The Importance of Being Earnest
Comedy
Drama
History
Romance
Everybody Loves Ernest... But Nobody's Quite Sure Who He Really Is.
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.
2002-05-17
en
Cast
Director
Oliver Parker
Rupert Everett as Algernon “Algy” Moncrieff
Colin Firth as John “Jack” Worthing
Reese Witherspoon as Cecily Cardew
Judi Dench as Lady Bracknell
Tom Wilkinson as Dr. Chasuble
Frances O'Connor as Gwendolen Fairfax
Anna Massey as Miss Laetitia Prism
Edward Fox as Lane
Patrick Godfrey as Merriman
Charles Kay as Gribsby
Marsha Fitzalan as Dowager
Cyril Shaps as Pew Opener
Finty Williams as Young Lady Bracknell
Sacha Bennett as Jenkins the Gamekeeper (uncredited)