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Libertine

The Libertine

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Libertine

An antidote to the sunny period pieces adopted from Jane Austen, which feature impeccably coifed aristocrats engaging in the witty banter of drawing room dramas and culminating in most delightful denouements, THE LIBERTINE highlights the underbelly of the British aristocracy of centuries past. Adapted from the play by Stephen Jeffreys, the plot follows the dastardly debauchery of the Earl of Rochester (a mischievous Johnny Depp), a hedonist who makes Oscar Wilde seem moralistic. The Earl spends his days and nights in beds, brothels, and bars, awakening from drunken blackouts only to stumble to the nearest whorehouse. Yet this ravishing rake also possesses a talent for poetry, and turns his escapades into acid-tongued witticisms that pepper this frisky film. Directed by first-timer Laurence Dunmore, the historical film picks up in 1678, when the Earl returns to London at the behest of King Charles II (magnetically played by John Malkovich, who starred in the play when it was staged at Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre). With his young wife in tow, the Earl immediately immerses himself into a litany of transgressions. When he meets a prostitute and burgeoning actress named Elizabeth Barry (Samantha Morton), he obsessively takes her under his wing, crafting her into an acclaimed stage starlet and eventually bedding her. What follows is a spiral upward, downward, and sideways through the city's pleasure palaces, culminating in a quasi-tragic, quasi-relieving denouement. Melding the naughty energy of his 'Pirates Of The Caribbean' character with the brooding darkness of his wearied detective in 'From Hell', Depp gives a pitch-perfect performance that carries the film, eliciting strange sympathy for such a despicable devil. The score, by the award-winning composer Michael Nyman, adds even further moodiness and dramatic edge to the story.


PAL/REGION 2//FT. JOHNNY DEPP/SAMANTHA MORTON

Media Movies     DVD
Number of discs 1
Released May 5, 2006
Original release date 2005
EAN/UPC 5017239192890
Label Entertainment In Film EDV9289
Genre Action
Dimensions 216 × 160 × 16 mm   ·   82 g
Playtime 01:49:00
Region code Region 2   (Europa)
Audio Format Dolby Digital 5.1
Video Format 2.35:1 WS (16:9 COD)
Language English  
Subtitles English
Primary Contributor John Malkovich
Primary Contributor Johnny Depp
Skuespiller Johnny Depp
Skuespiller Tom Hollander
Skuespiller Samantha Morton
Skuespiller John Malkovich
Skuespiller Rosamund Pike

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