Rent Prick Up Your Ears (1987)
3.8 of 5 from 111 ratings
1h 45min
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- Synopsis:
- "Pick Up Your Ears" is a celebration of outrageous playwright Joe Orton (Gary Oldman) and his love affair with Kenneth Halliwell (Alfred Molina) which concluded with their violent and premature deaths. Orton was one of the 1960s golden boys, from working class Leicester lad to national celebrity, from sexual innocent to grinning satyr, from penniless student to icon of Swinging London. He became a star by breaking the rules - sexual and theatrical. But while his plays including Loot, what the Butler Saw and Entertaining Mr. Sloane were hugely successful, his private life was sometimes sordid, often farcical and ended in tragedy.
- Actors:
- Gary Oldman, Alfred Molina, Vanessa Redgrave, Wallace Shawn, Lindsay Duncan, Julie Walters, James Grant, Frances Barber, Janet Dale, Dave Atkins, Margaret Tyzack, Eric Richard, William Job, Rosalind Knight, Angus Mackay, Linda Spurrier, Charlotte Wodehouse, Helena Michell, Sean Pertwee, Liam De Staic
- Directors:
- Stephen Frears
- Producers:
- Andrew Brown
- Writers:
- Alan Bennett, John Lahr
- Others:
- Stanley Myers
- Studio:
- ITV
- Genres:
- Drama, Lesbian & Gay, Romance
- Collections:
- 10 Films to Watch Next If You Liked: Prick Up Your Ears, A World of Difference: A History of Gay Cinema, Getting to Know: Vanessa Redgrave, The Beatles in Film, The Instant Expert's Guide to Stephen Frears
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