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Based on one of Oscar Wilde's all-time masterpieces, 'Dorian Gray' is a fantasy drama/thriller that follows the adventures of a naive young man, a lovelorn artist, a corruptible Lord; and, the barter with the Devil to secure eternal youth.
Directed by Oliver Parker, and starring Ben Barnes ('Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian') and Colin Firth ('A Single Man'), 'Dorian Gray' paints a dark picture of a Victorian London and how the rich and infamous party at their peril. Here, the telling of time and its consequence of experience for life's treasures takes its toll on the body, mind and soul. This haunting and bleak tale of power, greed, vanity and inevitable self-destruction is ever present amongst the deceit, opium dens and sin.
Toby Finlay adapted Oscar Wilde’s 1891 novel 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' for the big screen, which tells the story of the fresh-faced and innocent Dorian Gray (Barnes) who arrives in London to move into the house he has inherited. Almost immediately he falls under the influence of the amoral and calculating Lord Henry Wotton (Firth), leading to a life of increasing debauchery and even violence.
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 painting, now secreted in his attic, becomes almost hideous to behold. When true love finally enters his life, he realises that he must guard his secret at all costs...
'Dorian Gray' also stars Ben Chaplin (as Lord Henry's friend and society artist, Basil Hallward), Rachel Hurd Wood (as Sibyl Vane, the young budding actress that Dorian falls in love with), Rebecca Hall (as Lord Henry's daughter, another object of Gray's affections), Fiona Shaw (as Agatha), and Maryam d'Abo.
Release Date : 03 Sep 2010