Star Names Gather for Earnest New Film???
Date: 6 August 2001
Dame Judi Dench, Colin Firth, Reese Witherspoon and Rupert Everett are expected to star in a new movie version of Oscar Wilde's classic play
The Importance of Being Earnest. The comedy has been filmed before, with Michael Redgrave and Edith Evans in the leads, back in 1952. However, Parker's version (due for Christmas release) may yet ruffle a few feathers with the director stating, "The spirit of
Earnest demands something different... something wonderfully light but anarchic". A stage version, starring Patricia Routledge enjoyed a West End run earlier this year having initially played at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket in 1999. Dame Judi played Lady Bracknell in the National Theatre's 1982 production.
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