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Prick Up Your Ears
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The film is based on a book by theater critic John Lahr. It goes inside the extraordinary life of a talented playwright Joe Orton who is murdered by his girlfriend at the height of reputation.
The film is based on a book by theater critic John Lahr. It goes inside the extraordinary life of a talented playwright Joe Orton who is murdered by his girlfriend at the height of reputation.
Actors:
John Moffatt,
Margaret Tyzack,
David Cardy,
Helena Michell,
Alfred Molina,
Charles McKeown,
Linda Spurrier,
Robin Hooper,
Michael Müller,
David Bradley,
Rosalind Knight,
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John Moffatt
24 September 1922, Badby, Daventry, England, UK
Margaret Tyzack
9 September 1931, Plaistow, London, England, UK
David Cardy
Helena Michell
1963, Australia
Alfred Molina
24 May 1953, London, England, UK
Charles McKeown
1946, Dudley, Worcestershire, England, UK
Linda Spurrier
Robin Hooper
Michael Müller
20 May 1959, London, England, UK
David Bradley
17 April 1942, York, Yorkshire, England, UK
Rosalind Knight
3 December 1933, Marylebone, London, England, UK
Director:
Stephen Frears
Stephen Frears
20 June 1941, Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK
Country:
United Kingdom
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April 06, 2007
A decent snapshot of pre-Beatle Britain, this is much more a fact-based gay melodrama than a trenchant portrait of Joe Orton's life, loves and art.
June 24, 2006
Oldman is brilliant; Molina's Halliwell less subtle; and the film's dissection of cottaging quaintly amusing.
April 03, 2007
It is repetitive at times, occasionally lagging, but the performances by Oldman and especially Molina simply demand your attention.
January 01, 2000
The great performances in the movie are, of course, at its center. Gary Oldman plays Orton and Alfred Molina plays Halliwell, and these are two of the best performances of the year.
April 07, 2007
Stands up extraordinarily well: mostly because of two outstanding central performances, Gary Oldman as the talented, blase Orton, and Alfred Molina as his thwarted, Hancock-esque murderer Kenneth Halliwell.
August 20, 2012
A brilliant and painfully raw portrait of a troubled, a tragic relationship.
March 26, 2009
Gary Oldman is excellent as Orton, right down to remarkable resemblance, while Alfred Molina creates both an amusing and tormented Halliwell. Vanessa Redgrave takes top honors, though, as a compassionate and benign agent.
January 01, 2000
Like "Casablanca," "Diva," "Clockwork Orange" and countless other quality-cult films, "Prick Up Your Ears" has an indefinable idiosyncrasy that makes you want to come back for more.
November 16, 2009
Molina stares down all clichés, veering away from effeminate tones when they would be most convenient and avoids trapping Ken into a brooding madman.
New York Times
May 20, 2003
The film covers the main events of the Orton life in a manner that is nothing less than distracted. One has little understanding of the fatal intensity - and need - that kept Orton and Halliwell together.
August 20, 2012
Oldman, fresh from his triumph as Sex Pistol Sid Vicious in Sid and Nancy, is the key and holds it all together.
January 01, 2000
The filmmakers have shown great intellectual taste. But it's not the kind of taste that's illuminating.