it's good stuff with the reincarnated spirit and the grand old-school Gothic burning-down-the-house scenario, it's too little too late.

    Rated R: Violence, Nudity, sex scenes and drug use.
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    FAQ8

    • Is 'Dorian Gray' based on a book?
    • What was the burning effigy Dorian sees as he wanders London after returning 25 years later?
    • How does the movie end?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 9, 2009 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Official site
      • Castello Lopes Mulimédia (Portugal)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Доріан Ґрей
    • Filming locations
      • Basildon Park, Lower Basildon, Reading, Berkshire, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Ealing Studios
      • Alliance Films
      • Fragile Films
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $22,873,653
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 52 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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