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Dorian Gray is a 2009 British dark fantasy horror film [2] based on Oscar Wilde 's 1890 novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, directed by Oliver Parker, and written by Toby Finlay (his first screenplay). The film stars Ben Barnes, Colin Firth, Rebecca Hall, Ben Chaplin, Emilia Fox, and Rachel Hurd-Wood. It tells the story of the title character, an ...
Dorian Gray: Directed by Oliver Parker. With Ben Barnes, John Hollingworth, Cato Sandford, Pip Torrens. 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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- Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
- Oliver Parker
- 2009-09-09
Through many years Gray stays as young-looking as ever, while a portrait painted when he arrived grows old, reflecting his increasing excesses. Eventually the picture, now secreted in his attic, becomes almost hideous to behold. When true love finally enters his life he realises he must guard his secret at all costs. —J-26
Sep 9, 2009 · Written by John Chard on October 30, 2015. Seduced into the decadent world of Lord Henry Wotton, handsome young aristocrat Dorian Gray becomes obsessed with maintaining his youthful appearance, and commissions a special portrait that will weather the winds of time while he remains forever young. When Gray's obsession spirals out of control, his ...
The Picture of Dorian Gray is a philosophical fiction and gothic horror novel by Irish writer Oscar Wilde. A shorter novella -length version was published in the July 1890 issue of the American periodical Lippincott's Monthly Magazine. [ 1 ][ 2 ] The novel-length version was published in April 1891. The story revolves around a portrait of ...
Sep 9, 2009 · Ben Barnes stars as Dorian Gray, a young man whose portrait ages while he remains youthful, reflecting his increasingly corrupted soul. The movie explores themes of vanity, morality, and consequences, with Colin Firth portraying Lord Henry Wotton, who influences Dorian's descent into decadence.
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02:50. NR 2 hr 20 min Drama. The Portrait of Dorian Gray had an amazing property: it took upon itself all the sins of the “original”, as well as the passage of time. In real life, Dorian Gray ...
