The Importance of Being Earnest poster
Screenplay Oliver Parker
Director Oliver Parker

The Importance of Being Earnest

Tagline: Everybody Loves Ernest... But Nobody's Quite Sure Who He Really Is.

Release Date: 2002-05-17

Duration: 97 minutes

Synopsis

Two young gentlemen living in 1890s England use the same pseudonym ("Ernest") on the sly, which is fine until they both fall in love with women using that name, which leads to a comedy of mistaken identities...

Casting

  • Reese Witherspoon
    Cecily Cardew
  • Judi Dench
    Lady Bracknell
  • Colin Firth
    John “Jack” Worthing
  • Rupert Everett
    Algernon “Algy” Moncrieff
  • Frances O'Connor
    Gwendolen Fairfax
  • Edward Fox
    Lane
  • Tom Wilkinson
    Dr. Chasuble
  • Anna Massey
    Miss Laetitia Prism
  • Marsha Fitzalan
    Dowager
  • Charles Kay
    Gribsby