TV Guide: The Importance Of Being Earnest

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Trailer Addict — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:29:54 -0500

What's in a name? Plenty. Reserved bachelor Jack Worthing (Colin Firth) enjoys a simple, responsible life with Cecily Cardew (Reese Witherspoon), his utterly romantic but romantically sheltered niece. Their life in the country is quiet and serene, save for the moments when Jack is whisked away to London to fix the problems caused by Ernest Worthing, his wayward and carefree brother. Trouble is, Jack is Ernest. As an escape from the mundane, Jack assumes the identity of this roguish, imaginary alter-ego. Goodbye simple and responsible, hello wayward and carefree. Once he's in London, Jack teams up with his ne'er-do-well partner-in-crime, Algy Moncreef (Rupert Everett), a man whose penchant for overspending is matched only by his knack for dodging bill-collectors. Jack is also in love. Well, Ernest is, at least. The lucky object of his affection is Gwendolen Fairfax (Frances O'Connor), a rebellious aristocrat with a flair for the dramatic. Jack - as Ernest - proposes to the smitten Gwend

Video: The Importance Of Being Earnest

Amazon Video on Demand — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 07:29:29 -0500

A star-studded version of Oscar Wilde's classic comedy. The Importance Of Being Earnest follows the fortunes of two wealthy and eligible, lovestruck bachelors Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff, and the frothy and frivolous catalogue of events which follow them. Jack is romantically involved with Gwendolen Fairfax, while Jack's ward, Cecily Cardew, is the object of Algernon's affections. It is due to Jack's unworthy habit of representing himself as his imaginary brother, Ernest, and to Algernon's deceitful adoption of Ernest's name and reputation to simplify his courtship, that each of the girls believes herself to be engaged to the non-existent Ernest. A simple solution occurs to each - but neither reckons with the forceful Lady Bracknell, Gwendolen's mother and Algernon's aunt, whose consent is withheld. It is left to Miss Prism whose secret passion for the Reverend Dr Chasuble causes so much enjoyable confusion to create a way out that is acceptable to all parties in this, one of

Video: The Importance of Being Earnest (1952) - (Original Trailer)

TCM — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:06:43 -0500

A British gentleman is one man in the city, another in the country in Oscar Wilde's The Importance Of Being Earnest (1952).