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The Picture of Dorian Gray is a film of genre Drama directed by John Gorrie released in USA on 1 january 1976 with Peter Firth
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1976)
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Add to a movie listThe Picture of Dorian Gray is a 1976 BBC production recorded on video tape which formed part of the Play of the Month anthology series. It stars Peter Firth, Jeremy Brett, and John Gielgud. A 100-minute adaptation of Oscar Wilde's novel The Picture of Dorian Gray by John Osborne, it was first broadcast on September 19th, 1976.
This production was a critical success at the time of its first screening. In 2009 The Times called it the "most Wildean" adaptation of the novel, boasting "perhaps the best Dorian" and mentioning that John Gielgud "steals the show, having of course been given the most beguiling lines by Wilde".
This version accentuates the gay subtext of Wilde's novel more than other versions, e.g. when Dorian wants Alan's help in the disposal of Basil's body, it is strongly suggested that the two had a sexual relationship in the past and when Dorian's seduction attempt fails, he apparently threatens to expose Alan as a homosexual. In the novel and other adaptations the precise nature of Dorian's hold over Alan is mostly left to the imagination of the reader or viewer, respectively.
Actors
Peter Firth
(Dorian Gray)
John Gielgud
(Lord Henry Wotton)
Jeremy Brett
(Basil Hallward)
Judi Bowker
(Sibyl Vane)
Nicholas Clay
(Alan Campbell)
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